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Scripture of the lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sūtra)
Title:
Scripture of the lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sūtra)

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. English.

Translations from the Asian classics.
Author:
Hurvitz, Leon, 1923-
ISBN:
9780231148948

9780231148955
Uniform Title:
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. English.
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 384 p. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Translations from the Asian classics.
Contents:
Introduction -- Expedient devices -- Parable -- Belief and understanding -- Medicinal herbs -- Bestowal of prophecy -- Parable of the conjured city -- Receipt of prophecy by five hundred disciples -- Prophecies conferred on learners and adepts -- Preachers of dharma -- Apparition of the jeweled stūpa -- Devadatta -- Fortitude -- Comfortable conduct -- Welling up out of the earth -- The life span of the Thus Come One -- Discrimination of merits -- The merits of appropriate joy -- The merits of the dharma preacher -- 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 -- Dhāraṇī -- The former affairs of the King Fine Adornment -- The encouragements of the bodhisattva Universally Worthy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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