Until We Reach Buddhahood - Volume Two: Lectures on the Shurangama Sutra - Couverture souple

Sheng Yen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0988537966 ISBN 13 : 9780988537965

Editeur : Dharma Drum Publications, 2017

Synopsis

This is the second of two volumes of selected lectures on the Shurangama Sutra by Master Sheng Yen that appeared in Chan Newsletter. In Volume Two, Master Sheng Yen continues his explanation of the eighteen realms and conscious existence. He explains how the eighteen realms are not only the causal ground of the illusion of an existing self, but that they are also the means by which sentient beings can attain liberation. In the chapter “The Story of Vision,” he “Those [enlightened beings] act within the eighteen realms unfettered by vexations. Such perfected beings perceive that the eighteen realms are neither separate nor different from Buddha Nature, or True Suchness. They perceive that the Dharma Body of all Buddhas has always been within these eighteen realms.” The perfected beings that Master Sheng Yen refers to are Bodhisattvas who practice to transform the mind of illusion into the mind of wisdom, one that is free of the three karmas of action, speech, and thought. In the final chapter, Master Sheng Yen tells us, “When penetration is complete, everything is as it is. No matter what you consider good, no matter what you consider bad, everything is as it is. There is no need to seek or to abandon, or to increase or decrease anything. Whatever needs to be done, a Bodhisattva still proceeds to do, but it is done without attachment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dharma Drum Publications
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0988537966
• ISBN 13: 9780988537965
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Éditeur: Ernest Heau
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible