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This book is a compilation of selected chapters and sections from the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*, featuring explanations of passages gathered in response to the requests of disciples. Its primary teachings include: the Seven Locations Where the Mind is Sought; the Four Conditions for the Perception of the True Nature; Individual and Collective Delusional Views; the Unreality of the Five Aggregates; the Unreality of the Six Entrances; the Unreality of the Twelve Sense Fields; the Unreality of the Seven Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Space, Consciousness, and Perception); and the Intrinsic Pervasiveness and Harmony of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. It comprises approximately 130,000 Chinese characters. Diligent study of this commentary on selected sections of the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*, coupled with earnest practice, will amass the provisions for the path. When conditions ripen, one will realize the Mind and perceive the true Nature. As the inquiries addressed to each disciple vary, the compilation may appear unsystematic. It is assembled in this excerpted form solely to provide an early source of reliance and reference for practitioners devoted to the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*. Currently, only one volume has been compiled. When time permits and my cultivation deepens further, I will provide a systematic and comprehensive commentary on the entire *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*, supplementing and revising any incomplete aspects. I kindly ask all to patiently await this future work.