The Essentials of the Dharma Blossom Sutra

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Descriptionངོ་སྤྲོད།

This commentary on the Lotus Sūtra was originally delivered as a series of lectures in Mandarin Chinese in San Francisco, 1968-70. The text of the sutra is a translation of Kumārajīva's version entitled Miao fa lien hua ching. (Worldcat.org Adapted from Source Jan 11, 2022)

Citation

Hua, Hsuan. The Essentials of the Dharma Blossom Sutra. Vol. 1. Translated by Bhikshu Heng Ch'ien. San Francisco: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 1974.

Texts Translated

Kumārajīva, trans. 妙法蓮華經 Miào fǎ lián huá jīng (Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra), T262, 09: https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2012/T0262.html.

Translation of

Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra

Commonly referred to as the Lotus Sūtra, this text is extremely popular in East Asia, where it is considered to be the "final" teaching of the Buddha. Especially in Japan, reverence for this text has put it at the center of numerous Buddhist movements, including many modern, so-called new religions. The esteemed status of this scripture is epitomized in the Nichiren school's sole practice of merely paying homage to its title with the prayer "Namu myōhō renge kyō".

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