Suttas / sūtras · 2026

Platform Sūtra · 六祖大師法寶壇經

CBETA Foundation; traditional translator recorded in the source header

Complete Chinese main text of the identified edition, with source header and original XML. Classical Chinese is retained; a modern Mandarin translation is not implied.

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