The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch，T 2008.48.346a-362b. Centered on the discourse given at Shao-chou 韶州 temple by the 6th Chan patriarch Huineng 慧能， this text contains all his recorded sayings and doings. The most important topics of the discourse are sudden enlightenment， the direct perception of one's true nature and the unity in essence of /si^la， dhya^na and prajn~a^. The so-called Southern （sudden） school of Chinese Buddhism based their doctrine on this extremely influential scripture. Translated into English by Philip Yampolsky.