The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma jewel platform sutra

By Hsuan Hua, Huineng

Subjects: Zen Buddhism, Early works to 1800

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.