Suttas / sūtras · 2026

The Śūraṅgama Sūtra · English

Buddhist Text Translation Society

All eight chapters of the CTTB English sūtra text. Source paragraph and volume/page references are retained. This is the CTTB web edition, not the different 2009 book translation. Introductions and commentary are linked separately.

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