Diamond Sūtra 13

After these words, the venerable Subhiti spoke thus to Bhagavat: ‘O Bhagavat, how is this treatise of the Law called, and how can I learn it’ After this, Bhagavat spoke thus to the venerable Subhuti: This treatise of the Law, O Subhati, is called the Praa-paramita (Transcendent wisdom), and you should learn it by that name. And why? Because, O Subhhti, what: was preached by the Tathdgata as the Pragña-pâramita, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-Péramité. Therefore it is called the Pragñé-péramité.

‘Then, what do you think, O Subhhti, is there anything (dharma) that was preached by the Tathagata’ Subhiti said: ‘Not indeed, O Bhagavat, there is not anything that was preached by the Tathagata.’

Bhagavat said. ‘What do you think then, O Subhati,—the dust of the earth which is found in this sphere of a million millions of worlds, is that much’ Subhuti said: ‘Yes, O Bhagavat, yes, O Sugata, that dust of the earth would be much. And why? Because, O Bhagavat, what was preached by the Tathagata as the dust of the earth, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-dust. Therefore it is called the dust of the earth. And what was preached by the Tathagata as the sphere of worlds, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-sphere. Therefore it is called the sphere of worlds.’

Bhagavat said: ‘What do you think, O Subhati, is a holy and fully enlightened Tathigata to be seen (known) by the thirty-two signs of a hero’ Subhhti said: ‘No indeed, O Bhagavat; a holy and fully enlightened TathAgata is not to be seen (known) by the thirty-two signs of a hero. And why? Because what was preached by the Tathagata as the thirty-two signs of a hero, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-signs. Therefore they are called the thirty-two signs of a hero.’

Bhagavat said: ‘If, O Subhiti, a woman or man should day by day sacrifice his life (selfhood') as