THE SHURANGAMA SUTRA

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Venerable Master.
Introduction I
Introduction II
Introduction III
Acknowledgements
Outline of Volume I
Sutra
General explanation of the title
Arisal of the teaching
Division and vehicle
Meaning and principle
Teaching-substance
Individuals to receive the teaching
Principle and implications
Determination of time
History of transmission and translation
PREFACE
First five realizations
Realization of an audience
PROLOGUE
King and officials make offerings
Ananda's fall revealed
The Buddha rescues him
TEXT PROPER
Ananda requests samadhi
The Buddha replies about samadhi
Ananda's resolve based on appearances
Tathagata points out living beings' misconception
Ananda told to be straightforward
The Buddha asks Ananda where his mind and eyes are
Ananda attaches to the mind as inside
Ananda attaches to the mind as outside
Ananda attaches to the mind as hidden in the eye organ
Ananda attaches to the mind as between light and dark
Ananda attaches to the mind as existing in response
Ananda attaches to the mind as in the middle
Ananda attaches to the mind as non-attachment
Ananda reproves himself and seeks instruction
The Buddha's display of light destroys all appearances
Two roots of true and false are revealed
The false consciousness is not the mind
The false consciousness is without a substance
Ananda renounces the false and seeks instruction
The Tathagata manifests the ultimately true substance
Appendix: Complete general outline subsequent to Volume
Index
Buddhist Text Translation Society.
Transference Verse