The Sutra of Hui-Neng: Grand Master of Zen (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
by Huineng
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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A resdable translation of two works by - or at least based on the discourses of - Hui Neng, known as one of the greatest figures in the history of Zen/Chan and in Chinese Buddhism as a whole. The 'Sutra' sums up his approach to the dharma. His commentary on the famous Indian Mahayana text the Diamond Sutra is the second work. To a modern reader without a particular background in Zen/Chan, he can seem sometimes quite obscure, at other times strikingly contemporary
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- 294.3927 — Religion Other religions Dharmic religions Buddhism Buddhism - Branches and schools Mahayana Buddhism Zen Buddhism
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- BQ9299 .H854 .L613 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Buddhism Buddhism Modifications, schools, etc. Special modifications, sects, etc. Zen Buddhism
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