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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Chinese: 六祖壇經; pinyin: Liùzǔ Tánjīng or simply: 壇經 Tánjīng) is a Chan Buddhist scripture that was composed in China during the 8th to 13th century. The "platform" (施法壇) refers to the podium on which a Buddhist teacher speaks. Its key themes are the direct perception of one's true nature, and the unity in essence of śīla (conduct), dhyāna (meditation) and prajñā (wisdom).

The text centers on teachings and stories ascribed to the sixth Chan patriarch Huineng. It contains the well-known story of the contest for the succession of Hongren (enlightenment by the non-abiding), and discourses and dialogues attributed to Huineng.

The text attributes its recollection to Fa-hai, but was probably written, or redacted, within the so-called Oxhead school, which existed along with the East Mountain School and Shenhui's Southern School. The text attempts to reconcile the so-called Northern School with its alleged gradual enlightenment teachings, and the so-called Southern School with its alleged sudden enlightenment teachings. In effect, the text incorporates the "rhetorical purity" which originated with Shenhui's attack on Shenxiu, while effectively "writing him out of the story".

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Unknown year,July talk, Serial 00519

Concentration, Posture, Birth-and-Death, Religion, Platform Sutra, Offering,...
Jul

Unknown Date, Serial 00755

Discrimination, Five Ranks, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Cultivation, Buddha...
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Unknown Date, Serial 00951, Side B

Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Platform Sutra, Subject-...
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In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shū

Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, training, Instruction,...
Dec 17 1966
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Sokoji

Rinzai Zen

Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha...
Feb 26 1982

Dogen's Fukanzazengi and Practice Realization

Serial: BZ-00043A

Saturday Lecture

Duality, Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Oct 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Enlightenment in Soto Zen

Serial: BZ-00402A

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, soto,...
Sep 10 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535

Lineage, Dharma Transmission, soto, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest, Sixth...
Feb 26 1988

June 4th, 1988, Serial No. 00896, Side A

Samadhi, Offering, Platform Sutra, Concentration, Daily Life, Buddha Nature,...
Jun 04 1988

Anger and Greed

Serial: BZ-00890A

One-Day Sitting

Anger, Greed, Anger, Karma, Fox, Platform Sutra, Vows, Greed, Attachment, Bodhisattva...
Jul 17 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00832A

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Aug 06 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhisattva Practice

Serial: BZ-00367B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Way, Anger, Lotus Sutra, Platform Sutra, Emotions,...
Oct 01 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

All Being and Our Sense of Self

Serial: BZ-00691A

Sesshin Day 1

Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Buddha Nature, Ego, Platform Sutra, Priest, Religion,...
Mar 16 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Hui-Neng's Verse to Monk and Laity

Serial: BZ-00703A

Fault Finding, One-Day Sitting

Hui Neng, Sixth Precept, Platform Sutra, Passions, Posture, Hindrances, Lay, Sixth...
Nov 04 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00728

Class Two, Class

Five Ranks, Ego, Platform Sutra, Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Nov 15 1991

December 12th, 1991, Serial No. 00283

Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, American,...
Dec 12 1991

March 26th, 1992, Serial No. 00603

Platform Sutra, Branching Streams, Four Noble Truths, Perfect Wisdom, Sixth Patriarch...
Mar 26 1992

Blue Cliff Record: Case #5

Serial: BZ-00647B

Saturday Lecture

BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara,...
Jan 23 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

What is Meant by Saving All Beings?

Serial: BZ-00648A

Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting

Hui Neng, Bodhisattva Vow, Platform Sutra, Vows, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature,...
Jan 31 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

January 14th, 1994, Serial No. 00558

Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Evil, Ordination, Platform Sutra, Instruction, Lay,...
Jan 14 1994

January 19th, 1994, Serial No. 00559

Platform Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Evil,...
Jan 19 1994

January 24th, 1994, Serial No. 00546

Platform Sutra, Intuition, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Mahayana, Evil, Buddha Mind,...
Jan 24 1994

February 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00226

Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Practice Period, Instruction, Lineage, Buddha...
Feb 23 1994

Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four Wisdoms

Serial: BZ-00965B

Three Bodies of Buddha pt. I, Sesshin Day 1

Trikaya, Platform Sutra, Wisdom, Ego, Platform Sutra, Samadhi, Big Mind, Hindrances,...
Mar 12 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis

Serial: BZ-00964A

Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2

Madyamika, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...
Mar 13 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

March 31st, 1994, Serial No. 00552

Sixth Patriarch, Culture, Mahayana, Religion, Echo, Four Noble Truths, soto, Lay...
Mar 31 1994

Blue Cliff Record: Case #50

Serial: BZ-00940A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-50, Samadhi, Doubt, Platform Sutra, confusion, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death,...
Jul 16 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Setting the Scene

Serial: BZ-00952B

Skandas and Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 4

Heart Sutra, Skandas, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Samadhi...
Dec 07 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

May 9th, 1996, Serial No. 00249

Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Evil, Demons, Discrimination, Echo, Ordination,...
May 09 1996

Mumonkan: Case #25

Serial: BZ-00803B

Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture

Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,...
May 25 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

June 13th, 1996, Serial No. 00253

Heart Sutra, Attachment, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Lay...
Jun 13 1996

June 21st, 1996, Serial No. 00801, Side B

Practice Period, Platform Sutra, Intimacy, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Composure,...
Jun 21 1996

Hui Neng's Instruction on Dhyana and Imperturbability

Serial: BZ-00800A

Rohatsu Day 4

Hui Neng, Dhyana, Imperturbability, Big Mind, Dream World, Discrimination, Samadhi,...
Jun 22 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

The Eleven Links of Causation (Pt.2)

Serial: BZ-00320

Sesshin Day 3

Dependent Origination, Buddha Mind, Attachment, Samsara, Mindfulness, Evil, Daily...
Sep 01 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546

Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Light-...
Oct 28 1999

November 4th, 1999, Serial No. 00929

Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and Light, Light-and-...
Nov 04 1999

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00200A

Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4

Sandokai, Zendo, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Big Mind, Oneness, Branching Streams,...
Dec 02 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Essence of Mind & the Five Hinderances

Serial: BZ-00130A

One-Day Sitting

Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha...
Feb 19 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

March 1st, 2001, Serial No. 00131, Side B

Attachment, Karma, Non-attachment, Karmic Consequences, Buddha Nature, Enemies,...
Mar 01 2001

Discrimination, Non-discrimination, and Essence of Mind

Serial: BZ-00098A

Saturday Lecture

Discrimination, Discrimination, Dream World, Attachment, Posture, Platform Sutra,...
Mar 17 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

The Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-01361A

Saturday Lecture

Platform Sutra, Hui Neng, Karma, Obstacles, Emotions, Big Mind, Evil, Duality, Doubt...
Oct 11 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

May 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01023, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind,...
May 20 2004

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