Huineng
![Putative [[mummy]] of Huineng's body](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Huineng.jpg)
Twentieth century scholarship revealed that the story of Huineng's Buddhist career was likely invented by the monk Heze Shenhui, who claimed to be one of Huineng's disciples and was highly critical of Shenxiu's teaching.
Huineng is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment" Southern Chan school of Buddhism, which focuses on an immediate and direct attainment of Buddhist enlightenment. The ''Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch'' (), which is said to be a record of his teachings, is a highly influential text in the East Asian Buddhist tradition. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1967
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