The shurangama mantra devanagari Shurangama Mantra devanagari | Page 258

【THE SHURANGAMA SUTRA _ EXTRACTION.】
delights in the purity of water, loves
the wind’s circuitous flow, and
contemplates the accomplishments of
the earth. He reveres and serves them
all. He takes these mundane elements
to be a fundamental cause and
considers them to be everlasting. He
will then fall into the error of taking
what is not production to be
production. Kashyapa and the
Brahmans who seek to transcend
birth and death by diligently serving
fire and worshipping water will
become his companions. Confused
about the Bodhi of the Buddhas, he
will lose his knowledge and
understanding. 8:256
”Based on his idea that there is
universal awareness, he formulates a
theory that all the plants in the ten
directions are sentient, not different
from human beings. He claims that
plants can become people, and that
when people die they again become
plants in the ten directions. If he
considers this idea of unrestricted,
universal awareness to be supreme,
he will fall into the error of
maintaining that what is not aware
has awareness. Vasishtha and
Sainika, who maintained the idea of
comprehensive awareness, will
become his companions. Confused
about the Bodhi of the Buddhas, he
will lose his knowledge and
understanding. 8:253
”This is the fifth state, in which he
confusedly pursues the elements,
setting up a false cause that leads to
false aspirations based on
speculations about his attachment to
worship. He strays far from perfect
penetration and turns his back on the
City of Nirvana, thus sowing the
seeds of a distorted view of
transformation. 8:258
”This is the fourth state, in which he
draws an erroneous conclusion based
on the idea that there is a universal
awareness. He strays far from perfect
penetration and turns his back on the
City of Nirvana, thus sowing the
seeds of a distorted view of
awareness. 8:254
”Further, the good person has
thoroughly seen the formations
skandha as empty. He has ended
production and destruction, but he
has not yet perfected the subtle
wonder of ultimate serenity. 8:258
”Further, the good person has
thoroughly seen the formations
skandha as empty. He has ended
production and destruction, but he
has not yet perfected the subtle
wonder of ultimate serenity. 8:255
”He may speculate that there is an
emptiness within the perfect
brightness, and based on that he
denies the myriad transformations,
taking their eternal cessation as his
refuge. If he interprets this as a
supreme state, he will fall into the
”If he has attained versatility in the
perfect fusion and interchangeable
functioning of the sense faculties, he
may speculate that all things arise
from these perfect transformations.
He then seeks the light of fire,
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