The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (McRae)

Book

Taishō 2008
Volume 48

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch consists of a record of the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch of the Chan School in China, recorded by his disciple Fahai, and is known by several abbreviated titles such as Platform Sūtra or Platform Sūtra of the Dharma Treasure. It proclaims the independence of the Southern School of Chan from the Northern School on such subjects as "sudden enlightenment" (Ch. dun-wu) and the external expression of one's real nature (Ch. jian-xing).

Source
Ch. Liuzu dashi fabao tan jing (六祖大師法寶壇經), Compiled in the Chinese by Zong-bao, as recorded by Fa-hai et al. 1 fascicle. (Source: BDK America)

Citation	McRae, John R., trans. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. Translated from the Chinese of Zongbao (Taishō Volume 48, Number 2008). BDK English Tripiṭaka Series, vol. 73, no. 2. Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2000. https://bdkamerica.org/product/the-platform-sutra-of-the-sixth-patriarch/.

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

Liuzu dashi fabao tan jing (六祖大師法寶壇經), Compiled in the Chinese by Zong-bao, as recorded by Fa-hai et al. 1 fascicle. T2008, 48: https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2012/T2008.html.