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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
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Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Weight
388g
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231159579
SKU
V9780231159579
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About Yampolsky
Philip B. Yampolsky (1920-1996) was professor of East Asian languages and cultures and director of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University. An eminent translator and scholar of Zen Buddhist texts, he edited Letters of Nichiren and Selected Writings of Nichiren and translated The Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings. Morten Schlutter is an associate professor at ... Read more
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