Case 97: The Diamond Sūtra’s Crimes of Past Lives

Case 97: The Diamond Sūtra’s Crimes of Past Lives

• Title in Sullivan (2021): The Diamond Sūtra’s Crimes of Past Lives
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): The Diamond Cutter Scripture’s Scornful Revilement
• Title in Sekida (2005): The Diamond Sutra’s “The Transgression Is Wiped Out”
• Named characters: none.
• Other koan collections:
  • The Book of Equanimity, Case #58.
• Historical commentaries:
  • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
• Modern commentaries:
  • Matthew Juksan Sullivan (contained in The Garden of Flowers and Weeds, 2021)
  • Richard Shrobe (contained in Elegant Failure, Ch. 21, 2010)
  • Gerry Shishin Wick (contained in The Book of Equanimity, 2005)
  • Eve Myonen Marko (dharma talk)
  • Jeff Kōgen Seul (dharma talk)
  • Eido Shimano (dharma talk)
  • Rinzan Pechovnik (audio dharma talk)
  • Eran Junryu Vardi (audio dharma talk)
  • Jack Duffy (audio dharma talk)
  • Henry Shukman (audio dharma talk)
  • Geoffrey Shugen Arnold (audio dharma talk)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)