The Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra

Name: The Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra
Author: Anonymous (Anchor: Ye Man)

六祖坛经

by Anonymous (Anchor: Ye Man) (佚名（主播：叶曼）)

Status: Ongoing
Source: Fanqie

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"The Altar Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch" is a Buddhist classic, also known as the "Altar Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Treasure", or the "Altar Sutra" for short. Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, said that his disciple Fahai collected and recorded it. It is one of the main classics of Zen Buddhism.

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