The Diamond Sutra I’ve been studying Buddhism lately, and this text is one of the foundational scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism, a major Buddhist tradition centered on compassion, wisdom, and the bodhisattva path—not only seeking personal liberation, but aspiring to help others awaken as well. Mahayana later developed into many different schools, including Zen and Pure Land, and deeply influenced Buddhist thought across Asia. My first encounter with Buddhism was through the pa