Looking for Shurangama Mantra - Verses and Commentary

[riccia]

Hi Dharma Brothers and Sisters,

I am currently practising and reciting Shurangama Mantra daily. I am trying to find out the meanings of the mantra of each verses.
I manage to find Venerable Hsuan Hua books of Shurangama Mantra - Verses and Commentary.
It come in volume 1,2,3,4,5.  However, I only can get hold of Volume 1,2,3,5.
Volume 4 is missing from my Temple's library.

Also, volume 5 verses ends at verses 231.

I will like to seek help from dharma brothers and sisters here on whoever possess the Volume 4 book, please kindly share a copy with me.
And I will like to put this copy in my Temple's library to complete the collection and for propagation of dharma materials.

Also, are there anybody here who subscribe Vajra Bodhi Sea from CTTB. Every issues of VBS has a verse of Shurangama Mantra and explaination.
It is very expensive for me to subscribe the Monthly Journal just to get all the verses explaination.
Will greatly appreciate if anybody can share the verses explaination.

Namo Amituofo.

Riccia

[ananda]

Hello,
I have just joined Free Sangha and was searching for contacts for The Shurangama Sutra/Mantra studies.
I've been studying using both the old 8+1 vol 2003 publication by BTTS, and the new trans publ 2009.
Right now I'm stalled on vol 4 'The Reason for Continual Arisal' etc, etc.

Frankly I prefer Ven Master Hsuan Hua traditional commentary of the Shurangama Sutra to the newer
translation, I'm not quite sure, is this the series you are refering to in your post?

And about the Vajra Bodhi Sea, your comments are very interesting, I was in exactly the same spot.
I found out you can download almost every article from almost every publication, i.e. from #1 (197?)- to date.
Just check the web site: http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/home.htm , you will see why I
qualify by saying "you can download 'almost' every article etc.....".

Anyway if I can be of any assistance I will be most happy!

One thing maybe you can help me with, I'm looking for an alternate translation of "Aryadeva's Four
Hundred Stanzas", I'm working with the Ruth Sonam trans. If you know of something I'd appreciate
a nod, thank you.

metta


ananda

                                                                                                                                                                                             

[riccia]

Hi,

I am referring to Shurangama Mantra and not Shurangama sutra.
It is no more in publication.
Yes, it is by Venerable Hsuan Hua.

Also, in the Vajra Bodhi Sea online, the Shurangama Mantra explaination is purposely removed.

rgds

[rigdzin]

Please go to

http://www.cttbusa.org/shurangama1/shurangama_contents.asp

[rigdzin]

and this

Shurangama Mantra - The beginning section