Contents

FOREWORD TO THE REPRINT EDITION by Morten Schlütter

FOREWORD by Wm. Theodore de Bary

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION: CH’AN IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY

   I. The Formation of the Legend

The Laṅkāvatāra School

Shen-hui

  II. The Birth of a Patriarch: Biography of Hui-neng

 III. The Making of a Book: The Platform Sutra

IV. Content Analysis

THE PLATFORM SUTRA OF THE SIXTH PATRIARCH

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

THE TUN-HUANG TEXT

TABLES

1. The Twenty-eight Indian Patriarchs

2. The Last Indian Patriarchs