The Diamond Sutra. Preface : p. 177 THE DIAMOND SUTRA BASED ON WILLIAM GEMMELL'S TRANSLATION EDITED, REARRANGED AND INTERPRETED p. 178 p. 179 PREFACE THIS VERSION is based upon the English translation by William Gemmell, of the Chinese translation made by Kumarajiva, and was published by Kegan Paul in 1912. It is not an exact...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Viii : p. 305 CHAPTER VIII ROYAL PATRONAGE AN EDICT DATED the 15th day of the First Moon of the 1st year of Shin Lung, issued by the Empress Dowager Chek Tin and the Emperor Chung Chung, read as follows:-- "Since we have invited Grand Masters Wei-on and Shin-shau to stay in the Palace and receive our...
Title Page : p. 1 p. 2 A BUDDHIST BIBLE p. 3 A BUDDHIST BIBLE The Favorite Scriptures Of The Zen Sect History Of Early Zen Buddhism Self-Realisation Of Noble Wisdom The Diamond Sutra The Prajna Paramita Sutra The Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch Edited, Interpreted & Published By DWIGHT GODDARD MDMXXXII THETFORD...
Dedication : p. 5 Dedicated TO MY HONORED TEACHERS Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki PROFESSOR, OTANI UNIVERSITY Taiko Yamazaki ROSHI, SO-KO-KU MONASTERY
Sutra Of Transcendental Wisdom. Preface : p. 207 SUTRA OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM BASED ON MAX MULLER'S TRANSLATION EDITED AND INTERPRETED p. 208 p. 209 PREFACE THIS SUTRA, under the title of MAHA-PRAJNA-PARAMITA-HRIDAYA, formed another section of the great MAHA-PRAJNA-PARAMITA SUTRA. It is the shortest of all the great Sutras and on th...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Vii. Self : p. 108 p. 109 CHAPTER VII SELF-REALISATION THEN SAID MAHAMATI: Pray tell us, Blessed One, what is the nature of self-realisation by reason of which we shall be able to attain Transcendental Intelligence? The Blessed One replied: Transcendental Intelligence rises when the intellectual-mind reaches...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Vii : p. 297 CHAPTER VII SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT AND GRADUAL ATTAINMENT 1 CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH the Patriarch when he was living at Po-lam Monastery was Grand Master Shin-shau who was preaching in Yuk-chuen Monastery of King-nam. At that time the two schools of Hui-neng in the South and of Shin-shau...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Vi : p. 274 p. 275 CHAPTER VI DIALOGUES SUGGESTED BY VARIOUS TEMPERAMENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES UPON THE PATRIARCH'S RETURN to the village of Tso-hau in Shiu-chow from Wong-mui, where the Dharma had been transmitted to him, he was an unknown man. At that time, it was a Confucian scholar, named Liu Chi-luk...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Viii : p. 120 p. 121 CHAPTER VIII THE ATTAINMENT OF SELF- REALISATION THEN SAID MAHAMATI to the Blessed One: Pray tell us more as to what constitutes the state of self-realisation? The Blessed One replied: In the life of an earnest disciple there are two aspects that are to be distinguished: namely...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Xii. Tathagatahood : p. 156 p. 157 CHAPTER XII TATHAGATAHOOD WHICH IS NOBLE WISDOM THEN SAID MAHAMATI to the Blessed One: it has been taught in the canonical books that the Buddhas are subject to neither birth nor destruction, and you have said that "the Unborn" is one of the names of the Tathagatas; does that me...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Ii. Part 02 : p. 234 p. 235 CHAPTER II DISCOURSE ON PRAJNA 1 ON THE FOLLOWING DAY Prefect Wai asked Patriarch to give another address. Having taken his seat, the Patriarch asked the assembly to first purify their minds (by a period of dhyana-silence) and then to join in reciting the Maha Prajna-paramita Sutr...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter V : p. 266 p. 267 CHAPTER V DISCOURSE ON THE THREE-BODIES OF BUDDHA SOME TIME after the foregoing Discourse on Repentance had been delivered to "commoners" when the Patriarch had gathered his disciples together for instruction, a senior disciple, Fat-hoi, said to the Patriarch, "Sir, will you please...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Introduction : p. 41 INTRODUCTION AS AN EXTENDED INTRODUCTION to the study of LANKAVATARA SUTRA has been given by Prof. Suzuki in both his STUDIES and TRANSLATION, only a very brief statement is necessary here. Nothing is known as to its author, the time of its composition, or as to its original form. There is...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Preface : p. 214 p. 215 SUTRA OF THE SIXTH PATRIARCH BASED UPON WONG MOU-LAM'S TRANSLATION, EDITED AND INTERPRETED p. 216 p. 217 PREFACE THIS VERSION is based upon the English translation entitled: SUTRA SPOKEN BY THE SIXTH PATRIARCH, WEI LANG, ON THE HIGH SEAT OF THE GEM OF LAW made by Mr. Wong Mou-lam...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Vi. Perfect : p. 80 p. 81 CHAPTER IV PERFECT KNOWLEDGE, OR KNOWLEDGE OF REALITY HEN MAHAMATI ASKED the Blessed one: Pray tell us, Blessed One, about the five Dharmas, so that we may fully understand Perfect Knowledge? The Blessed One replied: The five Dharmas are: appearance, name, discriminati...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Xiii. Nirvana : p. 169 CHAPTER XIII NIRVANA THEN SAID MAHAMATI to the Blessed One: Pray tell Us about Nirvana? The Blessed One replied: The term, Nirvana, is used with many different meanings, by different people, but these people may be divided into four groups: There are people who are suffering, or who are...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Ix. The Fruit : p. 128 p. 129 CHAPTER IX THE FRUIT OF SELF- REALISATION MAHAMATI ASKED the Blessed One: Pray tell us, Blessed One, what is the fruitage that comes with self -realisation of Noble Wisdom? The Blessed One replied: First, there will come a clearing insight into the meaning and significance of things...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter V. The Mind System : p. 87 CHAPTER V THE MIND SYSTEM THEN MAHAMATI SAID to the Blessed One: Pray tell us, Blessed One, what is meant by the mind ("citta")? The Blessed One replied: All things of this world, be they seemingly good or bad, faulty or faultless, effect-producing or not effect-producing, receptive...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Ii : p. 248 p. 249 CHAPTER III DISCOURSE ON DHYANA AND SAMADHI 1 THE PATRIARCH, on another occasion, addressed the assembly as follows:-- Learned Audience: Samadhi and Prajna are fundamental. But you must not be under the wrong impression that they are independent of each other, for they are not two...
History Of Ch'an Buddhism Previous : p. 15 HISTORY OF CHAN BUDDHISM PREVIOUS TO THE TIMES OF HUI-NENG (WEI-LANG) THE TRAFFIC between India and China in very early times was very considerable in spite of the tremendous difficulties and dangers of the passes over the high Himalayas, the Tibetan deserts and the appalling wastes...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Ii. False : p. 54 p. 55 CHAPTER II FALSE-IMAGINATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF APPEARANCES THEN MAHAMATI the Bodhisattva-Mahasattva spoke to the Blessed One, saying: You speak of the erroneous views of the philosophers, will you please tell us of them, that we may be on our guard against them? The Blessed One replied...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Iv : p. 256 p. 257 CHAPTER IV DISCOURSE ON REPENTANCE 1 AT ONE TIME there was a large gathering of literary men and commoners gathered from Kwong-chow, Shiu-chow and other places, to listen to the Patriarch's words at his monastery of Tso-kai. The Patriarch ascended his platform and delivered...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Iii. Right : p. 71 CHAPTER III RIGHT KNOWLEDGE OR KNOWLEDGE OF RELATIONS THEN MAHAMATI SAID: Pray tell us, Blessed One, about the being and the non-being of all things? The Blessed One replied: People of this world are dependent in their thinking on one of two things: on the notion of being whereby they take...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter Ix : p. 310 p. 311 CHAPTER IX FINAL WORDS AND DEATH OF THE PATRIARCH ON THE 1ST DAY of the 7th Moon, the Patriarch assembled his disciples and addressed them as follows:-- 'I am going to leave this world by the 8th Moon. Should any of you have doubts about the teaching, please ask me soon, so that I...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Xi. Bodhisattvahood : p. 146 p. 147 CHAPTER XI BODHISATTVAHOOD AND ITS STAGES THEN SAID MAHAMATI to the Blessed One: Will you tell us now about the disciples who are Bodhisattvas? The Blessed One replied: The Bodhisattvas are those earnest disciples who are enlightened by reason of their efforts to att...
Preface : p. 9 PREFACE INDIAN TYPES of ethical and philosophical Buddhism did not easily find acceptance in China; it took centuries of contact before a distinctively Chinese adaptation of Buddhism was effected that proved to be congenial to Chinese soil. This Chinese type of Buddhism is called Ch...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Preface : p. 36 p. 37 SELF-REALISATION OF NOBLE WISDOM "Based on Professor Suzuki's Translation of the Lankavatara" p. 38 p. 39 PREFACE PROFESSOR SUZUKI'S STUDIES IN THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA was published in 1929, and his TRANSLATION OF' THE LANKAVATARA in 1932 (George Routledge and as the essence...
Sutra Of Transcendental Wisdom. Sutr : p. 211 SUTRA OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM ("MAHA-PRAJNA-PARAMITA-HRIDAYA") THUS HAVE I HEARD. At one time the Blessed One together with a number of the highest Bodhisattvas and a great company of bhikshus was staying at Rajagriha on Mount Gridhrakta. The Blessed One was sitting apart absorbed...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter Vi. Transcendental : p. 98 p. 99 CHAPTER VI TRANSCENDENTAL INTELLIGENCE THEN SAID MAHAMATI: Pray tell us, Blessed One, what constitutes Transcendental Intelligence? The Blessed One replied: Transcendental Intelligence is the inner state of self-realisation of Noble Wisdom. It is realised suddenly and intuitively...
Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch. Chapter I : p. 218 p. 219 SUTRA SPOKEN BY THE SIXTH PATRIARCH CHAPTER I AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HUI-NENG ONCE WHEN THE PATRIARCH had come to Pao-lam Monastery, Prefect Wai of Shiu-chow and other officials came there to invite him to deliver public lectures on Buddhism in the hall of Tai-fan Temple in the city...
The Diamond Sutra. The Diamond Scripture : p. 181 THE DIAMOND SCRIPTURE ("VAJRACCHEDIKA SUTRA") THUS HAVE I HEARD. Upon a memorable occasion, the Lord Buddha sojourned in the kingdom of Shravasti, lodging in the grove of Jeta, a park within the royal domain which Jeta, the heir-apparent, had bestowed upon Sutana, a minister of state...
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The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter X. Discipleship : p. 138 p. 139 CHAPTER X DISCIPLESHIP: LINEAGE OF THE ARHATS THEN MAHAMATI ASKED the Blessed One: Pray tell us how many kinds of disciples there are? The Blessed One replied: There are as many kinds of disciples as there are individuals, but for convenience they may be divided into two groups:...
The Lankavatara Sutra. Chapter I. Discrimination : p. 44 p. 45 CHAPTER I DISCRIMINATION THUS HAVE I HEARD. The Blessed One once appeared in the Castle of Lanka which is on the summit of Mt. Malaya in the midst of the great Ocean. A great many Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas had miraculously assembled from all the Buddha-lands, and a large number...
