Thusness told me there are no books existing on earth that talks
about all 7 stages in one book... then this will be the first one
in history.
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-e-booke-journal.html
Better be careful on guidance....I am not going to elaborate
it.... One of many sutra mentioned very clearly those
stages...
http://surangama.drba.org/
A new English translation of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra is now
currently available in print.
For over a thousand years, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra — the “Sūtra of
the Indestructible”— has been held in great esteem in the Mahāyāna
Buddhist countries of East and Southeast Asia. In China the Sūtra
has generally been considered as important, and has been as popular
as the Lotus Sūtra, the Avataṁsaka Sūtra, the
Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Heart Sūtra, and
the Diamond Sūtra. Read the
Intro...
"When people ask about the Buddha's teachings on
meditation, in addition to the core texts on the subject in the
Pali Canon (the scriptures of the Southern School), I frequently
cite the Surangama Sutra as being of inestimable value.
It spells out certain aspects of the meditative process in
uniquely clear and helpful ways. Among these aspects are, notably:
the impossibility of locating the mind in space and time; the vast
variety of meditation methods available for us to use; and, lastly,
the manyfold dangers and distortions of view that can arise in the
pursuit of spiritual excellence.
In particular I have employed the Sutra’s teachings concerning
the meditation on hearing as a central element of my spiritual
training for more than twenty-five years. This and the many other
practices and guidelines embodied in the Sutra have proved to be
great worth to myself, as well as to many others whom I have taught
over the years.
This lucid, accessible and reliable translation of the Surangama
Sutra, with its commentarial notes by the highly esteemed Master
Hsüan Hua, will be a distinctive and precious addition to the
bookshelves of not only those interested in Buddhist philosophy as
an academic discipline but, more importantly, to those who wish to
liberate their own hearts and minds for the benefit of themselves
and all other living beings."— Ajahn Amaro Bhikkhu,
co-abbot of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
http://www.foshu.org/article2/1472.htm
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