Platform Sutra Talks
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,... |
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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-shūSesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, training, Instruction,... |
Dec 17 1966 A Sokoji |
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Rinzai Zen Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha... |
Feb 26 1982 |
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Dogen's Fukanzazengi and Practice RealizationSerial: BZ-00043A Saturday Lecture Duality, Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,... |
Oct 23 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Enlightenment in Soto ZenSerial: BZ-00402A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, soto,... |
Sep 10 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535 Lineage, Dharma Transmission, soto, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest, Sixth... |
Feb 26 1988 |
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June 4th, 1988, Serial No. 00896, Side A Samadhi, Offering, Platform Sutra, Concentration, Daily Life, Buddha Nature,... |
Jun 04 1988 |
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Anger and GreedSerial: BZ-00890A One-Day Sitting Anger, Greed, Anger, Karma, Fox, Platform Sutra, Vows, Greed, Attachment, Bodhisattva... |
Jul 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Five HindrancesSerial: BZ-00832A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Attachment, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow,... |
Aug 06 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva PracticeSerial: BZ-00367B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Way, Anger, Lotus Sutra, Platform Sutra, Emotions,... |
Oct 01 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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All Being and Our Sense of SelfSerial: BZ-00691A Sesshin Day 1 Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Buddha Nature, Ego, Platform Sutra, Priest, Religion,... |
Mar 16 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hui-Neng's Verse to Monk and LaitySerial: BZ-00703A Fault Finding, One-Day Sitting Hui Neng, Sixth Precept, Platform Sutra, Passions, Posture, Hindrances, Lay, Sixth... |
Nov 04 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00728 Class Two, Class Five Ranks, Ego, Platform Sutra, Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,... |
Nov 15 1991 |
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December 12th, 1991, Serial No. 00283 Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, American,... |
Dec 12 1991 |
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March 26th, 1992, Serial No. 00603 Platform Sutra, Branching Streams, Four Noble Truths, Perfect Wisdom, Sixth Patriarch... |
Mar 26 1992 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #5Serial: BZ-00647B Saturday Lecture BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara,... |
Jan 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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 |
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January 14th, 1994, Serial No. 00558 Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Evil, Ordination, Platform Sutra, Instruction, Lay,... |
Jan 14 1994 |
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January 19th, 1994, Serial No. 00559 Platform Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Evil,... |
Jan 19 1994 |
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January 24th, 1994, Serial No. 00546 Platform Sutra, Intuition, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Mahayana, Evil, Buddha Mind,... |
Jan 24 1994 |
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February 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00226 Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Practice Period, Instruction, Lineage, Buddha... |
Feb 23 1994 |
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Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four WisdomsSerial: 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 |
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Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/SynthesisSerial: 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 |
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March 31st, 1994, Serial No. 00552 Sixth Patriarch, Culture, Mahayana, Religion, Echo, Four Noble Truths, soto, Lay... |
Mar 31 1994 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #50Serial: BZ-00940A Saturday Lecture BCR-50, Samadhi, Doubt, Platform Sutra, confusion, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death,... |
Jul 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart Sutra: Setting the SceneSerial: 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 |
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May 9th, 1996, Serial No. 00249 Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Evil, Demons, Discrimination, Echo, Ordination,... |
May 09 1996 |
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Mumonkan: Case #25Serial: 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 |
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June 13th, 1996, Serial No. 00253 Heart Sutra, Attachment, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Lay... |
Jun 13 1996 |
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June 21st, 1996, Serial No. 00801, Side B Practice Period, Platform Sutra, Intimacy, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Composure,... |
Jun 21 1996 |
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Hui Neng's Instruction on Dhyana and ImperturbabilitySerial: BZ-00800A Rohatsu Day 4 Hui Neng, Dhyana, Imperturbability, Big Mind, Dream World, Discrimination, Samadhi,... |
Jun 22 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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 |
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October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546 Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Light-... |
Oct 28 1999 |
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November 4th, 1999, Serial No. 00929 Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and Light, Light-and-... |
Nov 04 1999 |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00200A Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4 Sandokai, Zendo, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Big Mind, Oneness, Branching Streams,... |
Dec 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Essence of Mind & the Five HinderancesSerial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha... |
Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 1st, 2001, Serial No. 00131, Side B Attachment, Karma, Non-attachment, Karmic Consequences, Buddha Nature, Enemies,... |
Mar 01 2001 |
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Discrimination, Non-discrimination, and Essence of MindSerial: BZ-00098A Saturday Lecture Discrimination, Discrimination, Dream World, Attachment, Posture, Platform Sutra,... |
Mar 17 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Platform SutraSerial: BZ-01361A Saturday Lecture Platform Sutra, Hui Neng, Karma, Obstacles, Emotions, Big Mind, Evil, Duality, Doubt... |
Oct 11 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01023, Side B Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind,... |
May 20 2004 |