Buddhaverse Podcast Episode 5 The Shurangama Mantra
The Shurangama Mantra, also called the "Great White Canopy of Light Dharani Mantra" It is also called "Brilliant Buddha's Crown, Great White Canopy of Light, Unsurpassed Spiritual Mantra." This Highly revered and widely practiced Mantra comes from the Shurangama Sutra, and is one of the central Sutras of the Chinese Buddhist Traditions, especially the Ch'an school. In this podcast I will cover a bit about what a mantra is and why this mantra is given such praise and is so essential to the survival of Buddhism itself. This episode is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Michael Brooks, may he continue his Bodhisattva activity wherever he is.
Khenpo Sodargye of Larungar giving a teaching on the Shurangama Sutra
Pronunciation of the Shurangama Mantra in Pinyin Chinese
Link for PDF File of the Shurangama Sutra by the Buddhist Text Translation Society of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association:
Link for PDF File of the Shurangama Samadhi Sutra :
Link for Shurangama Mantra PDF in Pinyin Chinese:
Ven Hsu Yun with Master Hua on right and western disciple left in 1950’s
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah California
Master Hua and Ajahn Sumedho bring Mahayana and Therevada sangha together
Ven Master Hsuan Hua
Film of Master Hua’s work in the United States
The Jeta Grove where Shakyamuni Buddha taught the Shurangama Mantra to the assembly
Master Hua in his early years in China
Master Hua always advocated sitting in Full Lotus asana
Memorial statue of Master Hua