The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra
Subtitle: With the Commentary of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Contributors: Buddhist Text Translation Society (Corporate Author)
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Published: November 15, 2002
Place of publication: California, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9780881393163
Subjects: Zen Buddhism; Early works to 1800; Religion - World Religions; Religion; Buddhism - General
Description: The life and teaching of Master Hui Neng, an illiterate Buddhist monk of Tang Dynasty China (7th century) who expounded the doctrine of no-thought and sudden enlightenment through meditation. The book is filled with Tang Dynasty history, covers such topics as ignorance and enlightenment, different levels of consciousness and ultimate reality.