SHURANGAMA MANTRA IN SANSKRIT- 05 SECTIONS

You could read more SHURANGAMA MANTRA explained by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua at http://www.cttbusa.org/dharmatalks/sh... Introduction to Shurangama Mantra Summarized from teaching of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua by Kuo-Jung Chang The Shurangama Mantra is the most important of all mantras. It is the entire substance and function, and includes all the doctrines of the Buddhadharma. This mantra divides into five divisions: the Vajra Division; the Production of Jewels Division; the Lotus Division; the Buddha Division, and the Karma Division. These five belong to the five directions: In the east is the Vajra Division, with Akshobhya Buddha as host; In the south is the Production of Jewels Division, with Jeweled Birth Buddha as host; The central division is the Buddha Division, with Shakyamuni Buddha as host; In the west is the Lotus Division, with Amitabha Buddha as host; In the north is the Karma Division, with Accomplishment Buddha as host. The Shurangama Mantra is the King of Mantras. It is also the longest mantra among mantras. This mantra has a profound effect on the flourishing or decay of the entirety of the Buddhadharma. If it comes to the point that there is not a single person in the world who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, then the world will quickly fall to pieces, because the Proper Dharma no longer remains. Within the Proper Dharma, the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra are very important. The Shurangama Sutra is a text which explains the Shurangama Mantra. The mantra is called "the Light on the Crown of the Buddha." And, the crown of the Buddha is referring to the transformation Buddha on top of the crown that spoke the mantra. The Shurangama Mantra is subtle and inconceivably wonderful. Every phrase has a function. Every word has an esoteric wonder. It is inconceivable and inexpressible. So , the light on the buddha's crown also represents the strength of the mantra, which can break through any kind of darkness and can bring to fruition people's merit and virtue. If you are able to accept and maintain the Shurangama Mantra, you will certainly obtain the unsurpassed, proper, and equal right enlightenment. If you can constantly recite it then your offenses from the past can be wiped away. This is the wonderful function of the Shurangama Mantra. The method to learn the mantra is do it sentence by sentence, line by line. Don't try to learn it by reading it all at once. When you can remember the first line by heart, go on to the next. Unless you remember that one line clearly, don't go on to the next. If you are greedy to learn it all at once, you won't be able to swallow it in one gulp. All dharmas are the wonderful Dharma. The state of the wonderful Dharma is beyond deliberation and discrimination. In trying to memorize the Shurangama Mantra, do not fall into deliberation and discrimination. The more you discriminate, the harder it is to learn. The more you deliberate, the less you will understand. Just recite the mantra. Recite it as your duty and responsibility. Don't study it with thoughts of discrimination and deliberation. Discrimination takes place in the sixth (mind) consciousness. Deliberation is done exclusively by the seventh consciousness. In the Shurangama Sutra we read that Ananda had this very problem. He concentrated on learning and neglected cultivation of samadhi. To memorize the Shurangama Mantra, one must get rid of deliberation and discrimination. Do not use your conscious mind to study the Buddhadharma. Use your true heart, which is just the wonderful Dharma.