The Platform Sutra

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The Platform Sutra

The Key Barrier to Practicing Awakening

We must meet the barrier with that same direct, simple, subtlety.

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The Oh-So-Subtle Point of Zen and Its Significance

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Peace Isn't Luck: Then What is The Way?

"You say that there is no gradual progress, and yet Shakyamuni Buddha predicted my unsurpassed, perfect awakening. How can I get there?"

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What is Awakening? Wandering Playfully in Samadhi

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A Single Wisp of Cloud

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Uplifting Buddha's Robe

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Zazen: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Ancestor Section 5

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What is Shugyo 修行 (aka "Cultivating Conduct")?

"Shugyo refers to training the whole being in the most profound manner by taking the wisdom of awakening itself as the basis of training."

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"Do I Need A Teacher or Not?" The Quirky Perspective of the Platform Sutra

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Problems With The Platform Sutra: Scholars

There is a strong consensus among Buddhist scholars that "The Platform Sutra" is not what it presents itself to be....