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The Record of Miraculous Responses from Upholding the Diamond Sutra is a Buddhist text documenting accounts of efficacious experiences resulting from reciting the Diamond Sutra. The author is unknown, and the date of compilation is uncertain, though it is believed to have been collected after the Tang and Song dynasties. This work gathers true stories of blessings received, calamities averted, and hardships resolved by devotees throughout history through upholding, reciting, and transcribing the Diamond Sutra. Its content reveals the supreme merits of the Diamond Sutra and emphasizes the importance of faith and practice. As an important auxiliary text to the Prajñāpāramitā scriptures, this book has exerted widespread influence in the history of Buddhist circulation, strengthening the faith of devotees in the Diamond Sutra. It embodies the spirit of Mahāyāna Buddhism that emphasizes practice and realization, serving as a precious document for understanding popular Buddhist faith and practice.