The shurangama mantra The shurangama mantra | Page 228

【THE SHURANGAMA SUTRA _ EXTRACTION.】
will mistake a thief for your own son.
8:3
throughout the ten directions, are all
created as a result of confusion,
dullness, and false thinking. 8:11
”It is also possible to feel satisfied
after a small accomplishment, like
the Unlearned Bhikshu who reached
the Fourth Dhyana and claimed that
he had realized sagehood. When his
celestial reward ended and the signs
of decay appeared, he slandered
Arhatship as being subject to birth
and death, and thus he fell into the
Avichi Hell. 8:7
”You should know that the space
created in your mind is like a wisp of
cloud that dots the vast sky. How
much smaller must all the worlds
within that space be! 8:12
”If even one person among you finds
the truth and returns to the source,
then all of space in the ten directions
is obliterated. How could the worlds
within that space fail to be destroyed
as well? 8:13
”You should pay attention. I will now
explain this for you in detail.” 8:9
Ananda stood up and, with the others
in the assembly who had More to
Learn, bowed joyfully. They quieted
themselves in order to listen to the
compassionate instruction. 8:9
”When you cultivate dhyana and
attain samadhi, your mind tallies with
the minds of the Bodhisattvas and the
great Arhats of the ten directions who
are free of outflows, and you abide in
a state of profound purity. 8:14
The Buddha told Ananda and the
whole assembly, “You should know
that the twelve categories of beings in
this world of outflows are endowed
with a wonderfully bright,
fundamental enlightenment - the
enlightened, perfect substance of the
mind which is not different from that
of the Buddhas of the ten directions.
8:10 ”All the kings of demons, the ghosts
and spirits, and the ordinary gods see
their palaces collapse for no apparent
reason. The earth quakes, and all the
creatures in the water, on the land,
and in the air, without exception, are
frightened. Yet ordinary people who
are sunk in dim confusion remain
unaware of these changes. 8:15
”Due to the fault of false thinking and
confusion about the truth, infatuation
arises and makes your confusion all
pervasive. Consequently, an
emptiness appears. Worlds come into
being as that confusion is ceaselessly
transformed. Therefore, the lands that
are not without outflows, as
numerous as motes of dust ”All these beings have five kinds of
spiritual powers; they lack only
freedom from outflows, because they
are still attached to worldly passions.
How could they allow you to destroy
their palaces? That is why the ghosts,
spirits, celestial demons, sprites, and
goblins come to disturb you when
you are in samadhi. 8:17
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