A Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
The Shurangama Sutra Contents:Exhortation to Protect and PropagateVOLUME 1:
Chapter 1. The Ten Doors of Discrimination The Division and The VehicleChapter 2. The History of the Transmission and Translation Chapter 3. The Testimony of Faith Chapter 4. Ananda’s Fall Chapter 5. The Way to Shamatha The False Consciousness is Not the Mind The False Consciousness is Without a SubstanceChapter 6. Ananda Repents and Seeks the Truth VOLUME 2:
Chapter 1. The Seeing Nature Seeing Does Not Become Extinct Seeing is Not Lost Seeing Does Not Return Seeing Does Not Intermingle Seeing is Not Obstructed Seeing is Not Separate Manjushri Bodhisattva asks a Question Seeing Transcends the Ordinary Seeing is Apart from SeeingChapter 2. The Two False ViewsChapter 3. Mixing and UnitingVOLUME 3:
Chapter 1. False is Just TrueChapter 2. The Five SkandhasChapter 3. The Six EntrancesChapter 4. The Twelve PlacesChapter 5. The Eighteen RealmsChapter 6. The Seven Elements Are All-PervasiveChapter 7. Ananda Gives Rise to FaithVOLUME 4:
Chapter 1. The Reason for Continual ArisalChapter 2. The Reason for Perfect PenetrationChapter 3. Ananda Attaches to Causes and ConditionsChapter 4. The Two Decisive Doctrines Liberation of the OrgansChapter 5. Hearing is Not SoundChapter 6. The Source of the KnotVOLUME 5:
Chapter 1. The Six KnotsChapter 2. Twenty-five Means to Enlightenment Five Organs Universal Worthy Bodhisattva Guan Shi Yin BodhisattvaChapter 3. Manjushri Selects the Organ of EntryVOLUME 6:
Chapter 1. The Three Non-Outflow Studies Unalterable Instruction on Purity One Must Cut Off Lust One Must Cut Off Killing One Must Cut Off Stealing One Must Cut Off False SpeechChapter 2. Establishing the BodhimandaChapter 3. The Spiritual Mantra The Shurangama MantraChapter 4. The Two Upside-down CausesChapter 5. The Twelve Categories of Living BeingsVOLUME 7:
Chapter 1. The Three Gradual StagesChapter 2. The Bodhisattva Stages The Ten Faiths The Ten Dwellings The Ten Conducts The Ten Transferences The Four Positions of Additional Practices The Ten Positions of the Ten Grounds The Position of Equal and Wonderful EnlightenmentChapter 3. The Names of the SutraChapter 4. The Seven Destinies Destiny of Hells Destiny of Ghosts Destiny of Animals Destiny of People Destiny of Immortals Destiny of Gods Destiny of AsurasVOLUME 8:
Chapter 1. The Origin of Demonic StatesChapter 2. The Form SkandhaChapter 3. The Feeling SkandhaChapter 4. The Thinking SkandhaChapter 5. The Formations SkandhaChapter 6. The Consciousness SkandhaChapter 7. The Concluding InstructionsChapter 8. The The Arising and Cessation of the Five skandhasChapter 9. Exhortation to Propagate the Sutra
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