The Lankavatara sutra : a Zen text
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Top Floor
294.385 L274
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294.385 L274
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303 pages : mapages
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-303).
Description
The Lankavatara Sutra is the holy grail of Zen. Zen's First Patriarch, Bodhidharma, gave a copy of this text to his successor, Hui-k'o, and told him everything he needed to know was in this book. Passed down from teacher to student ever since, this is the only Zen sutra ever spoken by the Buddha. Although it covers all the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, it contains but two teachings: that everything we perceive as being real is nothing but the perceptions of our own mind and that the knowledge of this is something that must be realized and experienced for oneself and cannot be expressed in words.
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In English; translated from the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit original.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Porter, B. (2012). The Lankavatara sutra: a Zen text . Counterpoint :.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Porter, Bill. 2012. The Lankavatara Sutra: A Zen Text. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Porter, Bill. The Lankavatara Sutra: A Zen Text Counterpoint, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Porter, Bill. The Lankavatara Sutra: A Zen Text Counterpoint :, 2012.
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