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This book compiles and elucidates the dharma-transmitting verses of the Seven Buddhas as well as those of the patriarchs from India and China, enabling beings to understand what exactly the dharma lineage transmitted by the Buddhas entails and what constitutes the fundamental basis of Buddhist practice and realization. Selected passages from the *Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch* are explained, allowing beings to grasp the essential meaning of the *Platform Sutra* and thereby clarifying the goal and direction of mind-awakening and cultivation. The book also presents explanations of past Chan masters' teachings concerning meditation and the realization of the Way, enabling practitioners to comprehend the "landscape" before and after enlightenment, as well as the essence of Chan. Finally, excerpts from several Mahayana sutras, such as the *Lankavatara Sutra*, are cited and explained to address beings' doubts about Buddhist scriptures, guiding everyone to delve deeply into the sutras and correctly understand their meanings.