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Sutra Spoken by the Sixth Patriarch, Wei Lang, on the High Seat of the Gem of Law

By Huineng

First written 8th–13th centuries (several recensions)

About this book

The first English translation of the Platform Sūtra, the story and sermons of Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan, including the verse contest with Shenxiu and the teaching of sudden awakening and the unity of meditation and wisdom.

The edition

Title
Sutra Spoken by the Sixth Patriarch, Wei Lang, on the High Seat of the Gem of Law
Translated by
Wong Mou-lam
Year
1930

Availability

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Citing this book

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Period

Late Antiquity200 CE to 700 CE

Subjects

Traditions

Concepts