Early this morning I came upon Zen Master William Tsao's fb post wherein he introduced his audience to the "Vajra Sword" . I totally agree with everything he posted and I supplement it as follows.
The Sword of Bodhisattva Manjushri is said to be the "Wisdom Sword" but it is iconographically depicted as being a "Flaming Sword". The Vajra Sword CAN be iconographically depicted as a DIAMOND Sword since the Vajra itself is referred to as the "Adamantine" here recognized as "Indestructable". There is difficulty in that the Vajra "Sword" may sometimes NOT be a "Weapon' in the Classic or Traditional Sense . The 'Sword' itself "stands-for" "the being or essence of everything [that] exists ." WHY the Sword was selected as Symbol is beyond the scope of this day's 'measure' .
I find a 'need' to `hazard` the Physics of the "Diamond Sword" as well as the "Flaming Sword' as well as Master Fortin's Kwan Un Do Kwang which identifies ITS Sword as a "Light Generating" Weapon. where 'Weapon' is more properly pronounced as "Instrument" .
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