Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra or '', or ''Great Vehicle'' Buddhism.

The Lotus Sutra was originally translated into Chinese by Dharmaraksa around 290 CE , before being superseded by a translation in seven fascicles by Kumārajīva in 406 CE . It has been translated into English by Leon Hurvitz, Burton Watson, and others. The Chinese title is usually abbreviated to 法華經, which is read ''Fǎhuā Jīng'' in Chinese and ''Hokekyō'' in Japanese and ''Beophwakyong'' in Korean.

At least some sources consider that the Lotus Sutra has a prologue and an epilogue, these being respectively the Sutra of Infinite Meaning (無量義經 Jp: ''Muryōgi Kyō'') and the Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy (普賢經 Jp: ''Fugen Kyō'').

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Eternal Buddha

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Text of the Lotus Sutra translated into English by Burton Watson , courtesy of Soka Gakkai International –USA

An old translation into English by H. Kern, 1884, from the Sacred Texts Web site

The first US translation of a fragment of the Lotus Sutra, attributed to Henry David Thoreau and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody , originally published in Ralph Waldo Emerson 's magazine The Dial in 1844

Ida B. Wells Memorial Sutra Library includes versions of the Lotus Sutra and commentaries

The Lotus Sutra Study Center

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism entry (log in with userID "guest")

Article that comments on the Lotus Sutra, including origin and relationship with other Sutras

Soka Gakkai member's article relaying Nichiren's interpretation of the Lotus Sutra's Ceremony in the Air , also called the "Towering Assembly"

The Art, 13 volumes of illuminated manuscripts inspired by the Lotus Sutra

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