Master Hui Neng, an illiterate Buddhist monk of Tang Dynasty China, expounded the doctrine of no-thought and sudden enlightenment through meditation. Filled with Tang history and commentary by the late Master Hua, this book on Hui Neng's life and teaching is for serious meditators and scholars seeking an authoritative translation of the only Chinese sutra on Chan Buddhism. The late Master Hua taught at the same monastery where Hui Neng taught in the 7th century.