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'Shurangama Mantra Line 16': namaḥ strota-āpannānām
Siddham Line 16
Na mwo Su lu dwo bwo nwo nan
(For Na mwo [Namo – Refuge], see lines 1, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 48, 49, 51,52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 65, 70, 75, 81, 86, 92, 96, [187, 232, 363, 434], 366, 418)
“Give Praise to those who have entered the Holy Stream!” (Shasta Abbey Shurangama Translation, Line 7)
7 NAMO SROTĀPANNĀNĀM
Commentary
“The first fruit is called The Position of the Way of Seeing. The second and third fruits are called the Position of the Way of Cultivation, and the fourth fruit is called The Position of the Way of No Study (AÂaikÃa).” (Vajra Sutra Commentary, p. 78)
“One who has certified to the first stage Arhatship has seven more births and deaths to undergo. He is born seven times in the heavens and seven times among men.” (Vajra Sutra Commentary, p. 78)
“A Shrotaapanna is a first stage Arhat. Certification to the first fruit of Arhatship, which is within the Small Vehicle, comes when the eighty-eight categories of view delusions are smashed.”
“The first fruit is that of Shrotaapanna, a Sanskrit word which means “One Who Has Entered the Flow.” He opposes the flow of common people's six dusts and enters the flow of the sage's dharma-nature. Entering the flow means entering the state of the accomplished sage of the Small Vehicle.” (Vajra Sutra Commentary, p. 78)
“Enter now the flow of the Sages' Dharma nature, And turn your back on the common people's wanderings through six dusts. With view delusions cut off, one is certified to first fruition. Continue in vigor and sail in the Great Compassion Boat.” (Hua - VBS 2-1983)
Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra Verse Spoken by Shakyamuni Buddha and Subhuti Shravaka: “Subhuti, what do you think, can a Shrotaapanna have the thought, ‘I have obtained the fruit of Shrotaapanna.'?” Subhuti said, “No, World Honored One. And why? A Shrotaapanna means One Who Has Entered the Flow, and yet he has not entered anything. He has not entered forms, sounds, smells, tastes, tangible objects, or dharmas. For that reason he is called a Shrotaapanna.” (A General Explanation of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra, page 78)