The shurangama mantra The shurangama mantra | Page 240

【THE SHURANGAMA SUTRA _ EXTRACTION.】
feeling skandha is gone, this good
person is untroubled by any deviant
mental state and experiences perfect,
bright concentration. Within samadhi,
his mind craves to know the origins
of things, so he exhaustively
investigates the nature of physical
things and their changes from
beginning to end. He intensifies the
keenness of his thoughts as he
greedily seeks to analyze things.
8:113
”Those people believe and accept his
words, forgetting their initial resolve.
They offer up their lives, feeling they
have obtained something
unprecedented. They are all beguiled
and confused into thinking he is a
Bodhisattva. As they pursue his
ideas, they break the Buddha’s moral
precepts and covertly indulge their
greedy desires. 8:117
”He is fond of saying that the eyes,
ears, nose, and tongue are the Pure
Land, and that the male and female
organs are the true place of Bodhi
and Nirvana. Ignorant people believe
these filthy words. 8:118
”At that time a demon from the
heavens seizes the opportunity it has
been waiting for. Its spirit possesses
another person and uses him as a
mouthpiece to expound the Sutras
and the Dharma. 8:114
”This is a poisonous ghost or an evil
paralysis ghost that in its old age has
become a demon. It disturbs and
confuses the good person. But when
it tires of doing so, it will leave the
other person’s body. Then both the
disciples and the teacher will get in
trouble with the law. 8:118
”This person, unaware that he is
possessed by a demon, claims he has
reached unsurpassed Nirvana. When
he comes to see that good person who
seeks to know the origins of things,
he arranges a seat and speaks the
Dharma. His body has an awesome
spiritual quality which subdues the
seeker. He makes the minds of those
gathered beside his seat
spontaneously compliant, even before
they have heard the Dharma. He says
to all those people that the Buddha’s
Nirvana, Bodhi, and Dharma-body
are there before them in the form of
his own physical body. He says, ‘The
successive begetting of fathers and
sons from generation to generation is
itself the Dharma-body, which is
permanent and never-ending. What
you see right now are those very
Buddhalands. There are no other pure
dwellings or golden features.’ 8:115
”You should be aware of this in
advance and not get caught up in the
cycle of transmigration. If you are
confused and do not understand, you
will fall into the Relentless Hells.
8:119
”Further, in the unhindered clarity
and wonder that ensues after the
feeling skandha is gone, this good
person is untroubled by any deviant
mental state and experiences perfect,
bright concentration. Within samadhi,
his mind craves revelations from afar,
so he pours all his energy into this
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