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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Personal Career Development One of the most celebratedThe Platform Sutra records the teachings of Hui neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one of the two great figures in the founding of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. This translation is the definitive English version of the eighth century Ch'an classic. Phillip B. Yampolsky has based his translation on the Tun huang manuscript, the earliest extant version of the work. A critical edition of the Chinese text is given at the end of the volume. Dr. Yampolsky