The Platform Sūtra presents the life and sermons of Huineng, an illiterate woodcutter who, according to the story, won the patriarchate with a verse showing that mind is originally pure. It teaches that meditation and wisdom are one and that awakening is sudden. It is the only Chinese text given the title sūtra.
Platform Sūtra
The teachings attributed to Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Chan, on seeing one’s nature suddenly.
Also: Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch