The Sixth Patriarch reveals that even a sentient being can become a Buddha in an instant of thought through awakening.
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A patient reading of sudden awakening that keeps the text rough enough to stay interesting.
The host returns to the Platform Sutra's themes of awakening, self-nature, and the need for a great teacher. The reading keeps its roughness intact: it lingers over dense passages, works through them as it goes, and leaves the text a little strange instead of sanding off every…
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