jan 1, 868 - Diamond Sutra

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Diamond Sutra- Diamond Sutra is considered the oldest surviving dated print book. Sutra means religious teaching in Sanskrit and this book describes teachings of Budhhism. Buddha named this book saying that it will “'cut like a diamond blade through worldly illusion to illuminate what is real and everlasting'. The book was made in 868 and consisted of seven sections which had all been printed on a single block and were pasted together to make a scroll that is over five meters.

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