The Diamond SutraBy: Red Pine WINNER OF THE 2018 THORNTON WILDER PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripturewith insightful commentary and helpful historical context Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mindtomind transmission without reliance on textsin fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any