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Śūraṅgama Sūtra: Youth Xiangyan & the Incense Sphere

Śūraṅgama Sūtra: Youth Xiangyan & the Incense Sphere

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In Chapter 5 of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, among the twenty-five who attest perfect awakening, Youth Xiangyan tells how he contemplated the scent of sandalwood until “odor and stench both relinquished,” attaining the “Fragrant-Strict” seal.

Significance

The supreme Buddhist scriptural basis for “hearing incense” as awakening—later echoed in Kōdō’s “listening to scent.”

Compiled for general knowledge; traditional references are cultural notes, not medical advice.

常见问题

Śūraṅgama Sūtra是什么?

In the sūtra’s 25 perfect-awakenings, Youth Fragrant-Strict awakens through the “incense sphere.”

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