The Sutra of Hui-Neng: Grand Master of Zen (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1570623481
ISBN 13
9781570623486
Category
Zen
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
161
Description
Hui-neng (638713) 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. - from Amzon
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