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Magical Tome
- First published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Buddhist Text Translation Society
- Pages
- 445 pages
- ISBN
- 9780881393163
The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma jewel platform sutra
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About this book
The life and teaching of Master Hui Neng, an illiterate Buddhist monk of Tang Dynasty China (7th century) who expounded the doctrine of no-thought and sudden enlightenment through meditation. The book is filled with Tang Dynasty history, covers such topics as ignorance and enlightenment, different levels of consciousness and ultimate reality.
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