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
Schl?tter further situating the "Platform Sutra" within recent
historical research and textual evidence, and an updated glossary
that includes the modern pinyin system of transcription.
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