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Chapter Two

Defining “Heroic Progress” (Śūraṃgama): The Paradox of Advancing Beyond Advancement: The Śūraṃgamasamādhi Sūtra makes an audacious claim: that the Bodhisattva attains awakening not through accumulating attainments, but through a heroic progress that is, in its deepest truth, no progress at all. This paradox goes to the heart of Mahāyāna and reveals why the samādhi described here is unlike any other. To understand the meaning of “heroic progress,” we must examine how the sutra reframes progress, courage, effort, and realization. read more