Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud.
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
तारका तिमिरं दीपो मायावश्याय बुद्बुदम्।
स्वप्नं च विद्युदभ्रं च एवं द्रष्टव्य संस्कृतम्॥
तथा प्रकाशयेत्, तेनोच्यते संप्रकाशयेदिति॥
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Original Citation
Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra [The Diamond Sutra]. c. 868.
Current Citation
The Diamond Sutra, translated by Red Pine. Counterpoint, 2002.