SURANGAMA SUTRA.

 

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VOLUME ONE

I heard something like this: At that time in the monastery States Complete truth is Phiet, Buddha and University monk a thousand two hundred and fifty, all Great Arhats, from reincarnation, full majesty , help Buddhist teachings which states, morality, chastity, as the model for the three worlds, the wealth of the body, goods of being the ultimate future working out of the ceiling. Disciples are dealing wish abbot of Dharma are: Dai Tri Sariputta, Ma Ha Moggallana, Ma Ha The Si La, Phu Long Na Di Da La Ni Tu, Tu Bo, Advantages Ba Ni Sa Da etc. .. is the upper manual, and there are countless Bich Chi with them to where the Buddha and his bhikkhus chronic lower slowly. Then, ten bodhisattva follow the Buddha's will for meaning to ask the director to decide.

Then the Tathagata gone to court to sit for the mass the unprecedented legal declaration market, profound sense, magic audio sermon echoes around the world ten, sa constant Bodhisattvas are to gather, including Manjushri Master Net is precious.

At that time, King Pasedena anniversary of father son rose ceremony, shopping precious enough dishes, personally invited the Buddha and the Great Bodhisattvas to provide a meal. The city also has many bourgeois, other lay along the left margin increasing, every Buddhist temple offerings. Buddha Manjushri wrong lead Bodhisattvas and Arhats, divided into several groups, the invitation to a meal where the boys. Only Ananda others invited separately, away from God, not in the same projected to increase them.

Then, on the way back, alone there Venerable Ananda and A Soap Le go, day that the no one invited offerings, in the center look forward to see the final home boys. In the past, Ananda heard rebuked from Bodh and Mahakasyapa, who is the Arahant, the professional chooses the rich alms, alms choose the poor, the mind does not equal, the decision to follow equality duality of the Tathagata, to avoid all the scorn and suspicion, in mind for that: For boys, such as noble or despicable, clean dirty food, compassion for achievement for all both being planted vast amount of merit. Just think so, holding a bowl of, from house to house along the street, posture strictly, alms lawful.

At Ananda are begging walked home workers, with her magical worth - use of wrong notes Brahma of pagan blonde photographer into sex, caressing temptation, about to be corrupt world.

Buddha knew this before the meal is finished, immediately on the king and the great god, the chief author laymen, follow Buddha, please listen to weak solutions.

Then, mark the Buddha emitted aura weapons fearless department, in the aura expands weapons lotus thousand wings, upon which incarnation of Buddha sitting cross-legged theory mantra, Manjushri wrong to bring pay to rescue the evil Note destroy, took Ananda and worth - about where Buddha.

Ananda see Buddha, bowed tears, regret this old broad studious only heard, round no direct power, this kind Tathagata time to ask about the first means of three kinds of meditation: Sa Ma Tha (1) , Tam Ma (2) and Meditation Na (3), that ten Tathagata practice was primary sense. When it has constants sa Bodhisattva and the steps the Great Arahat, Pratyekabuddhas where ten for the same hearing, silent sit still to weak French territory of Buddha.

Then, Exalted hand gently touched Ananda, said to Ananda and mass:

- Tam Ma, is called Buddha Danh Shurangama Wang, covers operation, stately wonderful way, as well as the practice leads to final liberation of ten Tathagata, now you pay heard.

Ananda bowed, obedience glass Buddha taught.

Buddha told Ananda:

- You and I are brothers, all at a race, do not know the mind, where legal, you see general characteristics consecutive wins what sex deep discharge of the world?

Ananda Buddhist transparency: the

- I saw thirty-two general characteristics marvelous victory of the Tathagata, the pure as-me, often thought to myself, this is not due to general charity was born. Why? Because charity pollution ugly, dirty blood crystalline structure can not born the same clarity, pure win like that, so it would be much more impressed by Buddha ordained grave.

Buddha said:

- Good place! Ananda, you should know, all living beings from very far, continuous birth and death, because such know foot care permanent, clean clear nature, rely on delusions, delusions such feet should reincarnation. Ten Buddhas same direction separated from birth and death are caused by direct mind, because the actions and words straight, like that from the beginning to the end, until the home level, in the middle of the no generals winding.

- Now you want to save the unsurpassed Bodhi, invented identity feet, directly to the heart that answered my question. Ananda, I ask you: when you coast has heart thirty-two generals of the Tathagata, get to see? Who knows Appetite?

- Buddha, using the mind and eyes of the see Minister enemies win of Tathagata, born consent keen mind, volunteer renounce samsara.

Buddha said:

- As you said, the interest due to the mind and eye. If you do not know where the mind and the eye will not be able to work for the ceiling; such as the country of the enemy, the king sent soldiers up unless all soldiers must know the enemy's lair. Cause you to transfer was a mistake in the mind and eyes. I ask you: mind and your eye now?

Fly for nearly QUESTION find CENTER

Breaking accept the mind in the body

- Buddha! All ten kinds of living beings on earth are for the mind in the body. Now I get my eyes on you and your mind in the body, such as the Lotus Bar eye of the Tathagata in on the Tathagata.

Buddha said:

- A Nan! Now you sit in the auditorium of the Tathagata, see Jeta forest in place?

- Buddha! Large auditorium raui this purity in the garden Anathapindika, did Jeta forest outside the classroom.

- A Nan! Now people in the auditorium at the first show?

- Buddha! In the auditorium in front of that Tathagata, after mass, then looked out to see the trees.

- A Nan! You see a tree, by the seen?

- Buddha! Because empty classroom windows open so I seen throughout the exterior.

Buddha told Ananda:

- As you said, the ones in the hall, through the door open space so that the trees; that living being in the classroom can not see the Tathagata, to see the tree outside?

- Buddha! In the auditorium did not see the Tathagata, to see the trees outside is not true.

- A Nan! You, too, spiritual heart of people all clear, if your mind is clear, the amount of it in the body must first be clearly seen in the body. Such beings before seen in yourself and then see things outside? Still could not see the heart, liver, spleen, and is the site: nails, hair, tendon transfer is found, why not see? If the body is not found, how to see things outside? So you say "knowledge triangle head in the body" is not correct. (Self-dual nature, which makes no sense true and not true, because treatment of it should say not true).

Breaking acceptance heart outside body

Ananda bowed Buddhist transparency:

- I listen to the teachings of the Tathagata, the enlightened mind is outside the body. Why? For example, the lights in the room, lit before lighting in the room, and then later from the door and went outside. All beings found in the body, just found out the body, as well as outside the room lights not lighting in the room, this means clear, no doubt, that in comparison with the ultimate sense of the Buddha is not wrong u ?

Buddha told Ananda:

- The monk alms just follow me in the forest and returned Jeta. I have finished meal, you try to think of a monk, just a food that the other no?

- Buddha! No sir! Why? Though the monks are Arhat level, but can not, where can a person eat that makes both of them are full.

- A Nan! If the place of the triangle is outside the body, in addition to differences, not related, everyone interested to know body knows, the body, the mind does not know. I reached for you to see, while the eyes see, the mind you know?

- Buddha! Well said.

- A Nan! If the body and mind in a row, said the mind outside the body? Should know, people say, "knowledge triangle head out of the body" is not right.

Breaking consciousness lurks behind the eyes

- Buddha! As the Buddha taught, could not see inside it is not in itself; body and mind in a row can not leave each other so no outside body, now I think the mind in one place.

- At what place?

- Tri triangle has no idea that found outside, I think that it lurks behind the eyes. For example, people get cups to save face in the eyes (today say the glasses), although there are things fly out but not afraid to label basis, depending on the show immediately distinguishable. Triangle tri not see inside because where the eyes, clearly outside because lurks behind the eyes.

Buddha told Ananda:

- According to the people say, mind hiding behind the eyes like the eyes hiding behind cups store, then at that mountain river, he saw cups saved?

- Buddha! It shows cups saved.

- Ananda, hide behind eye cups up and saw the cup-me; center hide behind the eyes can not see eye? Even seeing eye, that is how that scene and exit? If you can not see his eyes, you say "triangle tri hiding after eye" is not right.

Breaking accept dark eyes that are found in the body

- Buddha! Now I think that, his body being in government organs, lodging vented (Niu basis) outside, where the organ was dark, where the lodge in the morning. Now in front of the Buddha, opened his eyes that morning called outside, dark eyes that call is found in the body, this means?

Buddha told Ananda:

- When you close your eyes that night, the scene was eye to eye or not to?

- If the eyes are dark in front, ie, outside the body, say in the body? Assuming for the evening is in the body, when in a dark room there is no light, in a dark room are organs of government?

- If not for the eyes, how is that? If separated from the outside, set up a change in, he closed his eyes that night call is found in the body; such as open your eyes see stars not see the light?

- Again, if you do not see the face, which means "eye" can not set up: if the knowledge triangle and label based in vain, as mentioned in?

- Again, if out of nowhere, not the body that now Tathagata sees thee is thy body? Eye so you see how the body you did not know. If you body and eyes that simultaneously, there must be two, ie a body you have two Buddha! Should know people say "that I referred to is found in the body" is not right.

Breaking accepted thought is mind

- I've heard The Buddha declared that: Tam birth should the legislative birth, birth to the mind. Now I think, it was the thought that my mind; depending thinking mind immediately, and not inside, outside and in the middle.

Ananda, who said law of the mind born, depending thinking mind immediately. Mind can no self, no thoughts; if there is that thought itself is essential to see the very ceiling, that is not true.

If there be, then you try your hands flipped himself, know thy mind from the body or from outside? If from the inside out, to see the body; if from the outside, you must first see his face.

- All the eyes see, mind all know, the mind not the eye, say that is not true.

Buddha told Ananda:

- If you feel the eyes of the people in the room, the door know that? (Example for body, doors instance eye). As dead eyes still supposed to see things; if an object is called death?

- Again, care or know if it is from a can or more? Where body, mind and body, or not at all?

- If you can say, when you flicked a hand only, probably from spending all know, if you know where abdominal there, if there is room, not a can. If like many, many people, so can any of you?

- If it comes across the body, the same as the snap above, if not all, when you touch the top and bottom, know right leg do not know, but now you do not have to be that way. So you say: "Depending on the mind immediately thought" is not true.

Breaking approved center in the middle

- Buddha! When Buddha Manjushri and the Holiness about the true form, I also listen to Buddha mind neither in nor out. As you think, so do not know should not be in the body and mind in a row should not be outside, now in a row but could not see inside, all right in the middle.

- You say "in between", the center must be clear, is not no place. As you consider, among in place? At the place of origin (12 speakers, including drag, cap) or in the body?

- If in the body where the skin is not between; in the middle, as in. If in the place of origin, can be raised or not yet? If not yet, then there is no contract; possible yet to be nowhere. Why? For example, the plug mentioned tree in the middle, seen from the East, for the plants mentioned in the West, from the South, for the plants mentioned in the north, the middle yet have confused the mind also disorders , not quite sure where.

Ananda said:

- I say "the middle" is not two things. As Buddha said: Labels base and ceiling color grace each label born. Label the distinction, ceiling colors senseless, mode of delivery in the middle, ie hearts.

Buddha said:

- If interested you in the middle of the ceiling, so the heart can include both or not include? If including both material and alternating flipped, inanimate objects, and, you know, into two opposing things, taking anything between? If left (base) and do not know (the ceiling), no identity, so take any minister as the center? So you say, "Mind in the middle" is not true.

Breaking accept "all previous radio" is interested

- Buddha! When you see old Buddha with four disciples (Moggallana, Bo Tu, Phu Long Na and Shariputra) and Zhuan Falun, used to say "knowledge triangle is not in, not in addition to, and not in between, not in place, all without prior call center ". So the very first, known as the mind?

Buddha told Ananda:

- You're the center position not in that sense at all, such as the species of flying out of nowhere, in the water and on shore, called all material objects on earth that his previous wife, is there? Not the same as the hair rabbit tortoise horn, say radio before? If the very first, not be called. No new minister, not the minister, assured agreed with Minister, say radio before? Should know, said, "All very first called knowledge triangle" is not right.

STRATEGY OPTIONS

Here stated seven for nearly asked, that the Buddha is want led Ananda straight to the self-realization, the Buddha is not of truth. Buddha just fake fake drugs for treatment of Ananda. Why said fake sick? Because the comments accept of Ananda had no truth. Why say counterfeit drugs? For word break observance of Buddha was not true.

Like Ananda says interest in the body, outside the body, to say the very front is the mind, in fact do not have no right and no wrong, for certain serving in a place, the Buddha said not right. If the approval has not expired, you can set an infinite number of places, but where only seven places? If the approval has expired, the place does not have any, let alone seven spot!

Dualistic nature which, if accepted by the Buddha, "the truth is not in" Second, "it is not outside" is second to none, for any available in one place, or in a nowhere are is second to none. Why? As if in a place, the place does not have, at the place that is not binary. So Buddha said: Pham Huu language theory, period real non means (Ordinary words are not mean it).

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Then, Ananda in the mass from his seat up, patronizing role sleeve, kneeling right foot, white hands reverently Buddha:

- You are the youngest of the Tathagata, the Buddha loved this though ordained, but still heavily rely on the compassion of the Buddha, only broad studious heard, not outflow, no curling up evil uncle, was regent in sex, because do not know where to of Truth, respectfully Buddha compassionate, open for us the way from meditation Sa Tha, makes the spears to remove bad reviews.

Saying worship, sowing the ground stature, the same glass masses yearning to hear instruction.

Meanwhile, The Sun from the surface release all kinds of glory, bright as hundreds of thousands of the sun, Buddhist around the world, making the first six vibration, ten national wealth at the same time. Buddha's compassionate makes the world into a world, all the Great Bodhisattvas in the world remain in his country, to join hands and listen.

Buddha told Ananda:

- All living beings from very far, enough crazy things like, agglomerated career achievements of reincarnation. Those who practice not be attained supreme Enlightenment, became Thanh Van, Pratyekabuddha or pagan heaven, Lucifer and relatives that were due to not know two basic things, the wrong practice, as well as sand cooking like rice, albeit through many life nor enlightened.

- What are the two fundamental things?

- A is the basis of birth and death from without, that is, now received eight conditions as the essence of the people and beings;

- Two is a pure capital Bodhi Nirvana from without, that is, the formula (4) which unravel, or birth conditions that obscure the coast into thy lost. Since being lost form clear, though daily life in a way that is not self-knowing, the miscarriage of justice in the continent.

- Ananda, you want to know the path of meditation Sa Ma Tha, looking out of the birth and death, so I asked you.

With that, the Tathagata now golden arm with five fingers, told Ananda:

- Do you see?

Ananda replied:

- Seeing.

Buddha said:

- Did you see something?

Ananda replied:

- The see Tathagata hands, with fingers into a fist shining, bright mind and eyes.

Buddha said:

- What are you using for that?

- Son and mass are used sight.

Buddha told Ananda:

- According to people replied, Tathagata finger fist sparkling and dazzling mind's eye, so his fist bright we shine, eye see, nothing centric?

Ananda replied:

- Tathagata almost asked any interest in that, I thought heart failure, or failure to find it, for the heart.

Buddha said:

- Wrong, Ananda! Did not care for you.

A Nan snatched his feet, his hands white Buddha that:

- What did not care what it is called?

Buddha told Ananda:

- That's the general illusion of money bare, fascinated feet nature of people. Do you receive this ancient enemy sons, lost his feet often, should be rotated.

- Buddha! You are children of the Buddha, because love should Buddhist monastic life. Mind not only the offerings to the Tathagata, but also want to spread throughout every sa national level, serve the Buddhas and improve knowledge, the mind mighty, Buddhist hard to do, have this mind; albeit in French, quit virtue as well as the heart. If Exalted invented the did not mind, so you do not have the same land as wood, leaves tri sense this is nothing, why the Tathagata says that he does not care? I was horrified, and both of them are not from suspicion, glass hope The Sun Ruo compassion, opening the market for those who have not discovered.

Baay now, The Sun wants to Ananda and mass are proved unborn entered law rings, where the lion court, patted Ananda declared that:

- Tathagata often said: case method comparing, only mental. All cause and effect, the world of mind-this new ceiling can nature. Ananda, all things on earth, grass, leaves, blinds, consider the root can be nature, although nowhere has the title, let alone is the essence of pure light of all interested again there is no self? If you accept it what nature tri sense to distinguish as the mind, the mind is separated from all things green ceiling must own self (such as ceiling situation arising and passing away). As you are now listening to the sermon, because the sound should be distinguished; though to kill all comments, text, visual, tri, keep u idle, also a ball regardless of the ceiling.

- I'm not sure you acceptance terrific mind, but you look carefully in the mind: if leave bare money and self-of nature discrimination, ie is thy foot care. If nature distinguishes ceiling leaves no self, he is the ball regardless of the ceiling amount. No permanent ceiling, turning away, the mind is the same as turtles hair, horns rabbits, so dharma body of the people into extinction, also one unborn stock legal entity? (Earthly scene there are two types: for the five senses called Ceiling money, for the legal basis is called a ceiling).

Immediately, Ananda same mass bewildered silence, no reason to say anymore.

Buddha told Ananda:

- All the practice in the world, because they have not cut clean habits and afflictions, despite the nine steps of meditation, such into arahantahood, are due to the attachment of birth and death delusion, for the true, should you even learned width hear much, such securities holy.

Ananda heard, painful tears, size plant close to the ground, knees hands of white Buddha that:

- From when I left home, hazard dependable compassionate Buddha, often think that such hardship suicide, that the Tathagata will give eighty, does not know the mind and body can not replace each other, so lost mind; relatives though ordained, not proselytes, as poor children off his escape. So far known, albeit broad school listen to many, if not practice (5) What other people do not hear! Also like to say that will not eat, then how is it!

- The Sun, now we are two stumbling bound (disturbing tone and over it), so do not know the true nature of the injury, would the Tathagata have mercy destitute, open mind, clear direction label for we.

At that time, the Tathagata from swastika () chest emitted aura, brilliant hundred thousand colors, as shown throughout the ten the Buddha countless national level, the detector over top the Tathagata all in the ten weapons officer, then rotate the first soi both A Nan same mass, told Ananda that:

- Now we as users of legal sites, making ten beings are marvelous mind clear, pure legal entity. Ananda, before you answer that shining fist, so this hand held, did the have? How to hold hands? What you get to see?

Ananda replied:

- Due to the nature of pure shining golden mountain as Buddha's birth aura, Buddha fingers clenched into fists, my eyes have seen your fist minister.

Buddha told Ananda:

- Today we tell the truth to hear: The location must also by new examples enlightenment. Ananda, such as our hands, if such arms shall not hold my hand, if there is no human eye is not seeing of you. So take the label off than my fist, the two mean the same?

- Buddha! Well the same. If not with the eyes, not that of the children, so bring the label of the than Tathagata fist, the same double meaning.

Buddha told Ananda:

- You said the same, that is not true. Why? As people do not have arms, absolutely no holding hands, but who do not have eyes did not see. Why? You try to ask the blind can see something? He will surely reply: "Now my eyes see only darkness, could not see anything." By this means, Ceiling money order dinner, where the show with ease!

Ananda said:

- The blind eyes see only darkness, called that?

Buddha told Ananda:

- The blind man has no eyes, only to see dark, compared with eyes in a dark room, and see only darkness, the two dark things with others or not?

- Buddha! It's no different.

- Ananda, if people do not have eyes, see the darkness, suddenly bright eyes, and he saw the immediate appearances, called "sight", in a dark room all that darkness, suddenly the lights , also see appearances before the eyes, shall be known as the "light show". If the light you see is not called, the lamp that has nothing to do with you? That said, the only light effects visible appearances, seeing eye, not the light; effect only visible appearances, that is the mind, not the eyes.

A mass Nan and even listen to the Buddha, his mouth is silent, but still not enlightened mind, looking forward to further clarification, should prayerfully folded hands, waiting for the Buddha taught.

Then, The Sun shining outstretched arms, open finger, said to Ananda and the mass:

- When we first attained enlightenment where Loc Vienna, has told the monk, and four of them: All beings Bodhi and endorse arahantahood, are in error by disturbing ceiling. At that time, the mentor was enlightened, this witness holy?

Then, Kieu Nhu Tran stood up white Buddha:

- The elders of them called out wide to know more, as treatment two words Tran should be attained. Bhagavan, such as pedestrians to stay in hotels, eat sleep finished up the road, not able to stay, and all the residents there, no need to go anywhere. So no head, head-called subjective, so take the "head" meaningless words.

- As new rain stopped, the sun shines through the gap, evident Minister gas dust mausoleum where nowhere. Chen then moved. Nowhere president of course. So serene called not, lay bare called, should get the "move" literally Tran.

Buddha said:

- That's right!

Instantaneous mass Tathagata in five fingers, then opened, then held open, asked Ananda:

- Now what do you see?

Ananda replied:

- I saw the hand of the Tathagata open at the time held.

Buddha told Ananda:

- You see my hand open fist, open hand we hold, or open the view of a person holding?

Ananda replied:

- Tathagata hands from opening, but not human nature that is open to grip.

Buddha asked:

- Which one, which one net?

Ananda replied:

- Hands Buddha no head, pure human nature that there is, how is it! (Semi-duality, the impurities are not infected).

Buddha said:

- That's right!

With that, the Tathagata from the hands emitted a ray of glory shines right Ananda. A Nan turned to look right, Buddha flung rays illuminate left Ananda, Ananda turned to look left, the Buddha told Ananda:

- First you why move?

Ananda replied:

- The see Tathagata halo to the sides, so as to look through look, itself shaken.

- Ananda, who watched the halo move your head up or the show?

- Buddha! Automatic head, human nature that stops, say nothing moved! (Japan is not treated, and such activities are not involved).

Buddha said:

- That's right!

So, mass Buddhist sure that:

- If living beings to "move" ceiling, "no head" is, you see, like investment Ananda shake that nature that do not; hands free open years that nature that do not open. So why are you today for the body, for the scene, from start to finish concept concept arising and passing away, lost foot nature, in accordance with the crazy. For such feet character, character, self-propelled by the flow of birth and death, resignation reincarnation. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.22/11/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).