A Chinese work associated with Huineng and the formation of Chan lineage identity. It presents teachings on wisdom, meditation and awakening.
It challenges treating meditation and wisdom as completely separate pursuits and became influential in accounts of sudden awakening.
The text’s versions and biography developed through a history of composition and editing. It is not an eyewitness transcript simply delivered by the historical Buddha.
Its title shows why the word “sūtra” alone cannot establish a work’s date or authorship.
This page is an orientation to the work or collection, not its full text.