abstract:The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (, Southern School Sudden Doctrine, Supreme Mahayana Great Perfection of wisdom: The Platform Sutra preached by the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng at the Ta-fan Temple in Shao-chou,one roll, recorded by the spreader of the Dharma, the disciple Fa-Hai, who at the same time received the Precepts of Formlessness), is a Buddhist scripture that was composed in China during the 8th to 13th century.