UID:
almafu_9959051545902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780231890267
Series Statement:
Records of Civilization. Sources and Studies
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Foreword --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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Roll 1 --
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1. Introduction --
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2. Expedient Devices --
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Roll 2 --
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3. Parable --
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4. Belief and Understanding --
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Roll Three --
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5. Medicinal Herbs --
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6. Bestowal of Prophecy --
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7. Parable of the Conjured City --
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Roll 4 --
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8. Receipt of Prophecy by Five Hundred Disciples --
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9. Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts --
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10. Preachers of Dharma --
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Roll 5 --
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12. Devadatta --
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13. Fortitude --
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14. Comfortable Conduct --
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15. Welling Up out of the Earth --
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Roll 6 --
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16. The Life-span of the Thus Come One --
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17. Discrimination of Merits --
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18. The Merits of Appropriate Joy --
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19. The Merits of the Dharma-Preacher --
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Roll 7 --
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20. The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging --
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21. The Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One --
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22. Entrustment --
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23. The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King --
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24. The Bodhisattva Fine Sound --
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Roll 8 --
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25. The Gateway to Everywhere of the Bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World --
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26. Dhāranī --
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27. The Former Affairs of the King Fine Adornment --
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28. The Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy --
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Glossary --
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Notes on the Sanskrit Text --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231927482
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/hurv92748
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/hurv92748
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