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　　This vajra secret language wells forth from your own nature.

　　Inside the Shurangama Mantra is marvelous magic!

　　Then come five eyes and six penetrations and the Way opens up.

　　「奥妙无穷实难猜」，这个〈楞严咒〉非常奥妙，它的变化也不可思议，很不容易测度的。「金刚密语本性来」，〈楞严咒〉是密中之密，这是金刚来护持这个咒。本性来，它是从自己那个佛性中生出来的。「楞严咒里有灵妙」，〈楞严咒〉也叫做灵文，因为他特别灵，特别有力量，所以说〈楞严咒〉里有灵妙。「五眼六通道凡开」，你若能常持〈楞严咒〉，专心一致，心不旁骛，你可以得到五眼六通，可以有不可思议的那种境界来变化莫测，所以不是一般凡夫俗子可能知道的。因为这个，所以希望大家都能读诵《楞严经》，背诵〈楞严咒〉。你一诵〈楞严咒〉，为什么妖魔鬼怪不敢出来？因为力量太大了，尽虚空遍法界没有一个地方，不是有这种祥光瑞气弥漫着。所以有人诵〈楞严咒〉，就是补天地正气的不足。你一个人念〈楞严咒〉，就有一个人的力量；百人念〈楞严咒〉，就有百人的力量，这世界妖魔鬼怪都会老老实实的。所以多一点人念〈楞严咒〉是好的。

　　Unendingly miraculous and mysterious, it”s extremely hard to fathom. The Shurangama Mantra is quite esoteric and its changes and transformations are inexplicable; it”s not easy to figure out. This vajra secret language wells forth from your own nature. The Shurangama Mantra is the secret within the secret. That”s the vajras who come to protect the mantra. Your own nature--it is born from your own Buddha nature. Inside the Shurangama Mantra is marvelous magic! The Shurangama Mantra is called an efficacious language because of its spell-binding power. That”s what "marvelous magic" is referring to. Then come five eyes and six penetrations and the Way opens up. If you can continually uphold the Shurangama Mantra--single-mindedly without entertaining other thoughts--then you can attain the Five Eyes and Six Spiritual Penetrations. You will then experience the inconceivable, unfathomable changes and transformations that occur which ordinary people are totally unaware of. And that”s the reason why I hope everyone will learn to read the Shurangama Mantra and memorize it. Why is it that the demons, ghosts, and goblins don”t dare show themselves when you recite the Shurangama Mantra

　　 It”s so powerful that there isn”t a place in all of space or the entirety of the Dharma Realm that isn”t flooded with auspicious light. Recitation of the Shurangama Mantra patches up the imperfections in the heavens and the earth. One person reciting the Shurangama Mantra creates power equivalent to one person. A hundred people reciting create power equivalent to a hundred people. And the weird beings here in this world become very well-behaved. So it”s better if more people recite.

　　无上神咒，什么叫「无」呢？这个无，就是高明无极，也光明到极点了，没有再超过这种高和光明的，这叫无。「上」呢？是没有再比这更尊贵、更高尚了，这叫上。神就是不可思议，也就是威灵叵测，这叫神。咒就是感应道交，有一种力量，你念这咒就有感应。「佛顶光明摩诃萨怛多般怛啰无上神咒」，这是说佛顶的光明，犹如大白伞盖来荫罩我们一切持咒的人。

　　It”s an unsurpassed spiritual mantra. The negating prefix "un-" actually means "lofty to the utmost; brilliant to the extreme." Peerless radiant illumination piercing the heights is the meaning of "un-". And "surpassed"

　　 Well, there”s nothing more esteemed, nothing more venerated. "Spiritual" is what is inconceivable and ineffable, what is awe-inspiring, efficacious and unfathomable. The power of mantras brings a response with the Way. When you recite mantras, something happens. "Brilliant Buddha”s Crown, Great White Canopy of Light, Unsurpassed Spiritual Mantra." This means that the light at the crown of the Buddha”s head is like a great white canopy that comes to shelter and protect all of us who recite the mantra.

　　这个咒是没有人明白的，也不能一句一句、一个字一个字去讲，不过你如果想要明白它，我可以勉强讲给你听。单这〈楞严咒〉，一年也讲不完，三年也讲不完，甚至于十年也讲不完。现在我把这个咒的大意讲一讲，它有五会，这五会就表示五方，五方就是东、西、南、北、中。东方就是金刚部，阿门佛为教主；南方就是宝生部，宝生佛做教主；中央就是佛部，释迦牟尼佛做教主；西方就是莲华部，阿弥陀佛做教主；北方叫羯磨部，成就佛做教主，共有这五部。这五部就是管理这世界五方的五大魔军，因为有这五魔，所以佛也分开五方，镇压这个魔。如果没有佛，那魔就会出现于世了。所以你一诵〈楞严咒〉，这五方的五大魔军就都俯首低头，老老实实，不敢违犯〈楞严咒〉的这种威力。〈楞严咒〉具足这五部，所以这个〈楞严咒〉是最妙不过了；可是你要没有执着，若有所执着，就不会太妙了。

　　No one understands this mantra, nor can they explain line by line and word by word. But if you want to understand it, I can try my best to explain it to you. The Shurangama Mantra can”t be explained in a year”s time, or three years” time, or even ten years” time. Now I will explain th…

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