The Esoteric Significance of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra

Contents

Chapter One: Volume One — The Sevenfold Inquiry into the Location of the Mind Section One: The First Inquiry into the Mind — The Conscious Mind Dwelling Within the Body Section Two: The Second Inquiry into the Mind's Location — The Mind Is Outside the Body Section Three: The Third Inquiry into the Mind — The Conscious Mind Lies Hidden Within the Faculties Section Four: The Fourth Inquiry into the Mind — Seeing Light with Eyes Open and Seeing Darkness with Eyes Closed Section 5: The Fifth Inquiry into the Mind's Location—Wherever It Conjoins, the Mind Exists There Section 6: The Sixth Inquiry into the Mind — The Mind Is in the Middle Section Seven: The Seventh Inquiry into the Mind — Taking the Absence of Everything as Being Called the Mind Section 8: The Two Fundamental Inversions Chapter Two: Explanations of Passages in Volume Two Section One: Seeing the Nature Requires Four Conditions Section Two: The False View of Individual Karma and the False View of Commonality Section Three: The Falsehood of the Five Aggregates (pañca-skandha) Chapter Three: Interpretation of Passages in Volume Three Section One: The Six Sense Bases Are Illusory Section Two: The Twelve Sense Bases Are Illusory Section Three: The Seven Great Elements—Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Space, Perception, and Consciousness—are Illusory Section 4: Ānanda's Verse of Vow Chapter Four: Paragraph-by-Paragraph Exegesis of Volume Four Section One: The Intrinsically Perfect Harmony of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind Section 2: The Simile of the Deluded Person Suddenly Awakening Section 3: The Parable of Yajñadatta — Delusion Has No Cause Chapter Five, Volume Five: The Perfect Penetration Dharma Gates Realized by the Twenty-Five Sages (1) Chapter Five, Volume Five: The Perfect Penetration Dharma Gates Realized by the Twenty-five Sages (2) Chapter 5, Volume 5: The Perfect Penetration Dharma Gates Realized by the Twenty-five Sages (3) Chapter 6: Explanations of Passages from the Remaining Volumes