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.
Hsuan Hua, also known as An Tzu, Tu Lun and Master Hua by his Western disciples, was a Chinese monk of Chan Buddhism and a contributing figure in bringing Chinese Buddhism to the United States in the
Śūraṅgama Sūtra
…preserved in the Chinese Tripitaka is Mahābuddhoṣṇīṣa-tathāgataguhyahetu-sākṣātkṛta-prasannārtha-sarvaBodhisattvacaryā-śūraṅgama-sūtra, rendered by Hsuan Hua as "Sūtra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Great Buddha's Summit Concerning the Tathagata's Secret Cause of Cultivation, His Certification to Complete…
Hsuan Hua in Ukiah, California
Hsuan Hua meditating in the lotus position. Hong Kong, 1953.