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Philip B. Yampolsky The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
- Publication Name
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
- Title
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
- Translator
- Philip B. Yampolsky
- Contributor
- Philip B. Yampolsky (Translated by)
- Format
- Paperback
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0231159579
- EAN
- 9780231159579
- ISBN
- 9780231159579
- Edition
- with a new foreword and updated glossary
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Genre
- Philosophy & Spirituality
- Release Date
- 03/04/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Item Length
- 152mm
- Series
- Translations from the Asian Classics
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Topic
- Buddhism
- Item Width
- 152mm
- Number of Pages
- 276 Pages
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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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Columbia University Press
ISBN-13
9780231159579
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Product Key Features
Book Title
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Buddhism
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Translations from the Asian Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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