The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 5

Prajna: transcendental wisdom

Paramita: ferrying over to the other shore; perfection

The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, taught by the Buddha in sixteen assemblies in four places over twenty-two years and recorded posthumously by his disciples in six hundred fascicles with approximately five million words, is regarded as the largest canon in Buddhism. It is important not only because of its extensive teaching but also because it demonstrates what the great bodhisattva, the great bodhisattva path...