num_pages: 698
description: When on the path of enlightenment, one is easily waylaid by false states of awakening. This volume of the Shurangama Sutra explains in detail fifty kinds of deviant mental states, the causes of these states and the ways to recognize them. This sutra offers a framework for the classification of all spiritual experiences, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist. Bilingual Chinese/English edition. English only edition has ISBN 0-88139-401-7.
language: Chinese
title: The Shurangama Sutra: The Fifty Skandha-Demon States - Based on the Translation into Chinese by Dharma Master Paramiti (Bilingual: English and Chinese Edition)
titlecomplete: The Shurangama Sutra: The Fifty Skandha-Demon States - Based on the Translation into Chinese by Dharma Master Paramiti (Bilingual: English and Chinese Edition) (English, Chinese and Chinese Edition)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS)