The Platform Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch

Author : Philip Yampolsky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231159579

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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Philip Yampolsky Pdf

The Platform Sutra records the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one of the two great figures in the founding of Chan (Zen) Buddhism. This translation is the definitive English version of the eighth-century Chan 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 and legends of Ch'an Buddhism, with particular attention to the traditions associated with Hui-neng, quoting or summarizing the most important narratives. He then discusses the various texts of the Platform Sutra, and analyzes its contents. The reprint edition adds a new introduction to the translation, situating it in the literature and relating it to the companion volume. The glossary has been updated from Wade-Giles to pinyin.

Author : Huineng
Publisher : BDK America
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015055612348

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Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The by Huineng Pdf

This record of the life and teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Chan (Zen) Patriarch, is an eleventh-century compilation with ancillary materials. It deals with the Buddhist notion that the only criterion of any significance whatsoever is the experience of "seeing the Buddha-nature," realizing one's innate status as an enlightened being.

Author : Thomas Cleary
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834825413

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The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen by Thomas Cleary Pdf

Hui-neng (638–713) is perhaps the most beloved and respected figure in Zen Buddhism. An illiterate woodcutter who attained enlightenment in a flash, he became the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen, and is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment" school. He is the supreme exemplar of the fact that neither education nor social background has any bearing on the attainment of enlightenment. This collection of his talks, also known as the Platform or Altar Sutra, is the only Zen record of its kind to be generally honored with the appellation sutra, or scripture. The Sutra of Hui-neng is here accompanied by Hui-neng's verse-by-verse commentary on the Diamond Sutra—in its very first published English translation ever.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231501347

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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Anonim Pdf

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. Purported to be the recorded words of the famed Huineng, who was understood to be the Sixth Patriarch of Chan and the father of all later Chan/Zen Buddhism, the Platform Sutra illuminates fundamental Chan Buddhist principles in an expressive sermon that describes how Huineng overcame great personal and ideological challenges to uphold the exalted lineage of the enlightened Chan patriarchs while realizing the ultimate Buddhist truth of the original, pure nature of all sentient beings. Huineng seems to reject meditation, the value of good karma, and the worship of the buddhas, conferring instead a set of "formless precepts" on his audience, marked by embedded notes in the text. In his central message, an inherent, perfect buddha nature stands as the original true condition of all sentient beings, which people of all backgrounds can experience for themselves. Philip Yampolsky's masterful translation contains extensive explanatory notes and an edited, amended version of the Chinese text. His introduction critically considers the background and historical setting of the work and locates Huineng's place within the history and legends of Chan Buddhism. This new edition features a foreword by Morten Schlütter further situating the Platform Sutra within recent historical research and textual evidence, and an updated glossary that includes the modern pinyin system of transcription.

Author : 惠能,Morten Schlütter
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Zen Buddhism
ISBN : 9780231158213

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Readings of the Platform S?tra by 惠能,Morten Schlütter Pdf

"Essays that introduce the history and ideas of the sūtra to a general audience and interpret its practices." (book jacket).

Author : Martin Verhoeven, PhD,Heng Sure, PhD
Publisher : Buddhist Text Translation Society
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601030696

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The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra by Martin Verhoeven, PhD,Heng Sure, PhD Pdf

The knowledge and vision of the Buddha is just your own mind; there is no other Buddha. Such is the teaching of Master Huineng (638 713), the most important and most revered figure in the Chan (Zen) School of East Asian Buddhism. Huineng left no written record, but his students compiled accounts of his public lectures and one-on-one exchanges, together with the dramatic story of his life. The resulting volume was Liu zu fa bao tan jing , The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra, sixth, because Master Huineng is counted as the sixth generation of patriarchal succession from the first Chan patriarch Bodhidharma. Master Huineng's Platform Sutra is so highly regarded in Buddhist Asia that it is called a Sutra, a term otherwise reserved for texts spoken by the Buddha himself. In presenting this entirely new English translation of The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra, the editors, Professors Heng Sure and Martin Verhoeven of Dharma Realm Buddhist University, have aimed above all to bring across into English Master Huineng's plain-spoken, forthright style. As Professor Verhoeven writes, "Readers inclined to see Buddhist writings as abstruse metaphysical treatises will find The Platform Sutra refreshingly artless and spare. Those expecting a sutra to delve into the supernatural and otherworldly will be surprised at how down-to-earth and here-and-now this text is. The Platform Sutra is humanistic to its core." As Huineng says in a verse, 'The Buddha Dharma is right here in the world,/There is no awakening apart from this world.' The essence of the Sixth Patriarch's philosophy is that all beings have the buddha-nature; all can become Buddha. Full awakening is not a future state or a distant place, but exists right within your own mind,' directly and immediately available. The text presents a powerful and resounding vision of unbounded human potential waiting to be fully realized if only we could see it.

Author : Huineng,Hsüan Hua
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030116613

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The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra, with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hua [translated from the Chinese by the Buddhist Text Translation Society]. by Huineng,Hsüan Hua Pdf

Author : Philip B. Yampolsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:695213924

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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Philip B. Yampolsky Pdf

Author : Red Pine
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781640094949

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Three Zen Sutras by Red Pine Pdf

A pocket-sized presentation of the 3 most venerated sutras of Zen Buddhism—the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra—from a legendary practitioner and translator of Buddhist teachings Three classic Buddhist sutras, often linked to form a trio of texts that have been revered and studied for centuries, are now available together in this single volume. Red Pine, whose acclaimed translations these particular Buddhist texts are considered canon, provides a sensitive and assured treatment of the classic triumvirate in a gift-sized volume, perfect for sharing with anyone seeking guidance and peace. The Heart Sutra, with its profound and wide-reaching influence on Buddhism, offers the Prajnaparamita teaching of emptiness. The Diamond Sutra, said to contain answers to all questions of delusion and dualism, outlines the bodhisattva path followed by the Buddha. The Platform Sutra is an autobiography of Hui-neng, the controversial 6th Patriarch of Zen. His understanding of the fundamentals of a spiritual and practical life has served as the introduction to the teachings of Zen that students have been putting into practice for the past 1300 years. In addition to new translations of all three texts, Red Pine has included an introduction that ties all three together and just enough footnotes to explain what needs explaining but not enough to get in the way.

Author : Sokei-An Sasaki
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462053179

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Original Nature by Sokei-An Sasaki Pdf

Original Nature is the historic translation and commentary on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen by America's first Zen Master, Sokei-an Sasaki (1882-1945). Finally available, 75 years after its completion, Sokei-an considered the Sixth Patriach's message an essential foundation for the transmission of Zen to America "I think the Sixth Patriarch never dreamed that his record... would be explained to Westerners in New York... I feel that I am in a valley between huge mountains, and that the ancient simple minded woodcutters, fisherman, monks and nuns who are living in the mountains have come to the place where they always make their gatherings, and that I am one of them now..."

Author : Huineng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Buddha (The concept)
ISBN : LCCN:gb68003376

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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Huineng Pdf

Author : Wei Lang
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1514182653

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Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Wei Lang Pdf

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth centers to the podium on which a Buddhist teacher speaks. Its key themes are the direct perception of one's true nature, and the unity in essence of sila (conduct), dhyana (meditation) and prajna (wisdom). The text focuses on teachings and stories ascribed to the sixth Chan patriarch Huineng. It contains the well-known story of the contest for the succession of Hongren (enlightenment by the non-abiding), and discourses and dialogues attributed to Huineng.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0981237878

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Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Anonim Pdf

Author : Huineng,Hsüan Hua
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Zen Buddhism
ISBN : UVA:X004196818

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The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sūtra by Huineng,Hsüan Hua Pdf

Author : Philip Boas Yampolsky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231083610

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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Philip Boas Yampolsky Pdf

A definitive English translation of the Platform Sutra. Includes a detailed historical introduction on the history and legends of Ch'an Buddhism, and discussions and analysis of the Platform Sutra.