六祖壇經=壇經=The Sixth Patriarch's Sutra=The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch=Manda-sutra; 佛教經典=Sutra=Buddhist Scriptures;
摘要
Translated by John McRae, this volume presents the life and teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch of the Ch'an (Zen) tradition in China. This version of the text, which was first composed in the eighth century, is a later eleventh-century compilation containing ancillary material, including dialogues and clarifications added by the editor, the monk Te'i, an encomium by the Sung master Ch'i-sung, and epitaphs by the T'ang literati officials Liu Tsing-yuan and Liu Yu-hsi. Though historial details of the actual biography of Hui-neng (638-713) remain vague, the classic Zen teachings contained in THE PLATFORM SUTRA confirm him as an important figure in the history of Ch'an Buddhism. [Taisho No. 2008] [Chinese name: Liu-tsu-ta-shih-fa-pao-t'an-ching]
