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"The Suramgamasamadhisutra is an early Mahayana Buddhist scripture. Within a narrative framework provided by a dialogue between the Buddha and the bodhisattva Drdhamati, it airs central issues of Mahayana Buddhism by means of philosophical discussion, edifying anecdote, marvelous feat, and drama. At its core is a description of the seeming conversion of Mara, the embodiment of all malign tendencies that obstruct advancement, and the prediction that he too will become a Buddha ... The present volume comprises the first full English translation of Kumarajiva's Chinese translation of the Suramgamasamdhisutra, with an extensive explanatory introduction and annotations. Etienne Lamotte's French version appeared in 1965 and now Sara Boin-Webb's English rendering of this work gives the English-speaking world access both to an important Buddhist scripture and a classic work of Buddhist studies scholarship."--Book cover.
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Suramgamasamadhisutra: The Concentration of Heroic Progress
2008, University of Hawaii Press
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Suramgamasamadhi Sutra
January 26, 1999, RoutledgeCurzon
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Śūraṃgamasamādhisūtra: the concentration of heroic progress : an early Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture
1998, Curzon Press, in association with The Buddhist Society
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"Suramgamasamadhisutra (abbreviation Sgs) means 'Text of the Concentration of Heroic Progress' in Sanskrit."
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