- Table of Contents
- A Message on the Publication of the English Tripiṭaka NUMATA Yehanv
- Editorial Foreword MAYEDA Sengakuvii
- Publisher’s Foreword Francis H. Cookix
- Translator’s Introduction John R. McRaexiii
- A Note on Interpolated Materialxvii
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
- Preface to the Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master,
the Sixth Patriarch3
- Encomium of the Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master,
the Sixth Patriarch7
- [Text of] Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch
- Number One: Account of Origins17
- Number Two: Prajnā27
- Number Three: Questions36
- Number Four: Meditation and Wisdom41
- Number Five: Seated Meditation45
- Number Six: Repentance46
- Number Seven: Encounters53
- Number Eight: Sudden and Gradual71
- Number Nine: Proclamations79
- Number Ten: Transmission81
- Appendix
- An Additional Record of the Story of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch95
- Details of Accolades through the Dynasties99
- Epitaph on the Bequest of the Posthumous Title "Chan Master Great Mirror"100
- Epitaph for Chan Master Great Mirror103
- Inscription on the Robe of the Buddha (with Introduction)105
- Epilogue108
- Notes111
- Glossary125
- Bibliography129
- Index131
- A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripiṭaka (First Series)145