The platform sutra of the sixth patriarch is a chan buddhist scripture that was composed in. The sixth patriarchs dharma jewel platform sutra thezensite. Our body may be compared to the bodhitree while our mind is a mirror bright. Eno said he could not read the nirvana sutra because he had never been educated, but if someone would read it, he would teach the central points, and this he.
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