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Dharma Talk Series: The Platform Sutra by Reverend Master Daishin Yalon
The Platform Sutra is a central sutra in the Zen tradition. It is the only Chinese Buddhist text that bears the designation of “sutra”, a designation usually reserved for the Buddha’s sermons. It presents the life and work of
Hui-neng, the Sixth Chinese Ancestor. Venerable Master Hui-Neng speaks in a simple yet profound way, and his teaching has direct relevance for us in our practice today. In The Platform Sutra he is asked to expound on the
Maha Prajna Paramita, the Great Wisdom that leads to the other shore. In short his message is: recognize your
own true nature and accept and cherish your own Buddhahood. The sutra text and commentary referred to in
the talks are from The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng. Red Pine (translator, commentary.)

Format Topic/Title Select Date Length File Size
audio The Platform Sutra Talk 7    
Good Dharma Friends

Rev. Master Daishin Yalon
Listen/Download 08-21-10 18 min 6 MB
audio The Platform Sutra Talk 6    
Dharma Study and the Study of One's Own Mind

Rev. Master Daishin Yalon
Listen/Download 08-20-10 16 min

6 MB

audio

Deluded a Buddha is a being.
Enlightened a being is a Buddha.
A song with text from Chapter 52
written and performed by Laurie Ottens

Listen/Download 08-19-10 6 min 4 MB
audio

The Platform Sutra Talk 5    
Majaprajnaparamita and A Song from Chapter 52
Rev. Master Daishin Yalon

Listen/Download 08-19-10 17 min

6 MB

Venerable Hui-Neng's
Formless Precept Ceremony
Read/Download 08-18-10 2 pages 101 KB
audio The Platform Sutra Talk 4
The Precepts and The Formless Precepts Ceremony

Rev. Master Daishin Yalon
Listen/Download 08-18-10 26 min

9 MB

audio The Platform Sutra Talk 3    
Meditation and Wisdom

Rev. Master Daishin Yalon
Listen/Download 08-17-10 24 min 8 MB
audio The Platform Sutra Talk 2    
Chapters 1 through 11
Rev. Master Daishin Yalon
Listen/Download 08-16-10 34 min 12 MB
audio The Platform Sutra Talk 1 Introduction to Hui-Neng
Rev. Master Daishin Yalon
Listen/Download 08-15-10 23 min 8 MB
       
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