Readings of the Platform Sutra

The Platform Stra contains a wide range of important Chan/Zen Buddhist teachings. Purported to contain the autobiography and sermons of Huineng (638713), the legendary Sixth Patriarch of Chan, the stra has been popular among monastics and the educated elite for centuries. The first study of its kind in English, the essays in this volume introduce the history and ideas of the stra to a general audience and interprets its practices. Leading specialists on Buddhism discuss the texts historical background and its vaunted legacy in Chinese culture. Incorporating recent scholarship and theory, chapters include an overview of Chinese Buddhism, the crucial role of the Platform Stra in the Chan tradition, and the dynamics of Huinengs biography.

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"The Responsibility of the Philosopher is brilliant and entertaining without becoming overly conceptual, yet it makes no concessions to or falls into mediocrity or commonplaces. The language is consistently rigorous, yet it is incredibly clear and accessible to a philosophically unsophisticated audience." Silvia Benso, Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Authors: Huineng, 638-713 Huineng, Schlutter, Morten Schlutter, Morten (The University of Iowa) Teiser Schlutter, Morten Teiser Schlutter, Morten/ Teiser Schlutter, Morten Schlütter
• Assisted by: Morten Schl?tter (Editor), Morten Schlutter (Editor), Morten (The University of Iowa) Schlutter (Editor), Morten Schlütter (Editor), Stephen Teiser (Editor), Stephen (Princeton University) Teiser (Editor), Stephen F. Teiser (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2012
• EAN: 9780231158213
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15821-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature; Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Religion, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, PHILOSOPHY / Zen, RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, Zen Buddhism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Buddhist Sacred Texts, Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings