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Commonly referred to as the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*, it is a Mahayana Buddhist scripture. The earliest records of it appear in Zhisheng’s *Kaiyuan Era Record of Buddhist Teachings* and *Supplement to the Record of Translated Scriptures from Ancient to Present Times*, written during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty. According to tradition, it was brought to China during the Tang dynasty by Pāramiti, with Huìdí providing doctrinal verification and Fang Rong recording the translation into Literary Chinese. After the Northern Song dynasty, the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra* gradually gained prominence, and its status rose further during and after the Ming and Qing dynasties. However, because the original Sanskrit text has not been transmitted, the sūtra was not included in the official catalogues of translated scriptures when it appeared during the Tang dynasty. Records concerning its translation and transmission are also unclear. Since the Tang dynasty, some have argued that it was composed in China, leading to a long-standing controversy over its authenticity.
Supernatural powers (Sanskrit: *abhijñā*; Punjabi: *abhiññā*), also translated as spiritual power, supernatural ability, or simply “powers,” refer in Buddhist terminology to the “powers” among the Three Knowledges and Six Supernormal Powers. They denote mystical abilities exceeding those of ordinary humans, attained through the power of meditation, although they may also be nothing more than ordinary illusion or magic. The term appears in several Buddhist scriptures, such as the *Sūtra Spoken by Ugra, the Nirgrantha’s Son* and the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra*. Will Wish be able to move using the divine-eye power? The divine-ear power (*dibba-sota*): the ability to hear sounds from extremely distant places, including speech, or to hear through obstacles—for example, conversations in a sealed room. Will Wish be able to move using the divine-ear power? The ability to see things at extremely distant locations, or to see through obstacles such as walls or through the body; it is unaffected by the intensity of the light source, distance, or time. It can reveal the true nature of all things. Its levels are divided into the divine eye, wisdom eye, Dharma eye, and Buddha eye. Differences in level and attainment result in differences in what can be seen.