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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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 |
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July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00107 Kinhin, Doubt, Blue Cliff Record, Platform Sutra, Bell |
Jul 2004 |
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October 7th, 2004, Serial No. 00564 Platform Sutra, Right Speech, Attachment, War, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Passions,... |
Oct 07 2004 |
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October 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01027, Side A Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma... |
Oct 28 2004 |
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November 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01290, Side B Silence, Silent Illumination, Emotions, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Subject-and-Object... |
Nov 20 2004 |
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SalvationSerial: BZ-01295 Saving All Beings in Our Zen Practice, Rohatsu Day 5 Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Vows, Emotions, Attachment, Six... |
Dec 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 28th, 2005, Serial No. 00771 Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Evil, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity... |
Feb 28 2005 |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Letting... |
Feb 28 2005 Tassajara |
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March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, soto, Attachment, Light-and-... |
Mar 02 2005 |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Platform Sutra, Letting Go, Ego,... |
Mar 02 2005 Tassajara |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 1Serial: BZ-00591 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, War, Platform Sutra, Hate, Building, Posture,... |
Mar 08 2005 |
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March 8th, 2005, Serial No. 01573, Side A War, Platform Sutra, Building, Hate, Posture, American, Ego |
Mar 08 2005 |
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May 8th, 2005, Serial No. 01322, Side B Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation, Composure, Platform Sutra,... |
May 08 2005 |
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SamadhiSerial: BZ-01561 Imperturbable Mind, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Imperturbability, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation,... |
May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 11th, 2005, Serial No. 00774 Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life, Platform Sutra,... |
Jul 11 2005 |
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Hui Neng, Sixth AncestorSerial: BZ-01189 Gatha of the Platform Sutra, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Composure, training, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Hate,... |
Sep 24 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01199 Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Intimacy, Instruction,... |
Nov 19 2005 |
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Faith and Doubt TypesSerial: BZ-01203B Rohatsu Day 3 Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, soto, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,... |
Nov 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00051, Side A Silent Illumination, Silence, Oneness, Platform Sutra |
Mar 2006 |
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September 9th, 2006, Serial No. 01385 Humility, training, Forgiveness, Karma, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture... |
Sep 09 2006 |
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Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special"Serial: BZ-01421 Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3 Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous, Gaining Mind... |
Feb 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bob Dylan's Song About Zen MindSerial: TL-00167 ADZG Monday Night, Sesshin, Platform Sutra, Echo, Practice Period |
Apr 02 2007 Cenacle Chicago |
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Three Characteristics of PhenomenaSerial: SF-01079 One-day sitting lecture: "no eyes, no ears..." Diamond Sutra, Platform Sutra Delusion, Emptiness, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, New Year, Teacher-and-Student,... |
May 19 2007 Green Gulch |
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Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold PathSerial: BZ-01003 Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra,... |
Oct 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra: Serial No. 01077Serial: BZ-01077 Rohatsu Day 1, side B Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Evil,... |
Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui NengSerial: BZ-02004 Rohatsu Day 1 Hui Neng, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind,... |
Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01079Serial: BZ-01079 Rohatsu Day 3, side B training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Instruction,... |
Dec 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01449Serial: BZ-01449 Rohatsu Day 3, Side A Platform Sutra, training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,... |
Dec 09 2008 |
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Platform Sutra: Non attachment within attachment: Serial No. 01081Serial: BZ-01081 Rohatsu, Day 5, side B Attachment, Samadhi, Composure, Discrimination, Offering, Non-attachment, Platform... |
Dec 11 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra: Non Attachment within Attachment: Serial No. 01451Serial: BZ-01451 Rohatsu, Day 5, side A Attachment, Discrimination, Samadhi, Composure, Manjushri, Offering, Non-attachment,... |
Dec 11 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui NengSerial: BZ-02008 Non-attachment Within Attachment, Rohatsu Day 5 Hui Neng, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-attachment, Composure, Offering, Platform... |
Dec 11 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra: Saving Beings of Our Own Mind: Serial No. 01082Serial: BZ-01082 Rohatsu, Day 6, side B Precepts, Platform Sutra, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows,... |
Dec 12 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform Sutra: Saving Beings in Our Own Mind: Serial No. 01447Serial: BZ-01447 Rohatsu, Day 6, Side A Precepts, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva... |
Dec 12 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Saving Beings In Our Own MindSerial: BZ-02009 Rohatsu Day Six
Precepts, Platform Sutra, Vows, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Repentance,... |
Dec 12 2008 |
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Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary of Poem: Prajna: Serial No. 01452Serial: BZ-01452 Rohatsu, Day 7, side A Darkness and Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,... |
Dec 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Commentary on Poem in Section on PrajnaSerial: BZ-02010 Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7 Hui Neng, Darkness and Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,... |
Dec 13 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side C Precepts, Culture, American, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Repentance, Platform... |
Aug 28 2009 |
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Hokyo Zammai IVSerial: BZ-02057 Hobo = Dharma Bum, Sesshin Day 2 Hakuin, Sekito Kisen, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Nirvana Sutra, Ego,... |
Sep 07 2009 Part 2 of Berkeley Zen Center |
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Meditation-Wisdom & the Platform SutraSerial: TL-00203 ADZG Sunday Morning, Concentration, Platform Sutra, zen meditation, Oneness, Transmission |
Jan 10 2010 ADZG Temple |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Perfect Wisdom, Precious Mirror, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,... |
Jul 22 2010 6 |
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Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage... |
May 19 2011 2 |
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It's All Right Here Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, resistance, Branching Streams, Lay Practice, Platform... |
Jun 25 2011 |
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Dharma KaleidescopeSerial: BZ-02225 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture Peace, Lay Practice, Platform Sutra, Evil, Evil, Karma, New Year, Platform Sutra,... |
Jan 07 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Baoche's Fanning Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, soto, Heart Sutra, Passions, uchiyama,... |
Mar 24 2012 |
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Skillful Means, Powers, & Recent Creativity Research: Upaya & Bala ParamitasSerial: TL-00257 ADZG Sunday Morning, Patience, Letting Go, Platform Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Don't Know Mind |
Apr 22 2012 ADZG Temple |
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Saying Yes To What Arises Patience, Dependent Origination, Platform Sutra, Forgiveness, Evil, Separation,... |
Jun 30 2012 |