The Surangama Sutra. A New Translation with Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

The Sūrangama Sūtra
Table of Contents    
Acknowledgements    
Foreword    
Introduction    
Prologue
     The Occasion for the Teaching    
I - The Nature and Location of the Mind
     The Request for Dharma    
     The Location of the Mind    
     The Conditioned Mind and the True Mind    
II - The Nature of Visual Awareness
     It Is the Mind That Sees    
     Visual Awareness Does Not Move    
     Visual Awareness Does Not Perish    
     The True Nature of Visual Awareness Is Not Lost    
     Visual Awareness Is Not Dependent upon Conditions    
     Visual Awareness Is Not a Perceived Object    
     Visual Awareness Has Neither Shape Nor Extension    
     Visual Awareness Is Both Separate and Not Separate from Objects    
     Visual Awareness Arises Neither on Its Own nor from Causes    
     True Visual Awareness    
     Distortions in Visual Awareness Based on Karma    
     Visual Awareness Exists Neither Through Inhering Nor in Conjoining    
Ill - The Matrix of the Thus-Come One    
     The Five Aggregates Are the Matrix of the Thus-Come One    
     The Six Faculties Are the Matrix of the Thus-Come One    
     The Twelve Sites Are the Matrix of the Thus-Come One    
     The Eighteen Constituents Are the Matrix of the Thus-Come One    
     The Seven Primary Elements Are the Matrix of the Thus-Come One    
     Ananda’s Vow    
IV - The Coming into Being of the World of Illusion    
     Adding Understanding to Understanding    
     The Buddhas’ Enlightenment Is Irreversible    
     The Interfusing of the Primary Elements    
     Delusion Has No Basis: The Parable of Yajnadatta    
V - Instructions for Practice    
     Five Layers of Turbidity    
     Choosing One Faculty in Order to Liberate All Six    
     The Example of the Bell’s Sound    
     The Analogy of the Six Knots    
VI - Twenty-Five Sages    
     Twenty-Five Sages Speak of Enlightenment    
     The Bodhisattva Who Hears the Cries of the World    
     The Bodhisattva Manjusri's Recommendation    
VII - Four Clear and Definitive Instructions on Purity    
     On Sexual Desire    
     On Killing    
     On Stealing    
     On Making False Claims    
VIII - The Surangama Mantra    
     Establishing a Place for Awakening    
     The Surangama Mantra    
     The Powers of the Mantra    
     Vows of Protection    
IX - Levels of Being    
     The Coming into Being of the World of Illusion    
     Twelve Classes of Beings    
     Three Gradual Steps    
     The Fifty-Seven Stages of the Bodhisattva’s Path    
     Naming the Discourse    
     The Hells    
     The Destiny of Ghosts
     The Destiny of Animals
     The Destiny of Humans
     The Destiny of the Ascetic Masters    
     The Destiny of the Gods    
     The Destiny of Asuras
     The Seven Destinies Are the Result of Karma    
X - Fifty Demonic States of Mind
     Dangers May Arise with Advanced Practice    
     Ten Demonic States of Mind Associated with the Aggregate of Form    
     Ten Demonic States of Mind Associated with the Aggregate of Sense-Perception    
     Ten Demonic States of Mind Associated with the Aggregate of Cognition    
     Ten Demonic States of Mind Associated with the Aggregate of Mental Formations    
     Ten Demonic States of Mind Associated with the Aggregate of Consciousness    
     The Five Aggregates Arise from Delusion    
     The Merit of Teaching the Surangama Dharma    
Appendix - A Brief Account of the Life of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Index