This, by the way, is why I do not identify myself as being a Buddhist. :-)
I get that the guy believes all this stuff and is enthusiastic about it and all, but honestly I find this rap as distasteful as I would find a similar rap by some fundamentalist Christian or fundamentalist Veda-ist or spaced-out Newager. The absolutism of it just astounds me, and not in a good way. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote: > > by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua > Within Buddhism, there are very many important sutras. > However, the most important Sutra is the Shurangama Sutra. If > there are places which have the Shurangama Sutra, then the Proper > Dharma dwells in the world. If there is no Shurangama Sutra, then > the Dharma Ending Age appears. Therefore, we Buddhist disciples, > each and every one, must bring our strength, must bring our blood, > and must bring our sweat to protect tcahe Shurangama Sutra. In the > Sutra of the Ultimate Extinction of the Dharma, it says very, very > clearly that in the Dharma Ending Age, the Shurangama Sutra is > the first to disappear, and the rest of the sutras disappear after it. If > the Shurangama Sutra does not disappear, then the Proper Dharma > Age is present. Because of that, we Buddhist disciples must use our > lives to protect the Shurangama Sutra, must use vows and > resolution to protect the Shurangama Sutra, and cause the > Shurangama Sutra to be known far and wide, reaching every nook > and cranny, reaching into each and every dust-mote, reaching out to > the exhaustion of empty space and of the Dharma Realm. If we can > do that, then there will be a time of Proper Dharma radiating great > light. > Why would the Shurangama Sutra be destroyed? It is because > it is too true. The Shurangama Sutra is the Buddha's true body. The > Shurangama Sutra is the Buddha's sharira. The Shurangama Sutra > is the Buddha's true and actual stupa and shrine. Therefore, because > x > the Shurangama Sutra is so true, all the demon kings use all kinds > of methods to destroy the Shurangama Sutra. They begin by > starting rumors, saying that the Shurangama Sutra is phony. Why > do they say the Shurangama Sutra is phony? It is because the > Shurangama Sutra speaks too truly, especially in the sections on > The Four Decisive Deeds, the Twenty-five Sages Describing > Perfect Penetration, and the States of the Fifty Skandha Demons. > Those of off-center persuasions and externally-oriented ways, > weird demons and strange freaks, are unable to stand it. Consequently > there are a good many senseless people who claim that the > Shurangama Sutra is a forgery. > Now, the principles set forth in the Shurangama Sutra are on > the one hand proper, and on the other in accord with principle, and > the weird demons and strange freaks, those in various cults and > sects, all cannot hide away their forms. Most senseless people, in > particular unwise scholars and garbage-collecting professors > "Tread upon the holy writ." With their extremely scant and partial > understanding, they are confused and unclear, lacking real erudition > and true and actual wisdom. That is why they falsely criticize. We > who study the Buddhadharma should very deeply be aware of these > circumstances. Therefore, wherever we go, we should bring up the > Shurangama Sutra. Wherever we go, we should propagate the > Shurangama Sutra. Wherever we go, we should introduce the > Shurangama Sutra to people. Why is that? It is because we wish to > cause the Proper Dharma long to dwell in the world. > If the Shurangama Sutra is regarded as true, then there is no > problem. To verify its truth, let me say that if the Shurangama > Sutra were phony, then I would willingly fall into the hells forever > through all eternityfor being unable to recognize the Buddhadharma > for mistaking the false for true. If the Shurangama Sutra is > true, then life after life in every time I make the vow to propagate > the Great Dharma of the Shurangama, that I shall in every time and > every place propagate the true principles of the Shurangama. > xi >
