Shurangama Mantra with Verses and Commentary by Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua 2. TÔ GIÀ ĐA DA 蘇伽多耶 Vô lai vô khứ kính trung hoa Phi không phi sắc th ủy nguyệt tà Ly trần tuyệt tướng hữu hà trụ Đầu thượng an đầu Diễn Nhã Đạt. 無來無去鏡中華 非空非色水月斜 離塵 絕 相有何住 頭上安頭演若達 2. SU CHYE DWO YE Verse: Not coming, not going, the illusion of flowers in a mirror. Neither emptiness nor form, the obliqueness of moonlight in water. Apart from dust, cut off from marks, where does one dwell? Adding a head on top of a head is to be like Yajnadatta. Commentary: The second line of the Mantra is SU CHYE DWO YE , which is translated as "Tathagata"-- "Thus Come One." Why is the Buddha called the "Thus Come One"? It's because he ...does not come from anywhere, nor does he go anywhere... Therefore, he is called the Thus Come One. It seems that he comes, and yet it seems that he ...