Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurvitz, Leon.

Series:

Records of Civilization. Sources and Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1976]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents the translation of the Lotus Sutra as a major religious scripture based on scholarly study but written for the general reader. The version translated is that of Kumarajiva from about 400 AD.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Roll 1

1. Introduction

2. Expedient Devices

Roll 2

3. Parable

4. Belief and Understanding

Roll Three

5. Medicinal Herbs

6. Bestowal of Prophecy

7. Parable of the Conjured City

Roll 4

8. Receipt of Prophecy by Five Hundred Disciples

9. Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts

10. Preachers of Dharma

Roll 5

12. Devadatta

13. Fortitude

14. Comfortable Conduct

15. Welling Up out of the Earth

Roll 6

16. The Life-span of the Thus Come One

17. Discrimination of Merits

18. The Merits of Appropriate Joy

19. The Merits of the Dharma-Preacher

Roll 7

20. The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging

21. The Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One

22. Entrustment

23. The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King

24. The Bodhisattva Fine Sound

Roll 8

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

26. Dhāranī

27. The Former Affairs of the King Fine Adornment

28. The Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy

Glossary

Notes on the Sanskrit Text

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89026-5

OCLC:

904734626