Bodhidharma
The Six Gates of Shaoshi (Shaoshi liumen)
Later compilation
The Six Gates of Shaoshi (Shaoshi liumen)
少室六門
A compilation of six texts attributed to Bodhidharma—the verses on the Heart Sūtra, the Breakthrough Sermon, the two entrances, the method of pacifying the mind, the Wake-up Sermon and the Bloodstream Sermon—named after the Shaoshi peak of Mount Song, where Shaolin stands. It was incorporated into the Japanese Taishō Buddhist canon (vol. 48) and is the source of modern translations of the 'sermons of Bodhidharma'.
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Authorship note
A compilation of the Song period or later; of its six pieces only the two entrances have an early transmission.
Editions and translations
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Chino clásico · 文言
Bodhidharma
少室六門 (Taishō n.º 2009)
The Conscious Library少室六門 (Taishō n.º 2009)
Taishō shinshū daizōkyō, vol. 48, 1928
Edición canónica japonesa; consultable en CBETA.
Other works by Bodhidharma
- Treatise on the Two Entrances and the Four Practices
- The 'Long Scroll': Dunhuang Compilation around the Two Entrances · 700
- The Bloodstream Sermon (Xuemai lun) · 1100
- The Wake-up Sermon (Wuxing lun) · 1100
- The Breakthrough Sermon (Poxiang lun) · 700
- The Dharma Gate of Pacifying the Mind (Anxin famen)
- Verses on the Heart Sūtra (Xinjing song)
- Sinew-Changing Classic (Yijin jing) · 1624
- Marrow-Washing Classic (Xisui jing) · 1650
Sources
- CBETA. Shaoshi liumen (少室六門), Taishō vol. 48, n.º 2009.
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