𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 Diamond Sutra Vol.2 - No Attainment (Ch. 7–13) - lyrics & meaning, Call and response

Hip hop beat with the Diamond Sutra in English. Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā — the teaching that cuts like a diamond. Boom bap drums, sample-style chops, Sanskrit chant flow. 🎧 work music · study beats · background music Best experienced with headphones. ──────────────────────── 🎵 Lyrics ──────────────────────── Volume 2 Voice B asked — Did the Buddha attain anything? Listen to the answer. Most Honored One — did you attain the highest wisdom? Did you reach the other shore? Is there a teaching — a fixed truth — something we can hold onto? Subhuti. (Subhuti — the disciple of the Buddha who asks the questions in the Diamond Sutra.) Na kiñcid asti. (There is not even the slightest thing to attain.) There is nothing to attain. ...nothing? Not even the teaching. Na dharmo na adharmo. (Neither the dharma nor the non-dharma should be grasped.) Not the truth. Not the non-truth. Can't hold it. Can't drop it. Can't say it. Can't unsay it. Fill the world with gold and silver Every galaxy and river Give it all without a tremor Still it fades like morning shimmer Four lines. Just four lines of this. Catuṣpādikām api gāthām — (Even a single four-line verse of this sutra.) speak it, teach it, pass it on That merit swallows oceans That merit can't be gone Four lines. Four lines. Four lines. Srotāpanna — entered the stream (stream-enterer: one who has first glimpsed the path to awakening.) But did he think I entered? No, Most Honored One. If he thought that — he'd be stuck in the thinking. Sakṛdāgāmin — returns just once (once-returner: one who will be reborn in this world only one more time.) But did he count his returns? No. The counting would become the cage. Anāgāmin — never returns (non-returner: one who will never be reborn in the realm of desire again.) But does he hold that title? No. Holding never returning is already a return. Now you're getting it. Subhuti — did I teach anything in my time with Dīpaṃkara Buddha? (Dīpaṃkara Buddha — the ancient Buddha under whom Śākyamuni first received the prophecy of his own awakening.) No, Most Honored One. Nothing was transmitted. Nothing was received. Raise a mind that rests nowhere Not on form, not on the air Not on sound, not on a prayer Just raise it — if you dare Apratiṣṭhitaṃ cittam utpādayitavyam. ("Raise a mind that abides nowhere, attached to nothing.") Not on smell, taste, touch. Not on anything. Just — raise it. ...raise it. No abiding No residing No place to land No place to leave Just this Just this Just this Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā-nadī-vālukā — (The grains of sand in the Ganges River — a metaphor for the uncountable.) grains of sand in the Ganges That many Ganges rivers That many grains again Give a life for every grain Morning, noon, and night Ten thousand lifetimes of giving — And still? Four lines beat it. Every time Every time Every time Every time Every grain Every life Four lines Four lines Cut through like a knife Wherever this teaching lands — that ground is sacred. Where the teacher stands — a shrine. Where the words are heard — a temple. You don't need the building. The building needs this. Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā Gaṅgā And Voice B asked — What shall we call this teaching? Vajracchedikā ("The Diamond Cutter": the teaching that severs all illusion.) Prajñāpāramitā ("The Perfection of Wisdom": the wisdom that carries you to the other shore.) The diamond that cuts The wisdom that carries you over Call it that. But don't hold even the name. Yes, Most Honored One. Good. Good. Good. ──────────────────────── Buddha's Garage — where the Heart Sutra meets every genre of music. New tracks dropping regularly. Subscribe. 🎧 ──────────────────────── 📌 Credits & Copyright ──────────────────────── Music: AI-assisted composition via Suno (Pro license) Lyrics: Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā) — traditional Buddhist text, public domain Visuals: AI-generated imagery This content includes AI-generated elements. ✅ Disclosed per YouTube policy. © Buddha's Garage — All original creative arrangements reserved. 📩 Contact: [email protected]