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THE ATLAS OF THE EMPTY THRONE

The Diamond Sūtra is printed

the oldest printed book
nature
A woodblock scroll found sealed in the Dunhuang caves, with a colophon giving the exact date and the donor's reason: made for free universal distribution, in memory of his parents. It is the oldest dated printed book that survives anywhere.

A tradition's doctrine of giving produced, as a side-effect, the beginning of mass-produced text.
rhymes with
sephirahhod
whyHod, transmission — the moment it becomes mechanical.
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dunhuang · 868 · printing · diamond sutra
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