Contributions

  • Cleary, Thomas F., 1949- - Contributor

Publication

1998 - Shambhala, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

40,250 words, Guess

Page Count

161 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads237961
  • LibraryThing247872

Classifications

  • DDC294.3/927
  • LCCBQ9299.H854 L613 1998

Description

"Hui-neng (617-713) is perhaps the most respected and beloved figure in Zen Buddhism. An illiterate woodcutter who attained enlightenment in a flash, he became the renowned Sixth Patriarch of Ch'an, or Chinese Zen. He is the supreme exemplar of the fact that neither education nor social background has any bearing on the experience of enlightenment. Hui-neng's teachings are characterized by their striking immediacy and by their concern with direct insight into the essential nature of awareness.". "The Sutra of Hui-neng is here accompanied by Hui-neng's own commentary on the Diamond Sutra - in its first published English translation."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Early works to 1800.

Series Statement

  • Shambhala dragon editions

Other Editions

  • The Sutra of Hui-neng, grand master of Zen: with Hui-neng's commentary on the Diamond SutraShambhala1998-01-01

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