The Surangama Sutra by Hsuan Hua

Author:Hsuan Hua
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780881399622
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Published: 2009-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

[9] Gavāṁpatī20 stood up, bowed at the Buddha’s feet, and said to him respectfully: “I committed an offense in the karma of speech. Once, during an eon in the past, I insulted an elder monk, and as a result, in life after life I have suffered from an illness which causes me to chew like a cow. The Thus-Come One showed me how, by practicing a Dharma of the mind-ground, I could make all flavors become one and so be purified. By this practice my distinction-making mind ceased, and I entered samādhi.

Then my contemplation was that the knowledge of flavors does not come from the tongue-faculty and does not come from any object of taste. By means of this contemplation, I transcended all worldly outflows. Within, I let go of my mind and body, and without, I took my leave of this world. I left the three realms of existence far behind; I was like a bird escaping from its cage. I departed from all impurity and put an end to my defilements, and my Dharma-eye became clear. So it was that I became an Arhat. The Thus-Come One himself verified that I need no further instruction. The Buddha has asked us how we broke through to enlightenment. I believe that redirecting the awareness of flavor away from the flavors and back to itself is the best method.”

[10] Pilindavatsa21 stood up, bowed at the Buddha’s feet, and said to him respectfully: “After I had first committed myself to following the Buddha on the Path, I heard the Thus-Come One say many times that nothing in this world can bring true joy. One day, as I was reflecting upon this teaching during my almsround in the city, I failed to notice a poisonous thorn lying in the road. I stepped on it, and pain suffused my entire body. I reflected on the sensation: I was aware of a deep pain, but I was also aware of my awareness of the pain, and I realized that in the pure mind there is neither pain nor awareness of pain. I had this further thought: how can it be that one body has two awarenesses? I held fast to this thought, and before long my body and mind became suddenly empty. During the next twenty-one days my outflows gradually ceased. So it was that I became an Arhat. The Buddha himself verified that I need no further instruction. The Buddha has asked us how we broke through to enlightenment. I believe that to purify one’s tactile awareness until the body is forgotten is the best method.”

[11] Subhūti22 stood up, bowed at the Buddha’s feet, and said to him respectfully: “Ever since a time during the eons of the remote past, my mind has been without impediment, and I have been able to remember as many of my past lives as there are sand-grains in the River Ganges. Even in my mother’s womb, I have been aware of the stillness of emptiness. I have understood

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