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The Shurangama Sutra
Author Obolensky, Dimitri ; 釋宣化=Shih, Hsuan-hua
Date2004.03
PublisherBuddhist Text Translation Society
LocationBurlingame, CA, US [伯靈格姆, 加利福尼亞州, 美國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Note2nd edition
Keyword三摩地=三昧=Samadhi; 大佛頂首楞嚴經=The Shurangama Sutra; 尸羅=戒=command=Precept=sila=morality=rule=discipline=prohibition; 生死=life and death=rebirth and redeath=birth and death=Samsqra; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教經典=Buddhist Scriptures=Sutra; 法師=Master; 長行=契經=修多羅=Sutra; 開悟=證悟=Satori=Enlightenment; 楞嚴經=大佛頂首楞嚴經=Shurangama Sutra=Surangama Sutra; 靜坐=Meditation; 禪定=Concentration=Dhyana ; 禪修=Meditation
AbstractAn in-depth explanation on meditation, in the words of the Buddha himself
Spoken in one afternoon, and later compiled into a sutra, the Buddha guides his cousin Ananda in the techniques of profound meditation. This volume contains the complete sutra text in English without any commentary.

After nearly breaking his precepts on celibacy due to the charms of a prostitute, the monk Ananda requests the Buddhas instruction on Samadhi (concentration).

In a question and answer format between the Buddha and Venerable Ananda and Pruna, we learn that living beings possess a universal mind. In order to fully comprehend this universal mind, individuals need to enter the door of cultivation. Different sages explain 25 different methods of cultivation. The Buddha discloses the durable and great Shurangama Samadhi, and based on this an ordinary human may advance throughout the stages of enlightenment and attain true liberation. Finally, the Buddha instructs his disciples on how to break through various states as one progresses in meditation. For those wishing to cross the great sea of birth and death, then this sutra is an essential guide.

For detailed interlinear commentary on this sutra, see Shurangama Sutra volumes 1 through 8. These English volumes were translated from Chinese into English over a period of several years by the monks and nuns of the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

Table of contents
Introduction 1
Introduction 2
Introduction 3
The Venerable Master
The Eight Guidelines
User's Guide to Volumes 1 to 8
The Shurangama Sutra
Detailed Outline
Master Index
ISBN0881399418
Hits789
Created date2005.03.25



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