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Chapter 86

Chapter 86

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"Including the Preface, the Three Points of Breaking Perception, the Ten Points of Manifesting Vision, Dissecting Falsehood to Reveal Truth, Integrating the Four Schools of Knowledge, Broadly Manifesting the Seven Elements, Examining and Eliminating Subtle Delusions, Unraveling Knots from the Root, the Chapter on the Perfect Penetration of the Twenty-Five Sages, the Four Types of Pure and Clear Instructions, the Shurangama Mantra, the Twelve Types of Beings, the Sequential Stages of Cultivation and Realization, the Seven Realms of Existence, and the Fifty Demonic States of the Skandhas." Zen Master Dahui was struck dumb with astonishment. The *Śūraṅgama Sūtra* contained such a vast amount of content? This was, quite simply, a treasure trove of a scripture! If one could fully practice the entire *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*, then both in terms of Buddhist insight and internal cultivation, one would undoubtedly achieve a monumental breakthrough. He might even be able to rely on this scripture to step effortlessly into the Aperture Return Realm!

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