The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra: with the Commentary of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua - Hardcover

Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng; Venerable Master Hsuan Hua; Buddhist Text Translation Society

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881393169 ISBN 13: 9780881393163

Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS), 2002

Synopsis

The life and teaching of Master Hui Neng, an illiterate Buddhist monk of Tang Dynasty China (7th century) who expounded the doctrine of no-thought and sudden enlightenment through meditation. The book is filled with Tang Dynasty history, covers such topics as ignorance and enlightenment, different levels of consciousness and ultimate reality.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Master Hua was born in Manchuria, China in 1918. He taught at Nan Hua Temple in Canton, China, the same monastery where Master Hui Neng taught in the 7th century. Fulfilling his goal of spreading the orthodox Dharma to the west, he has established 28 monasteries in Asia and north America, and had lectured orthodox sutras for 50 years before his passing.

Review:

Dharma Master Hsuan Hua was an inspiration to all who knew him, to all who followed his teachings. -- George Bush (former president of America), July 5, 1995

Master never asked anyone to believe in him, but he did encourage us to believe in ourselves. -- Kuo Ts’an, disciple for over 20 years

About this edition

• Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS)
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0881393169
• ISBN 13: 9780881393163
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 445