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THE ATLAS OF THE EMPTY THRONE

The Platform Sūtra

Platform Sūtra
nature
Huineng's life and teaching — the only Chinese text granted the title sūtra, which is itself a claim. Its centre is the verse duel: the head monk's mind as a mirror needing constant polishing, against Huineng's reply that there is no mirror-stand, so where would the dust land?

Chan's founding self-portrait, and the sudden/gradual argument in its original form.
rhymes with
sephirahdaat
whyDa'at, the knowledge off the ladder — a text whose whole argument is that the rungs were never the point.
tags
platform sutra · huineng · sudden · chan
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