The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng

Name: The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng
Author: Wong Mou-Lam (translator)
ISBN: 9781590301371

Wong Mou-Lam (translator)

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Summary

A combined volume of two essential Mahayana Buddhist texts: the Diamond Sutra, a concise discourse on the nature of reality and the perfection of wisdom attributed to the Buddha, and the Platform Sutra of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, which presents his autobiography and teachings on sudden enlightenment. Together they form a cornerstone of Zen Buddhist literature and practice.