The Śūraṅgama Sūtra is a Mahayana Buddhist Sūtra that has been influential across most forms of East Asian Buddhism, where it has traditionally been included as part of Chinese-language Tripitakas. In
Chinese edition of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, 1401 CE.
Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Joseon dynasty statue of Gwaneum at Beopjusa in Boeun County, North Chungcheong, South Korea.
The Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra is an early Mahayana sutra of Indian origin which focuses on the transcendental nature, supernatural powers, and transformational feats bestowed upon the meditation practit
Śūraṅgama Sūtra
…Śūraṅgama means "heroic valour", "heroic progress", or "heroic march" in Sanskrit. The Śūraṅgama Sūtra is not to be confused with the similarly titled Śūraṅgama Samadhi Sūtra (T. 642 首楞嚴三昧經; Shǒuléngyán Sānmèi Jīng) which was translated by Kumārajīva (344–413). The complete title preserved in Chinese 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經…
Bodhisattva seated in meditation. Afghanistan, 2nd century CE