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The Platform Sütra of the Sixth Patriarch: The Text of the Tun-huang Manuscript |
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Yampolsky, Philip B. (譯)
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Yampolsky, Philip B. (引言)
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Yampolsky, Philip B. (補注)
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Schlütter, Morten (前言)
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Schlütter, Morten (更新詞彙表)
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| Date | 2012 |
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| Pages | 276 |
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| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
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| Publisher Url |
https://cup.columbia.edu/
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| Location | New York, US [紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Originally published: 1967
Reprint: 1978 |
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| Abstract | Dating back to the eighth century C.E., the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational text of Chan/Zen Buddhism that reveals much about the early evolution of Chinese Chan and the ideological origins of Japanese Zen and Korean Son. Purported to be the recorded words of the famed Huineng, who was understood to be the Sixth Patriarch of Chan and the father of all later Chan/Zen Buddhism, the Platform Sutra illuminates fundamental Chan Buddhist principles in an expressive sermon that describes how Huineng overcame great personal and ideological challenges to uphold the exalted lineage of the enlightened Chan patriarchs while realizing the ultimate Buddhist truth of the original, pure nature of all sentient beings.
Huineng seems to reject meditation, the value of good karma, and the worship of the buddhas, conferring instead a set of "formless precepts" on his audience, marked by embedded notes in the text. In his central message, an inherent, perfect buddha nature stands as the original true condition of all sentient beings, which people of all backgrounds can experience for themselves. Philip Yampolsky's masterful translation contains extensive explanatory notes and an edited, amended version of the Chinese text. His introduction critically considers the background and historical setting of the work and locates Huineng's place within the history and legends of Chan Buddhism. This new edition features a foreword by Morten Schlütter further situating the Platform Sutra within recent historical research and textual evidence, and an updated glossary that includes the modern pinyin system of transcription. |
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| Table of contents | Foreword to the Reprint Edition by Morten Schlütter ix
Foreword by Wm. Theodore de Bary xiii
Preface xv
Abbreviations xvii
Introduction: Ch’an in the Eighth Century
I. The Formation of the Legend 1
The Laṅkāvatāra School 3
Shen-hui 23
II. The Birth of a Patriarch: Biography of Hui-neng 58
III. The Making of a Book: The Platform Sutra 89
IV. Content Analysis 111
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 123
Glossary 185
Bibliography 195
Index 209
The Tun-huang Text following 216
Tables
1. The Twenty-eight Indian Patriarchs 8
2. The Last Indian Patriarchs 102 |
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| ISBN | 9780231159562 (hbc); 9780231159579 (pbc); 9780231501347 (ebook) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Readings of the Platform Sūtra ed. by Morten Shlütter and Stephen F. Teiser; The Platform Sūtra of the Sixth Patriarch: The Text of the Tun-huang Manuscript by Philip Yampolsky / Mun, Chanju (評論)
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| Created date | 2023.10.03 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.03 |
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