Protect the Dharma

If we wish to protect and maintain the proper Dharma, we should investigate the Shurangama Sutra, come to understand the Shurangama Sutra, and protect the Shurangama Sutra. When the Buddhadharma is about to become extinct, weird demons and strange ghosts will come into the world, people with deviant knowledge and deviant views. They will be wise to the ways of the world and will be endowed with powers of debate and keen intelligence. They will argue that the Shurangama Sutra is spurious--inauthent ic--and will tell people not to believe it.

"Why will they say the Shurangama Sutra is spurious?

"It is because the Shurangama Sutra tells about all their faults. It discusses their kinds of deviant knowledge and deviant views. If the Shurangama Sutra remains in the world, no one will believe their deviant views. If there is no Shurangama Sutra, then their deviant knowledge and deviant views will succeed in confusing people. Therefore, they argue that the Shurangama Sutra is spurious. This is the appearance of demon-kings. Those who study the Buddhadharma should be particularly attentive to this point. They should be particularly careful not to be influenced by the deviant knowledge and deviant views of those demon-kings. "

Source:
www.cttbusa.org/shurangama2/shurangama2_22.asp