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The Platform Stra contains a wide range of important Chan/Zen Buddhist teachings. Purported to contain the autobiography and sermons of Huineng (638713), the legendary Sixth Patriarch of Chan, the stra has been popular among monastics and the educated elite for centuries. The first study of its kind in English, the essays in this volume introduce the history and ideas of the stra to a general audience and interprets its practices. Leading specialists on Buddhism discuss the texts historical background and its vaunted legacy in Chinese culture. Incorporating recent scholarship and theory, chapters include an overview of Chinese Buddhism, the crucial role of the Platform Stra in the Chan tradition, and the dynamics of Huinengs biography.

Morten Schlütter is an associate professor at the University of Iowa and the author of How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China.

Stephen F. Teiser is D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies at Princeton University. His recent books include Readings of the Lotus Sutra (coedited with Jacqueline I. Stone) and Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples.