Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
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- ISBN 9780231083614
- Dimensions: 226 x 147mm
- Publication Date: 22 Mar 1978
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Platform Sutra records the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one of the two great figures in the founding of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. This translation is the definitive English version of the eighth-century Ch'an classic. Phillip B. Yampolsky has based his translation on the Tun-huang manuscript, the earliest extant version of the work. A critical edition of the Chinese text is given at the end of the volume. Dr. Yampolsky also furnishes a lengthy and detailed historical introduction which contains much information hitherto unavailable even to scholars, and provides the context essential to an understanding of Hui-neng's work. He gives an account of the history and legends of Ch'an Buddhism, with particular attention to the traditions associated with Hui-neng, quoting or summarizing the most important narratives. He then discusses the various texts of the Platform Sutra, and analyzes its contents.
Phillip B. Yampolsky was Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University until his death in 1996.
