The Esoteric Significance of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra

Contents

Chapter 1: Volume I - Sevenfold Inquiry into the Mind Section One: First Argument—The Conscious Mind Resides Within the Body Section 2: The Second Location of Seeking the Mind—The Mind is Outside the Body Section 3: The Third Inquiry into the Mind—Consciousness Latent Within the Sense Organs Section 4: The Fourth Inquiry into the Mind: Opening the Eyes to Light and Closing Them to Darkness Section Five: The Fifth Approach to Investigating the Mind - The Mind Manifests Wherever It Engages Section Six: The Sixth Inquiry into the Mind—The Mind Is in the Middle Section Seven: The Seventh Inquiry into the Mind—The Mind as Non-Attachment to All Phenomena Section 8: Two Types of Fundamental Perversions Chapter Two: Exegesis of Volume Two Paragraphs Section 1: Seeing the Nature Endowed with Four Conditions Section Two: Individual Karmic Delusions and Collective Deluded Views Section Three: The Five Aggregates Are Unreal Chapter 3: Volume 3 Section Explanation Section 1: The Unreality of the Six Entrances Section Two: The Twelve Sense Bases Are Unreal Section Three: The Seven Great Delusions of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Space, and Consciousness Section IV: Ananda's Verse of Making Vows Chapter 4 Volume 4 Paragraph Exegesis Section 1: The Intrinsic Harmony of the Four Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind) Section 2: The Parable of the Confused Man Who Suddenly Gained Enlightenment Section III: The Parable of Yajñadatta: On the Baseless Nature of Delusion Chapter Five: The Twenty-Five Saints' Realization of the Perfect Penetration Dharma Gate (Volume Five) (1) Chapter Five: Volume Five — The Twenty-Five Sages' Approach to Realization of Perfect Penetration (2) Chapter Five: Volume Five, XXV: Enlightenment and Perfect Penetration at the Holy Site (Dharma Gate) (3) Chapter Six: Passage Explanations for Other Volumes