..续本文上一页. In his time, Ji Gong used this section of mantra, so the verse says, Dharma Master Ji Gong had this wonderful sound. This verse gives the general meaning of this section of mantra text. If we were to go into detail, the Shurangama Mantra is wonderful beyond words. Thus it is also said:
The esoteric wonder is inexhaustible.
It is truly difficult to fathom.
The secret words of Vajra come from
the inherent nature.
The Shurangama Mantra contains
miraculous wonders.
Cultivators and ordinary people can open
the Five Eyes and Six Penetrations.
「奥妙无穷实难猜」：〈楞严咒〉非常奥妙，它这个变化也是不可思议，很不容易测度的。「金刚密语本性来」：这个金刚密语，〈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生出来的。「楞严咒里有灵妙」：这个〈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，可以有不可思议那种的境界来变化莫测的，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〉。
The esoteric wonder is inexhaustible. It is truly difficult to fathom. The Shurangama Mantra is extremely wonderful, and its transformations are inconceivable. It is very difficult to fathom. The secret words of Vajra come from the inherent nature. The secret words of Vajra, the Shurangama Mantra, is the secret within the secret. It is Vajra that supports and protects this mantra, which comes from our own Buddha-nature. The Shurangama Mantra contains miraculous wonders. The Shurangama Mantra is also known as a magical text. It is very miraculous and especially potent. That”s why it is said, "The Shurangama Mantra contains miraculous wonders." Cultivators and ordinary people can open the Five Eyes and Six Penetrations. If you constantly recite the Shurangama Mantra with single-minded concentration, not thinking of anything else, you can attain the Five Eyes and the Six Penetrations. You can experience inconceivable states and transformations which are beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Therefore, I hope everyone will study and recite the Shurangama Sutra, and recite the Shurangama Mantra from memory.
一般的学者说：《楞严经》是假的，不是佛说的，又有什么考证，又有什么地方记载。这都是他怕《楞严经》，没有办法来应付《楞严经》这个道理。《楞严经》中他们所最怕的，就是〈四种清净明诲〉。这〈四种清净明诲〉是照妖镜，把所有妖魔鬼怪都给照现原形了；还有那个〈五十阴魔〉把天魔外道他们的骨头都给看穿了，把他们妖怪的这种相貌都给认识了。哪一位能读诵，能把《楞严经》背得出来，那是真正佛的弟子。
Most scholars say the Shurangama Sutra is false and claim that it was not spoken by the Buddha. They say they have various pieces of evidence and documents to support it. This is all because they fear the Shurangama Sutra and have no way to deal with the principles in the Shurangama Sutra. What they fear most in the Shurangama Sutra are the Four Clear Instructions on Purity. The Four Clear Instructions on Purity serve as a demon-spotting mirror. All the demons, goblins, ghosts, and weird creatures are reflected in their true form. Furthermore, the section on the Fifty Skandha-demons exposes the celestial demons and externalists to the bone, enabling people to recognize their demonic appearance. Anyone who can memorize the Shurangama Sutra is a true disciple of the Buddha.
《楞严经》在佛法末法的时候是先断灭的。为什么它断灭？就因为这一些个学者啊，又是什么教授啊，甚至于出家人，都说它是假的。那么他们这种的言论，久而久之，被人以讹传讹，就认为他们所说的是对的，所以就认为《楞严经》是假的了，连佛教徒也认为它是假的，久而久之，这个经就没有了。所谓经典断灭也就是这样子，大家不学习，它就没有了，就这样断灭了。
In the declining period of the Buddha-dharma, the first Sutra to disappear will be the Shurangama Sutra. Why will it disappear
Because these so-called scholars, professors, and even left-home people all claim it is false. Over time, their theory will become widespread, and people will all believe what they say and take the Shurangama Sutra to be false. Even Buddhist disciples will consider it false, and after a while the Sutra will disappear. That is how the Sutras become extinct. People no longer study them, so they disappear.
《楞严经》里〈四种清净明诲〉说得非常地正确，非常地肯定，就说这个杀、盗、淫、妄，所以一般学者、教授就怕这〈四种清净明诲〉，他们就想得到不明白的那个诲，这个明诲他们就很怕很怕的。因为如果说《楞严经》是真的，他们就没有立足之地了，他那种又抽烟、又喝酒、又玩女人，就立不住了，被人家都认识他了。所以你看看，《楞严经》里所讲的道理，是非常正确的，非常有逻辑学的，再没有比这…
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