The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
Description
Gene Reeves’s new translation appeals to readers with little or no familiarity with technical Buddhist vocabulary, as well as long-time practitioners and students. In addition, this remarkable volume includes the full “threefold” text of this classic. (Source: Wisdom Publications)
- 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.
- Prefacevii
- Translator’s Introduction1
- The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings21
- 1: Virtuous Conduct23
- 2: Dharma Preaching33
- 3: Ten Blessings41
- The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma51
- 1: Introduction53
- 2: Skillful Means75
- 3: A Parable103
- 4: Faith and Understanding141
- 5: The Parable of the Plants159
- 6: Assurance of Becoming a Buddha169
- 7: The Parable of the Fantastic Castle-City179
- 8: Assurance for the Five Hundred Disciples207
- 9: Assurance for Arhats, Trained and in Training219
- 10: Teachers of the Dharma225
- 11: The Sight of the Treasure Stupa235
- 12: Devadatta247
- 13: Encouragement to Uphold the Sutra255
- 14: Safe and Easy Practices261
- 15: Springing Up from the Earth279
- 16: The Lifetime of the Tathagata291
- 17: The Variety of Blessings301
- 18: Blessings of Responding with Joy315
- 19: The Blessings of the Dharma Teacher321
- 20: Never Disrespectful Bodhisattva337
- 21: Divine Powers of the Tathagata345
- 22: Entrustment351
- 23: Previous Lives of Medicine King Bodhisattva353
- 24: Wonderful Voice Bodhisattva363
- 25: The Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries of the World371
- 26: Incantations381
- 27: The Previous Life of King Wonderfully Adorned387
- 28: Encouragement of Universal Sage Bodhisattva393
- The Sutra of Contemplation of the Dharma Practice of Universal Sage Bodhisattva399
- Notes425
- Glossaries429
- 431 Glossary of Proper Names
- Glossary of Terms455
- Bibliography475
- Index479
