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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Chinese: 六祖壇經; pinyin: Liùzǔ Tánjīng or simply: 壇經 Tánjīng) is a Chan Buddhist scripture that was composed in China during the 8th to 13th century. The "platform" (施法壇) refers to the podium on which a Buddhist teacher speaks. Its key themes are the direct perception of one's original nature, and the unity in essence of śīla (conduct), dhyāna (meditation) and prajñā (wisdom).

The text centers on the teachings and stories ascribed to the sixth Chan patriarch Huineng. It contains the well-known story of the contest for the succession of Hongren (enlightenment by the non-abiding), and discourses and dialogues attributed to Huineng.

The text attributes its recollection to Fa-hai, but was probably written, or redacted, within the so-called Oxhead school, which existed along with the East Mountain School and Shenhui's Southern School. The text attempts to reconcile the so-called Northern School with its alleged gradual enlightenment teachings, and the so-called Southern School with its alleged sudden enlightenment teachings. In effect, the text incorporates the "rhetorical purity" which originated with Shenhui's attack on Shenxiu, while effectively "writing him out of the story".

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Three Refuges

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Precepts, Karma
May 14 2021

Ramaytush Skillful Effort

Four Noble Truths, Ordinary Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Platform Sutra, Daily Life...
Apr 03 2021

Humpty Dumpty

Repentance, Platform Sutra, Politics, Karma, Peace, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 05 2020

Dongshan Class 2

Five Ranks, Duality, Global Warming, Zazen Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Samadhi,...
Sep 01 2020

Dongshan Class 2

Five Ranks, Duality, Global Warming, Zazen Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Platform Sutra,...
Aug 31 2020

Public Dokusan 3

Nirvana Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Commitment, Nirvana, American, Platform Sutra...
Jul 03 2020

Love Sesshin

Serial: BZ-02685

Sesshin Day 2

 

Instruction, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Bell,...
Jun 20 2019

Zenki and Shoji Class 4

Serial: BZ-02682

PP Class 4

 

Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Lay, Vinaya, Platform...
Jun 06 2019

Shoji: Birth and Death

Serial: BZ-02676

PP Class 1

Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Samsara, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Impermanence,...
May 16 2019

Daikan Eno and The Hundred Dharmas

Serial: BZ-02618

Sesshin Day 2

 

Repentance, Doubt, Big Mind, Anger, Karma, Greed, Ego, Heart Sutra, Sixth Patriarch,...
Jun 14 2018

Spring Rain

Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra...
Apr 14 2018

Whole-Hearted Practice

Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...
Mar 17 2018

The Point of Zazen

Gaining Mind, Dragons, Demons, Beginners, Peace, Mindfulness, Rinzai, Samadhi,...
Aug 05 2017

Precepts Class 2

Serial: BZ-02544

PP Class

Vinaya, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Confession-and-Repentance, Offering, Karma, Attachment...
May 11 2017

Hsin Hsin Ming

Serial: BZ-02474

Class 1 PP -  edited

 

Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-...
May 05 2016

Leaving Home

Demons, Platform Sutra, Ordination, Lay, Birth-and-Death, Vow, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 09 2016

Hui Neng and the Poetry Contest

Serial: BZ-02440

Aspects of Practice

 

Platform Sutra, Lineage, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Doubt, Politics, Teacher-and-...
Oct 17 2015

Seeing and Non-Seeing

Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Platform Sutra,...
Apr 12 2015

Going for Refuge

Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, training, New Year, Platform Sutra, Nirvana...
Jan 10 2015

Songs and Practice

Branching Streams, Interdependence, Platform Sutra, Interview, Impermanence, Daily...
Jun 28 2014

Rohatsu Day 5

Platform Sutra, Vow, Posture, Instruction, Bodhisattva Vow, Ordination, Repentance,...
Dec 05 2013

Joshu's Wash Your Bowl

Book of Serenity, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-Object, Practice Period, Dragons,...
May 18 2013
1

Sandokai Lecture Two

Serial: BZ-02279

Couplets 2 & 3, Rohatsu Day 2

Branching Streams, Big Mind, Discrimination, Attachment, Two Truths, Dependent...
Dec 03 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture One

Serial: BZ-02278

Title and Couplet 1, Rohatsu Day 1

Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Oneness, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Dec 02 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Saying Yes To What Arises

Patience, Dependent Origination, Platform Sutra, Forgiveness, Evil, Separation,...
Jun 30 2012

Baoche's Fanning

Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Passions, uchiyama, Buddha...
Mar 24 2012

Dharma Kaleidescope

Serial: BZ-02225

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture

Peace, Lay Practice, Platform Sutra, Evil, Evil, Karma, New Year, Platform Sutra,...
Jan 07 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

It's All Right Here

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, resistance, Branching Streams, Lay Practice, Platform...
Jun 25 2011

Zazenshin Class

Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...
May 19 2011
2

Hokyo Zammai Class

Five Ranks, Perfect Wisdom, Precious Mirror, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...
Jul 22 2010
6

Hokyo Zammai IV

Serial: BZ-02057

Hobo = Dharma Bum, Sesshin Day 2, class 4 of 4

Hakuin, Sekito Kisen, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Nirvana Sutra, Ego,...
Sep 07 2009
4
Berkeley Zen Center

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side C

Precepts, Culture, American, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Repentance, Platform...
Aug 28 2009

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem in Section on Prayana

Serial: BZ-01452

Rohatsu, Day 7, side A

Darkness and Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Commentary on Poem in Section on Prajna

Serial: BZ-02010

Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7

Hui Neng, Darkness and Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Saving Beings of Our Own Mind

Serial: BZ-01082

Rohatsu, Day 6, side B

Precepts, Platform Sutra, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow,...
Dec 12 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Saving Beings In Our Own Mind

Serial: BZ-02009

Rohatsu Day Six

 

Precepts, Platform Sutra, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Repentance,...
Dec 12 2008

Platform Sutra: Saving Beings in Our Own Mind

Serial: BZ-01447

Rohatsu, Day 6

Precepts, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva...
Dec 12 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Non Attachment within Attachment

Serial: BZ-01451

Rohatsu, Day 5

Attachment, Discrimination, Samadhi, Composure, Manjushri, Offering, Non-attachment,...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02008

Non-attachment Within Attachment, Rohatsu Day 5

Hui Neng, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-attachment, Composure, Offering, Platform...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Non attachment within attachment: Serial No. 01081

Serial: BZ-01081

Rohatsu, Day 5, side B

Attachment, Samadhi, Composure, Discrimination, Offering, Non-attachment, Platform...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01079

Serial: BZ-01079

Rohatsu Day 3, side B

training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Instruction,...
Dec 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-01449

Rohatsu Day 3

Platform Sutra, training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,...
Dec 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Serial No. 01077

Serial: BZ-01077

Rohatsu Day 1, side B

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Evil,...
Dec 07 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02004

Rohatsu Day 1

Hui Neng, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind,...
Dec 07 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold Path

Serial: BZ-01003

Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra, Hindrances,...
Oct 13 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special"

Serial: BZ-01421

Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3

Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous Practice,...
Feb 19 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

September 9th, 2006, Serial No. 01385

Humility, training, Forgiveness, Karma, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture...
Sep 09 2006

Faith and Doubt Types

Serial: BZ-01203B

Rohatsu Day 3

Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...
Nov 30 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01199

Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Intimacy, Instruction,...
Nov 19 2005

Hui Neng, Sixth Ancestor

Serial: BZ-01189

Gatha of the Platform Sutra, Saturday Lecture

Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Composure, training, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Hate,...
Sep 24 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

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