# The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen

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- Authors: [Thomas Cleary](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-cleary)
- Publisher: shambhala
- ISBN: 978-15-7062-348-6
- Pages: 176
- Published: 1998-09-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Hui-neng (638–713) is perhaps the most beloved and respected figure in Zen Buddhism. An illiterate woodcutter who attained enlightenment in a flash, he became the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen, and...