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Shurangama Sutra (楞嚴經宗通)

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The *Comprehensive Interpretation of the Śūraṅgama Sutra* is a commentary on the Śūraṅgama Sutra authored by Zeng Fengyi of the Ming Dynasty. The author, Zeng Fengyi, was a late-Ming scholar who harmonized Confucian and Buddhist teachings. This work emerged amidst the revival of Buddhism and the trend of integrating the Three Teachings during the late Ming period. Its content threads the Chan (Zen) school's philosophy of mind and nature throughout the entire sutra, systematically elucidating the practice and realization system of the Śūraṅgama Samādhi, with a particular emphasis on expanding upon the Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) method of perfect penetration through the faculty of hearing and the analysis of the fifty skandha-māras. Esteemed for its precise principles and clear explanations, this commentary is hailed as an authoritative work among annotations of the Śūraṅgama Sutra. It has profoundly influenced later generations in their study of this sutra, holds a significant position in Chinese Buddhism, and serves as an essential reference for understanding the core teachings of the Śūraṅgama Sutra.


No. 318-A楞嚴宗通緣起
昔天台智者師我南嶽思大禪師,獲證法華三昧,覩靈山一會儼然未散,自是閱諸經典渙然冰釋,及解法華六根清淨義,沉吟久之。有西域僧謂曰:唯首楞嚴經著明六根功德,足與相證。智者於是渴慕,每昕夕望西遙拜,如是者積十六歲。南嶽天台寺左畔有拜經臺遺址,云距智者後百餘年,楞嚴始入中國,經屬房相筆受,文字爾雅,宇內學士大夫多誦之。余凡三至拜經臺,輙徘徊不忍去,竊歎古人繫懷聖典,積十餘載不及見,今楞嚴盈書肆,乃棄置不復觀,何也?余因發心書楞嚴於石,命工鐫刻,以次砌成石室,俾造拜經臺者周環讀之,咸曰:經來也,庶為智者補一欠缺事。方操筆端書間,忽作是念:余所書者,字也,非義也。智者欲此經之來,無非欲人人知有此經義爾。如玄沙備頭陀,因閱楞嚴,發明心要,是深於義者。乃至靈巖安、長水璿、竹菴珪、黃龍南及紹隆、安民等,靡不因楞嚴而有悟,此諸宗師不孤此經之來也已。若因文解義,句釋字訓,漸疏漸徹,累至數十家,而經義愈遠,則不求諸心之過也。故能得諸心,此經雖未至,而智者依教立義,往往與楞嚴合;不得諸心,雖日對楞嚴,而此經猶然在西域也。即充塞棟宇,奚益宗師家務?掃除文字見解為不足,尚有以哉!然諸宗師出詞吐氣,接引初機,語意多似楞嚴,至發明向上,證入菩提,則與二十五圓通機緣無異,即不誦楞嚴,而楞嚴具在,即楞嚴不至此土,而此土未始無楞嚴也。余不自揆,徧採宗語,配合經文之後,或與暗符,或與互見,或推衍其意,或發所未發,念之所到,隨取隨足,余亦不自知其凑泊一至於此。豈天地間合有此種議論,而余多生夙願,固欲藉是宣楞嚴之義耶?是借諸老宿以明經,而非以我明經也;抑即宗以明經,而非以文字見解明經也,遂名之曰宗通。宗通及說通,當有自得於心者,與諸老宿披襟相見,不但楞嚴一會儼然未散,而智者亦至今在
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