Surangama Hall
The Surangama Sutra is recited reverently in the
Surangama Hall, followed by The
Surangama Mantra (楞嚴咒) and the
Heart Sutra (心經) . Every day, there is a session where practitioners practice the meditative contemplation of
“entering the flow and extinguishing all objects” (入流亡所), which is the perfect penetration, or method, used to attain liberation. This is the method based on using the organ of the ear that was cultivated by Guan Yin Bodhisattva.
The Surangama Sutra is one of the greatest treasures in the Chinese Buddhist canon. It is beautifully written and it reveals profound and wondrous meaning. This sutra expounds the faith of
Tathagata-garbha (如來藏) thought, and it exhibits deep philosophical understanding as well as rich literary expression.