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Description:By origin there is no bodhi tree,Nor is there a mirror bright. Originally there is not a single thing,Where does dust alight? --Hui-nengAs a Zen Buddhist (or Chan Buddhist) classic, The Platform Sutra is widely read by Chinese Buddhists as a religious text and for that reason it does not receive due attention from non-Buddhist readers as part of the canon of Chinese philosophy. In fact, one does not have to be a Buddhist to read the sutra. The Buddha is Enlightenment. We are Buddhas and Buddhas are us. The moment our minds awaken to the truth inside ourselves we are Buddhas; the momentour minds are lost,we are vulgar worldlings. The Buddha is exactly like us: the moment the Buddha's mind is lost he becomes a common worldling. Reading The Platform Sutra one suddenly realizes that Buddhism is not so much a religion as it is labeled, because the Buddha is simply a concept to mark a condition of being. If it has some reality, it is you and me in that condition of being. The Sixth Grand Master or the Sixth Zu Master as the Chan Buddhists call him has made the faith more than a faith. It is a philosophy of life, a way of living and a view of the world.Huineng (638-713) is one of the major Chinese sages. According to The Platform Sutra, he was an illiterate young boy of Xinzhou half orphaned by the death of his father. Humbled by poverty in his early years, he was yet able to maintain an independent noble spirit and a desire for the understanding of the deepest meaning of life. Living in harmony with nature and the company of peasants, he had a great compassion for animals and humanity. His sharp intellect--what is called sharp roots by buddhists--enabled him to obtain sudden enlightenment upon hearing "One should develop a mind that does not abide in anything" in The Diamond Sutra. He later became Sixth Grand Master of Chan. His school, known as the School of Sudden Enlightenment or the Southern School of Chan Buddhism, in effect started a populist democratic tradition in hierarchical feudal China, not only in Buddhism but also in Chinese society at large. The belief that enlightenment is in oneself and can be obtained immediately by anyone is in fact a democratic ideal, which levels divisions between rich and poor, kings and subjects, rulers and ruled, men and women, clergy and laity, literate and illiterate, gods and humans, and divisions between all sentient things. Such an independent noble spirit led to his polite rejection of invitation to preach to the Emperor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Platform Sutra, a quick introduction to Zen and Buddhism by Huineng, translated by Chu Dongwei. To get started finding The Platform Sutra, a quick introduction to Zen and Buddhism by Huineng, translated by Chu Dongwei, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: By origin there is no bodhi tree,Nor is there a mirror bright. Originally there is not a single thing,Where does dust alight? --Hui-nengAs a Zen Buddhist (or Chan Buddhist) classic, The Platform Sutra is widely read by Chinese Buddhists as a religious text and for that reason it does not receive due attention from non-Buddhist readers as part of the canon of Chinese philosophy. In fact, one does not have to be a Buddhist to read the sutra. The Buddha is Enlightenment. We are Buddhas and Buddhas are us. The moment our minds awaken to the truth inside ourselves we are Buddhas; the momentour minds are lost,we are vulgar worldlings. The Buddha is exactly like us: the moment the Buddha's mind is lost he becomes a common worldling. Reading The Platform Sutra one suddenly realizes that Buddhism is not so much a religion as it is labeled, because the Buddha is simply a concept to mark a condition of being. If it has some reality, it is you and me in that condition of being. The Sixth Grand Master or the Sixth Zu Master as the Chan Buddhists call him has made the faith more than a faith. It is a philosophy of life, a way of living and a view of the world.Huineng (638-713) is one of the major Chinese sages. According to The Platform Sutra, he was an illiterate young boy of Xinzhou half orphaned by the death of his father. Humbled by poverty in his early years, he was yet able to maintain an independent noble spirit and a desire for the understanding of the deepest meaning of life. Living in harmony with nature and the company of peasants, he had a great compassion for animals and humanity. His sharp intellect--what is called sharp roots by buddhists--enabled him to obtain sudden enlightenment upon hearing "One should develop a mind that does not abide in anything" in The Diamond Sutra. He later became Sixth Grand Master of Chan. His school, known as the School of Sudden Enlightenment or the Southern School of Chan Buddhism, in effect started a populist democratic tradition in hierarchical feudal China, not only in Buddhism but also in Chinese society at large. The belief that enlightenment is in oneself and can be obtained immediately by anyone is in fact a democratic ideal, which levels divisions between rich and poor, kings and subjects, rulers and ruled, men and women, clergy and laity, literate and illiterate, gods and humans, and divisions between all sentient things. Such an independent noble spirit led to his polite rejection of invitation to preach to the Emperor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Platform Sutra, a quick introduction to Zen and Buddhism by Huineng, translated by Chu Dongwei. To get started finding The Platform Sutra, a quick introduction to Zen and Buddhism by Huineng, translated by Chu Dongwei, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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