Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma The Lotus Sutra

Name: Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma The Lotus Sutra
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ISBN: 9780231039208

ISBN-10: 0231039204

ISBN-13: 9780231039208

Edition: 1976

Authors: Leon Hurvitz

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This is a translation of a Buddhist scripture which was originally written in Sanskrit but is best known to Buddhists through Chinese versions. It is one of the most influential and popular texts of Mahayana Buddhism, emphasizing the doctrine that there is only one path to enlightenment, the bodhisattva-path, and the principle that the Buddha is not to be delimited in time and space. The work is famous and beloved throughout the Far East for its parables, such as that of the burning house, that of the wayward son, and many others; for its presentation of abstract religious concepts in concrete images; for the innumerable fascinating beings which people the work; and for the charm, warmth,…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 1976
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/1/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342

Leon Hurvitz (1923-1992) was professor in the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia.



Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, No. XCIV


Foreword


Preface


Roll 1



Introduction



Expedient Devices


Roll 2



Parable



Belief and Understanding



Medicinal Herbs


Roll 3



Bestowal of Prophecy



Parable of the Conjured City



Receipt of Prophecy by Five Hundred Disciples


Roll 4



Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts



Preachers of Dharma



Apparition of the Jeweled St&umacr;pa



Devadatta


Roll 5



Fortitude



Comfortable Conduct



Welling Up out of the Earth


Roll 6



The Life-Span of the Thus Come One



Discrimination of Merits



The Merits of Appropriate Joy



The Merits of the Dharma-Preacher


Roll 7



The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging



The Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One



Entrustment



The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King



The Bodhisattva Fine Sound



The Gateway to Everywhere of the Bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World


Roll 8



Dh&amacr;ra&nbdot;&imacr;



The Former Affairs of the King Fine Adornment



The Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy


Glossary


Notes on the Sanskrit Text


Index


Buddhist Studies and Translations