The shurangama mantra devanagari Shurangama Mantra devanagari | Page 263

【THE SHURANGAMA SUTRA _ EXTRACTION.】
is characterized by illusory clarity.
8:305
”Therefore, the Tathagata has
explained to you that the fundamental
cause of all five skandhas is false
thinking. 8:298
”Once your thoughts arise, they can
control your body. Since your body is
not the same as your thoughts, why is
it that your body follows your
thoughts and engages in every sort of
grasping at objects? A thought arises,
and the body grasps at things in
response to the thought. 8:305
”Your body’s initial cause was a
thought on the part of your parents.
But if you had not entertained any
thought in your own mind, you would
not have been born. Life is
perpetuated by means of thought.
8:300
”When you are awake, your mind
thinks. When you are asleep, you
dream. Thus your thinking is stirred
to perceive false situations. This is
the third kind of false thinking, which
is characterized by
interconnectedness. 8:307
”As I have said before, when you call
to mind the taste of vinegar, your
mouth waters. When you think of
walking along a precipice, the soles
of your feet tingle. Since the
precipice doesn’t exist and there isn’t
any vinegar, how could your mouth
water at the mere mention of vinegar,
if it were not the case that your body
originated from falseness? 8:301
”The metabolic processes never stop;
they progress through subtle changes:
your nails and hair grow, your energy
wanes, and your skin becomes
wrinkled. These processes continue
day and night, and yet you never
wake up to them. 8:308
”Therefore, you should know that
your present physical body is brought
about by the first kind of false
thinking, which is characterized by
solidity. 8:303
”If these things aren’t part of you,
Ananda, then why does your body
keep changing? And if they are really
part of you, then why aren’t you
aware of them? 8:309
”As described earlier, merely
thinking about a high place can cause
your body to tingle and ache. 8:303
”Your formations skandha continues
in thought after thought without
cease. It is the fourth kind of false
thinking, which is subtle and hidden.
8:310
”Due to that cause, feelings arise and
affect your body, so that at present
you pursue pleasant feelings and are
repelled by unpleasant feelings.
These two kinds of feelings that
compel you are brought about by the
second kind of false thinking, which
”Finally, if your pure, bright, clear,
and unmoving state is permanent,
then there should be no seeing,
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