Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Name: Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
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ISBN: 9780231159579

ISBN-10: 0231159579

ISBN-13: 9780231159579

Edition: 2012

Authors: Philip B. Yampolsky, Philip B. Yampolsky, Morten Schlï¿½tter

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Dating back to the eighth century C.E., the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational text of Chan/Zen Buddhism that reveals much about the early evolution of Chinese Chan and the ideological origins of Japanese Zen and Korean Son. Widely read and retold, the Platform Sutra is purported to be the recorded words of the famed Huineng, understood to be the Sixth Patriarch of Chan and the father of all later Chan/Zen Buddhism. In the Platform Sutra, Huineng illuminates fundamental Chan Buddhist principles in an expressive sermon that dramatically describes how he overcame great personal and ideological challenges, fighting to uphold the exalted lineage of the enlightened Chan…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Foreword to the Reprint Edition



Foreword



Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction: Chï¿½an in the Eighth Century



The Formation of the Legend


The Lankavatara School


Shen-hui



The Birth of a Patriarch: Biography of Hui-neng



The Making of a Book The Platform Sutra



Content Analysis


The Platform Sutra of The Sixth Patriarch


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


The Tun-Huang Text following


Tables



The Twenty-eight Indian Patriarchs



The Last Indian Patriarchs