首楞严演义  Shurangama:TheTrueMindUnveiled

Thebuddhistsutraeducationalfilm,'TheShurangamaRighteousness',wasproducedbytheShi-FangLengYanAcademyofRuiJiSiMonasteryinFujian,China.Madein2015-2017,thefilmisbasedonthechineseMahayanabuddhisttext,the'SutraoftheForemostShurangama'.ItopenswiththetransmissionoftheSutrafromIndiatoChinabytheElderMonk,MasterParamiti,duringtheTangDynasty,anditstranslationfromsanskrittochineseatamonasteryinGuangzhou,China.Thetranslators'dialogueinthefilmformsthenarrativebackdropforunfoldingthestoryofAnanda'spredicamentinvolvingaMatangawoman,howhewaslaterrescuedbytheBuddhawiththepoweroftheShurangamaMantra,andBuddhainstructingonthewaytoulimateenlightenment(FirstchapteroftheSutra).BesidespresentingtheessenceoftheSutra,thefilmalsounveilsthehistoricalandharmoniousculturalandreligiousinteractionsbetweenthepeopleofthe2advancedancientcivilisations.ItalsogivesusaglimpseintothelivesoftheordinarypeopleandthemonasticsduringBuddha'stimewhenIndiawasundertheruleofKingPrasenajit.Thefilmwaspresentedatvariousin-houseviewingsessionsorganisedbytheBuddhistcommunityinChinain2017.Thefilmhasfar-reachinginfluenceandwaswell-receivedbybothBuddhistdevoteesandothermovieviewers.