Can See Tathagata

This is a first-person autobiographical novel. The protagonist is Master Huineng, the legendary figure in the history of Zen Buddhism. The title of the work "Can See the Tathagata" is a pun, one refers to being able to become a Buddha, and the other refers to benefiting from being able to become a Buddha. This article is based on the life of the Sixth Patriarch as recorded in the "Altar Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch". It fictionalizes part of the plot and narrates it in the first person, trying to give readers a stronger sense of involvement, so that people in modern society can use the author's relaxed and plain language to get closer to the ancient sages and sages, understand the process and mental journey of the Sixth Patriarch's study of Buddhism and enlightenment, and feel the wisdom and enlightenment brought by Zen Buddhism, the essence of traditional Chinese culture.