Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

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gptkbp:instanceOf Buddhist scripture
Chan Buddhist text
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Southern_School_of_Chan
gptkbp:author gptkb:Huìnéng
gptkbp:category Chinese Buddhist texts
Zen texts
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Huìnéng
gptkbp:contains poems
sermons
dialogues
autobiographical account of Huìnéng
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:China
gptkbp:date 8th century
gptkbp:emphasizes emptiness
non-attachment
Buddha-nature
direct transmission of wisdom
sudden awakening
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Song_dynasty
gptkbp:focusesOn mind and meditation
gptkbp:genre gptkb:religion
spiritual autobiography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Dunhuang_manuscripts
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:school gptkb:Chan_Buddhism
gptkbp:significance one of the most important texts in Chan Buddhism
gptkbp:structure sermons and dialogues
gptkbp:teaches non-duality
sudden enlightenment
direct realization of Buddha-nature
gptkbp:topic sudden enlightenment
Huìnéng's teachings
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Philip_B._Yampolsky
gptkb:Red_Pine
gptkb:John_R._McRae
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Huineng
gptkb:Platform_Sutra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5