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  Shurangama Mantra with Verses and Commentary by Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua 14. TĂNG-GIÀ NẨM 僧伽喃   Bích Chi Ca La Tư Đà Hàm Độc Giác Duyên Giác nghĩa thông Kiêm Chuyên tâm Trí chí cần phất thức Hữu học vô học thượng thủ truyền. 辟支迦羅斯陀含 獨覺 緣 覺義通兼 專心致志勤拂拭 有學無學上首傳 SENG CHYE NAN   PRATYEKAS AND SHROTAAPANNAS,   SOLITARILY AND CONDITIONALLY ENLIGHTENED ONES: THEIR   MEANINGS ARE THE SAME.  DILIGENTLY DO THEY SWEEP CLEAN, WITH SINGLEMINDED RESOLVE.  SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP IS TRANSMITTED TO THOSE OF FUTURE STUDY AND NO STUDY.    COMMENTARY: SENG CHYE NAN means "Sangha"--those who have left the home-life. NAN means "foremost." They are the foremost among those with study and those beyond study. Shrotaapanas,  Sakridagamins, and Anagamins are the first three stages of Arhatship and are known as those in  the position of study. At the fourth stage--Arhatship itself--one is at the position of non-Study...