Platform Scripture of the Jade Garden碧苑坛经

Also known as

Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage (alternate name), Wang Changyue's Platform Scripture of the Jade Garden

Author / transmission

Wang Changyue

Period

Qing · The title under which the Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage was included in the Essentials of the Daoist Canon, so named because Wang Changyue conferred precepts and gave dharma-talks at the Jade Garden in Nanjing.

Canon division

Outside the Canon

Collected in

Outside the Canon (the Bi collection of the Essentials of the Daoist Canon)

Category

Precepts and Rules

Fascicles

2 juan

Synopsis

The Platform Scripture of the Jade Garden is an alternative name for the Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage, so called because Wang Changyue set up an altar at the Jade Garden in Nanjing in the early Kangxi reign to confer precepts and give dharma-talks; when Jiang Yuanting compiled the Essentials of the Daoist Canon in the Qing, he included the work under this title. Its chapters largely correspond to those of the Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage, with only minor discrepancies in individual lectures and wording. The name "Platform Scripture" deliberately echoes the Chan Buddhist Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, revealing Wang Changyue's intention of incorporating Chan methods and using "mind methods" to govern the precepts. This is one of the more widely circulated editions, and researchers often refer to the two titles together. This entry exists for ease of reference; for full content see "Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage."

Key Ideas

• The same work as the Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage under a different title
• A form of dharma-talk modeled on the Chan Buddhist Platform Sutra

Structure

Same as the Heart Methods of the Dragon Gate Lineage: twenty lectures.

Editions

• Essentials of the Daoist Canon, Bi collection edition

Full Text & Online Resources

• Wikipedia: Wang Changyue

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