
The Surangama Sutra and Modern Life: Reclaiming Your Stolen Attention
The Surangama Sutra teaches: When the wild mind suddenly stops, that stopping is awakening. In an age of stolen attention, 2,500-year-old wisdom offers the most precise answer.
Whatever comes to mind. Sometimes a story I read, sometimes something that came to me while holding my mala beads.

The Surangama Sutra teaches: When the wild mind suddenly stops, that stopping is awakening. In an age of stolen attention, 2,500-year-old wisdom offers the most precise answer.

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