The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch — a Chan Buddhist classic recording Huineng's teachings on sudden enlightenment, no-thought, and the direct recognition of Buddha-nature.
The only Chinese Buddhist text accorded sutra status; teaches that Buddha-nature is inherent in all sentient beings; sudden enlightenment is the direct recognition of this; gradual purification of a mirror misunderstands the nature of mind.
No conceptual lineage found.
No recorded contemporaries.
No recorded minds influenced.
No conceptual posterity found.
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