The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng by Pine, Red
The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng by Pine, Red

The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng

An accessible translation of Hui-neng's autobiography and teachings, completing the classic triumvirate of Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist sutras...
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Author: Red Pine
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng by Pine, Red

The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng

$22.74
The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng by Pine, Red

The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng

$22.74
Author: Red Pine
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
An accessible translation of Hui-neng's autobiography and teachings, completing the classic triumvirate of Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist sutras

It is often linked with The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra to form a trio of texts that have been revered and studied for centuries. However, unlike the other sutras, which transcribe the teachings of the Buddha himself, The Platform Sutra presents the autobiography of Hui-neng, the controversial 6th Patriarch of Zen, and his understanding of the fundamentals of a spiritual and practical life. Hui-neng's instruction still matters--the 7th-century school of Sudden Awakening that he founded survives today, continuing to influence the Rinzai and Soto schools of contemporary Zen.

Red Pine, whose translations of The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra have been celebrated and widely received, now provides a sensitive and assured treatment of the third and final sutra of the classic triumvirate. He adds remarkable commentary to a translation that, combined with the full Chinese text, a glossary, and notes, results in a Mahayana masterpiece sure to become the standard edition for students and seekers alike.

Author: Red Pine
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781593761776

About the Author
Bill Porter (aka "Red Pine") is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name "Red Pine" for his translations.

Writing as Red Pine, he was the first translator to ever translate the entirety of Han-shan's oeurve into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. Red Pine was also the first to translate into English the entirely of The Poems of the Masters. He has also translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra.
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