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* Annotated Version includes selections not contained in the First Edition of the Buddhist Bible


Preface to the First Edition of the Buddhist Bible (1932)
History of Ch'an Buddhism Previous to the Times of Hui-Neng


The Lankavatara Sutra

Preface
Introduction
Chapter I. Discrimination
Chapter II. False-Imagination and Knowledge of Appearances
Chapter III. Right Knowledge or Knowledge of Relations
Chapter IV. Perfect Knowledge, or Knowledge of Reality
Chapter V. The Mind System
Chapter VI. Transcendental Intelligence
Chapter VII. Self-Realisation
Chapter VIII. The Attainment of Self-Realisation
Chapter IX. The Fruit of Self-Realisation
Chapter X. Discipleship: Lineage of the Arhats
Chapter XI. Bodhisattvahood and Its Stages
Chapter XII. Tathagatahood Which Is Noble Wisdom
Chapter XIII. Nirvana


The Diamond Sutra

Preface
The Diamond Scripture


Sutra of Transcendental Wisdom

Preface
Sutra of Transcendental Wisdom


Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Preface
Chapter I. Autobiography of Hui-Neng
Chapter II. Discourse on Prajna
Chapter III. Discourse on Dhyana and Samadhi
Chapter IV. Discourse on Repentance
Chapter V. Discourse on the Three-Bodies of Buddha
Chapter VI. Dialogues Suggested by Various Temperaments and Circumstances
Chapter VII. Sudden Enlightenment and Gradual Attainment
Chapter VIII. Royal Patronage
Chapter IX. Final Words and Death of the Patriarch


Appendix*

Sayings of the Buddha: the Chinese Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters
Pictorial Gallery of the Patriarchs of Buddhism


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