Philip B. Yampolsky was a Lecturer in Japanese at Columbia University until his death in 1996. This study, prepared under the Graduate Faculties of Columbia University, was selected by a committee of those Faculties to receive one of the Clarke F. Ansley awards given annually by Columbia University Press.
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Huineng, 638–713.
[Liuzu da shi fa bao tan jing. English & Chinese]
The Platform sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: the text of the Tun-huang manuscript / with translation, introduction, and notes by Philip B. Yampolsky.
p. cm.—(Translations from the Asian classics)
In English and Chinese; translated from Chinese.
Originally published: 1967.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-15956-2 (cloth: alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-15957-9 (pbk.)
1. Zen Buddhism—Early works to 1800. I. Yampolsky, Philip B. (Philip Boas), 1920-1996.
II. Huineng, 638-713. Liuzu da shi fa bao tan jing. III. Title. IV. Series.
BQ9299.H854L613 2012
294.3′85—dc23
2011019122
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