Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra (’Heroic Progress Concentration’)

The sutra on the ‘Samādhi of the Heroic Progression’ is an early Mahayana Buddhist text. It is mainly a dialogue between the Buddha and the bodhisattva Drdhamati. At its core is a description of the seeming ‘conversion’ of Mara, the ‘Evil One’ and embodiment of all malign tendencies that obstruct advancement, and the prediction that he too will become a Buddha

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From Chinese

Śūraṅgamasamādhisūtra, The Concentration on Heroic Progress (translated by Etienne Lamotte, 1965; English translation by Sara Boin-Webb)