The shurangama mantra The shurangama mantra | Page 221

【THE SHURANGAMA SUTRA _ EXTRACTION.】
jye la li yau cha
dan la chu
mwo la shr
fei di shan
swo pi shan
syi dan dwo bwo da la
mwo he ba she lu
shai ni shan
mwo he bwo lai jang chi lan
ye bwo tu two
she yu she nwo
byan da li na
pi two ye
pan tan jya lu mi
di shu
pan tan jya lu mi
bwo la pi two
pan tan jya lu mi
da jr two
nan
e na li
pi she ti
pi la
ba she la
two li
pan two pan two ni
ba she la bang ni pan
hu syin du lu yung pan
swo pe he.
”Because the Thus Come Ones of the
ten directions take up this mantra-
heart, they subdue all demons and
control all adherents of outside ways.
6:116
”Because the Thus Come Ones of the
ten directions avail themselves of this
mantra-heart, they sit upon jeweled
lotus-flowers and respond throughout
countries as numerous as motes of
dust. 6:117
”Because the Thus Come Ones of the
ten directions embody this mantra-
heart, they turn the great dharma
wheel in lands as numerous as fine
motes of dust. 6:117
”Because the Thus Come Ones of the
ten directions hold this mantra-heart,
they are able to go throughout the ten
directions to rub beings on the
crowns of their heads and bestow
predictions upon them. Also, anyone
in the ten directions who has not yet
realized the fruition, can receive a
Buddha’s prediction. 6:117
”Because the Thus Come Ones of the
ten directions are based in this
mantra-heart, they can go throughout
the ten directions to rescue beings
from such sufferings as being in the
hells, being hungry ghosts, being
animals, or being blind, deaf, or
mute, as well as from the suffering of
being together with those one hates,
from the suffering of being apart
from those one loves, from the
suffering of not obtaining what one
seeks, and from the raging blaze of
the five skandhas. They liberate
"Ananda, this cluster of light atop the
crown of the Buddha’s head, the
secret gatha, Syi Dan Dwo Bwo Da
La, with its subtle, wonderful
divisions and phrases, gives birth to
all the Buddhas of the ten directions.
Because the Thus Come Ones of the
ten directions use this mantra-heart,
they realize unsurpassed, proper, and
all-pervading knowledge and
enlightenment. 6:115
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