Sixth Patriarch Talks

Dajian Huineng (traditional Chinese: 大鑒惠能; pinyin: Dàjiàn Huìnéng; Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chien⁴ Hui⁴-nêng²; Japanese: Daikan Enō; Korean: Daegam Hyeneung; February 27, 638 – August 28, 713), also commonly known as the Sixth Patriarch or Sixth Ancestor of Chan (traditional Chinese: 禪宗六祖), is a semi-legendary but central figure in the early history of Chinese Chan Buddhism. According to tradition he was an uneducated layman who suddenly attained awakening (Chinese: 見性, jianxing) upon hearing the Diamond Sutra. Despite his lack of formal training, he demonstrated his understanding to the fifth patriarch, Daman Hongren, who then supposedly chose Huineng as his true successor instead of his publicly known selection of Yuquan Shenxiu.

Twentieth century scholarship revealed that the story of Huineng's Buddhist career was likely invented by the monk Heze Shenhui, who claimed to be one of Huineng's disciples and was highly critical of Shenxiu's teaching.

Huineng is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment" Southern Chan school of Buddhism, which focuses on an immediate and direct attainment of Buddhist enlightenment. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (六祖壇經), which is said to be a record of his teachings, is a highly influential text in the East Asian Buddhist tradition.

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2005.11.07-serial.00195

Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Ego, confusion, Dependent Origination, Passions,...
Nov 07 2005

Hokyo Zammai Class

Five Ranks, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Letting...
Feb 28 2005
Tassajara

June 9th, 2004, Serial No. 04081

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Zazen, Posture, Sixth...
Jun 09 2004
Unknown

March 3rd, 2004, Serial No. 04103

Practice Period, Sixth Patriarch, Nirvana Sutra, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death,...
Mar 03 2004
City Center

December 11th, 2002, Serial No. 04007

Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, resistance, Equanimity, Patience, Gratitude,...
Dec 11 2002
City Center

Transmission of the Light Class

Serial: SF-01086

Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada

Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic...
May 07 2002
Green Gulch

Blue Cliff Record Class

Serial: SF-00068

67th Case: Mahasattva Fu Expounds the Scripture; single-point samadhi.

Concentration, Repentance, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Interview, Manjushri,...
Apr 22 1999

Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 2

Serial: SF-03512

Copyright 1998 by Gary Snyder - Unedited Preview Cassette

Sixth Patriarch, Lotus Sutra, Religion, Priest, Mahayana, Samsara, Sangha, Offering,...
1998
Unknown

Hokyo Zammai Class

Five Ranks, Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Evil,...
Feb 19 1992
2

February 16th, 1987, Serial No. 03987

Serial: SF-03987

Monday

Precepts, Sixth Patriarch, Anger, Observe, Conversation, Instruction, Cultivation,...
Feb 16 1987
SFZC

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