- 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 Patriarch 3 Encomium of the Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch 7
[Text of] Platform Sutra of the Dharma Treasure of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch
Number One: Account of Origins 17 Number Two: Prajnā 27 Number Three: Questions 36 Number Four: Meditation and Wisdom 41 Number Five: Seated Meditation 45 Number Six: Repentance 46 Number Seven: Encounters 53 Number Eight: Sudden and Gradual 71 Number Nine: Proclamations 79 Number Ten: Transmission 81
Appendix
An Additional Record of the Story of the Great Master, the Sixth Patriarch 95 Details of Accolades through the Dynasties 99 Epitaph on the Bequest of the Posthumous Title “Chan Master Great Mirror” 100 Epitaph for Chan Master Great Mirror 103 Inscription on the Robe of the Buddha (with Introduction) 105 Epilogue 108
Notes 111 Glossary 125 Bibliography 129 Index 131 A List of the Volumes of the BDK English Tripiṭaka (First Series) 145