Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Name: Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
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ISBN: 9780231083614

ISBN-10: 0231083610

ISBN-13: 9780231083614

Edition: 2nd 1967

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

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The Platform Sutrarecords the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one of the two great figures in the founding of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. This translation is the definitive English version of the eighth-century Ch'an classic. Phillip B. Yampolsky has based his translation on the Tun-huang manuscript, the earliest extant version of the work. A critical edition of the Chinese text is given at the end of the volume. Dr. Yampolsky also furnishes a lengthy and detailed historical introduction which contains much information hitherto unavailable even to scholars, and provides the context essential to an understanding of Hui-neng's work. He gives an account of the history…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1967
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/22/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.09" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



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My Family A Final Word On The Good Life