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The Diamond Sutra: There is no eternal 'self' or 'beings'; these are merely concepts we use for convenience. All things lack a fixed essence. The Buddha taught us to transcend dualistic thinking. When performing good deeds, we should not be attached to the idea of doing good, maintaining a free mind. When understanding and explaining the truth, we should remain unmoved by external circumstances.

Featured image of post The Diamond Sutra: There is no eternal 'self' or 'beings'; these are merely concepts we use for convenience. All things lack a fixed essence. The Buddha taught us to transcend dualistic thinking. When performing good deeds, we should not be attached to the idea of doing good, maintaining a free mind. When understanding and explaining the truth, we should remain unmoved by external circumstances.

The Shurangama Sutra 8th Volume: Practitioners Must Cut Off the Five Pungent Plants to Avoid Greed and Anger, Strictly Hold Pure Precepts, Forever Sever Lust, and Not Consume Meat or Alcohol. From the Stage of Dry Wisdom, Passing Through the Ten Faiths, Ten Dwellings, Ten Conducts, Ten Dedications, Four Additional Practices, and Ten Grounds, Finally Attaining Equal Enlightenment and Wonderful Enlightenment. The Ten Habitual Causes (Lust, Greed, Arrogance, Anger, Deceit, Lying, Animosity, Views, Injustice, Litigation) and Their Retributions. The Six Retributions Caused by the Six Sense Organs (Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch, Thought), The Causes of Hells, Hungry Ghosts, and Animals, The Cultivation Methods and Characteristics of the Ten Types of Seers, The Formation and Characteristics of the Six Heavens of the Desire Realm. All Reincarnation is Caused by One's Own Delusive Thoughts and Karma; Realizing Bodhi Leads to Liberation.

Featured image of post The Shurangama Sutra 8th Volume: Practitioners Must Cut Off the Five Pungent Plants to Avoid Greed and Anger, Strictly Hold Pure Precepts, Forever Sever Lust, and Not Consume Meat or Alcohol. From the Stage of Dry Wisdom, Passing Through the Ten Faiths, Ten Dwellings, Ten Conducts, Ten Dedications, Four Additional Practices, and Ten Grounds, Finally Attaining Equal Enlightenment and Wonderful Enlightenment. The Ten Habitual Causes (Lust, Greed, Arrogance, Anger, Deceit, Lying, Animosity, Views, Injustice, Litigation) and Their Retributions. The Six Retributions Caused by the Six Sense Organs (Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch, Thought), The Causes of Hells, Hungry Ghosts, and Animals, The Cultivation Methods and Characteristics of the Ten Types of Seers, The Formation and Characteristics of the Six Heavens of the Desire Realm. All Reincarnation is Caused by One's Own Delusive Thoughts and Karma; Realizing Bodhi Leads to Liberation.

The Shurangama Sutra 7th Volume: Complete Text - The Buddha Explains the Roots of Inversion and the Twelve Categories of Living Beings

Featured image of post The Shurangama Sutra 7th Volume: Complete Text - The Buddha Explains the Roots of Inversion and the Twelve Categories of Living Beings

The Shurangama Sutra Volume 5 Complete Text: Ananda asks God about the nature of body and mind binding and how to be liberated; the Buddha explains that the sense organs and objects share the same source; establishing knowledge in perception is the root of ignorance, while perceiving without establishing knowledge is Nirvana

Featured image of post The Shurangama Sutra Volume 5 Complete Text: Ananda asks God about the nature of body and mind binding and how to be liberated; the Buddha explains that the sense organs and objects share the same source; establishing knowledge in perception is the root of ignorance, while perceiving without establishing knowledge is Nirvana

The Shurangama Sutra 4th Volume: The Buddha explains the formation of the six sense organs (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind). Senses are originally pure but obscured by attachment to external objects. Transcending these limits leads to higher awareness and a return to purity.

Featured image of post The Shurangama Sutra 4th Volume: The Buddha explains the formation of the six sense organs (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind). Senses are originally pure but obscured by attachment to external objects. Transcending these limits leads to higher awareness and a return to purity.

The Shurangama Sutra Volume 3: Full Text, New Understanding of Body, Mind, and World after Enlightenment, Relationship between Six Sense Organs, Six Sense Objects, and Six Consciousnesses.

Featured image of post The Shurangama Sutra Volume 3: Full Text, New Understanding of Body, Mind, and World after Enlightenment, Relationship between Six Sense Organs, Six Sense Objects, and Six Consciousnesses.

The Shurangama Sutra Volume 1: Complete Text - The Buddha guides Ananda to find the location of the "Mind" through detailed inquiry, sequentially refuting the views that the mind is inside, outside, in the eye organ, or between inside and outside.

Featured image of post The Shurangama Sutra Volume 1: Complete Text - The Buddha guides Ananda to find the location of the "Mind" through detailed inquiry, sequentially refuting the views that the mind is inside, outside, in the eye organ, or between inside and outside.

The Amitabha Sutra: Teaching Sentient Beings to Attain Rebirth in the Pure Land through Faith, Vows, and Recitation of Amitabha's Name, Thereby Achieving Liberation and Supreme Joy

Featured image of post The Amitabha Sutra: Teaching Sentient Beings to Attain Rebirth in the Pure Land through Faith, Vows, and Recitation of Amitabha's Name, Thereby Achieving Liberation and Supreme Joy

The Lotus Sutra 'Universal Gate Chapter of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara': Complete Scripture on Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's Compassionate Vows and Omnipresent Salvific Power, Teaching Beings to Gain Liberation and Protection Through Reciting Their Name

Featured image of post The Lotus Sutra 'Universal Gate Chapter of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara': Complete Scripture on Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's Compassionate Vows and Omnipresent Salvific Power, Teaching Beings to Gain Liberation and Protection Through Reciting Their Name