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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 original nature, and the unity in essence of śīla (conduct), dhyāna (meditation) and prajñā (wisdom).

The text centers on the 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02004 Rohatsu Day 1 Hui Neng, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Taking Care: Paramitas, Precepts and Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-01003 Illumination Without Hindrance, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Precepts, Platform Sutra, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Characteristics of Phenomena Serial: 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,...	Daigan Lueck	May 19 2007 Green Gulch
Bob Dylan's Song About Zen Mind Serial: TL-00167 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Sesshin, Platform Sutra, Practice Period	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 02 2007 Cenacle Chicago
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 Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
September 9th, 2006, Serial No. 01385 Humility, training, Forgiveness, Karma, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture...		Sep 09 2006
March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00051, Side A Silent Illumination, Silence, Oneness, Platform Sutra		Mar 2006
Faith and Doubt Types Serial: BZ-01203B Rohatsu Day 3 Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01199 Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Intimacy, Instruction,...		Nov 19 2005
Hui Neng, Sixth Ancestor Serial: BZ-01189 Gatha of the Platform Sutra, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Composure, training, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 24 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
July 11th, 2005, Serial No. 00774 Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life, Platform Sutra,...		Jul 11 2005
Samadhi: Imperturbable Mind Serial: BZ-01322B Lecture, one day sitting Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation, Composure, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Samadhi Serial: BZ-01561 Imperturbable Mind, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Imperturbability, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 1 Serial: BZ-00591 Lecture 1 of 4 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, War, Platform Sutra, Hate, Building, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 08 2005 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
March 8th, 2005, Serial No. 01573, Side A War, Platform Sutra, Building, Hate, Posture, American, Ego		Mar 08 2005
March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-...		Mar 02 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Platform Sutra, Letting Go, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 02 2005 Tassajara
February 28th, 2005, Serial No. 00771 Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Evil, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity...		Feb 28 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Letting...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 2005 Tassajara
Salvation Serial: BZ-01295 Saving All Beings in Our Zen Practice, Rohatsu Day 5 Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, Vow, Emotions, Attachment, Six...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
November 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01290, Side B Silence, Silent Illumination, Emotions, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Subject-and-Object...		Nov 20 2004
October 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01027, Side A Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...		Oct 28 2004
October 7th, 2004, Serial No. 00564 Platform Sutra, Right Speech, Attachment, War, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Passions,...		Oct 07 2004
July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00107 Kinhin, Doubt, Blue Cliff Record, Platform Sutra, Bell		Jul 2004
May 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01023, Side B Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind,...		May 20 2004
The Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-01361A Saturday Lecture Platform Sutra, Hui Neng, Karma, Emotions, Big Mind, Evil, Duality, Doubt, Attachment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 11 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Discrimination, Non-discrimination, and Essence of Mind Serial: BZ-00098A Saturday Lecture Discrimination, Discrimination, Dream World, Attachment, Posture, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
March 1st, 2001, Serial No. 00131, Side B Attachment, Karma, Non-attachment, Karmic Consequences, Buddha Nature, Enemies,...		Mar 01 2001
Essence of Mind & the Five Hinderances Serial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch
January Practice Period Class Karmic Consciousness, Heart Sutra, realization, Birth-and-Death, Platform Sutra,...	Daigan Lueck	Jan 11 2000 Green Gulch
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00200A Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4 Sandokai, Zendo, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Big Mind, Oneness, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi, 6 of 8 Serial: BZ-00929 Fall practice period Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and Light, Light-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 04 1999 6 of 8 BZC
October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546 Serial: BZ-01546 #duplicate-please-hide Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination,...		Nov 04 1999
Sudden Enlightenment in Chan History Buddha Mind, Platform Sutra, Lineage, New Year, Ordination, Evil, Priest, Anger, Hate...	McRae	Apr 26 1998 Unknown
Zen's Journey: Monastery to Society Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Faith, New Year, Religion, Funeral...	McRae	Apr 26 1998 Unknown
Scholarship Conference Paper Serial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch
Precepts Class Precepts, Evil, Attachment, Vow, Platform Sutra, Ceremony, Daily Life, Samadhi,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 03 1997 Green Gulch
Majjhima Nikaya Class Serial: SF-03224 Middle-length Discourses Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Letting Go, Perfect Wisdom, Teacher-and-Student,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 09 1997 Green Gulch
The Eleven Links of Causation (Pt.2) Serial: BZ-00320 Sesshin Day 3 Dependent Origination, Buddha Mind, Attachment, Samsara, Mindfulness, Evil, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Saturday Lecture Passions, Religion, Light-and-Darkness, Suzuki Roshi, Politics, Platform Sutra, Zazen...	Lou Hartman	Aug 17 1996 City Center
Hui Neng's Instruction on Dhyana and Imperturbability Serial: BZ-00800A Rohatsu Day 4 Hui Neng, Dhyana, Imperturbability, Big Mind, Dream World, Discrimination, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Nonobjectivity Serial: BZ-00801B Sesshin Day 3 Lecture Practice Period, Platform Sutra, Intimacy, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Composure,...	Ross Blum	Jun 21 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00253 Class 5 of 9 Heart Sutra, Attachment, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1996 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #25 Serial: BZ-00803B Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00249 Class 1 of 9 Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Evil, Demons, Discrimination, Ordination, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 1996 1 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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #50 Serial: BZ-00940A Saturday Lecture BCR-50, Samadhi, Doubt, Platform Sutra, confusion, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Commentary Serial: BZ-00552 Class 10 of 10 Sixth Patriarch, Culture, Mahayana, Religion, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 1994 10 Tassajara Zen Mountain 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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center

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