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Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Records of Civilization. Sources and StudiesPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1976]Copyright date: ©1976Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231927482
  • 9780231890267
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Roll 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Expedient Devices -- Roll 2 -- 3. Parable -- 4. Belief and Understanding -- Roll Three -- 5. Medicinal Herbs -- 6. Bestowal of Prophecy -- 7. Parable of the Conjured City -- Roll 4 -- 8. Receipt of Prophecy by Five Hundred Disciples -- 9. Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts -- 10. Preachers of Dharma -- Roll 5 -- 12. Devadatta -- 13. Fortitude -- 14. Comfortable Conduct -- 15. Welling Up out of the Earth -- Roll 6 -- 16. The Life-span of the Thus Come One -- 17. Discrimination of Merits -- 18. The Merits of Appropriate Joy -- 19. The Merits of the Dharma-Preacher -- Roll 7 -- 20. The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging -- 21. The Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One -- 22. Entrustment -- 23. The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King -- 24. The Bodhisattva Fine Sound -- Roll 8 -- 25. The Gateway to Everywhere of the Bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World -- 26. Dhāranī -- 27. The Former Affairs of the King Fine Adornment -- 28. The Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy -- Glossary -- Notes on the Sanskrit Text -- Index
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231890267

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Roll 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Expedient Devices -- Roll 2 -- 3. Parable -- 4. Belief and Understanding -- Roll Three -- 5. Medicinal Herbs -- 6. Bestowal of Prophecy -- 7. Parable of the Conjured City -- Roll 4 -- 8. Receipt of Prophecy by Five Hundred Disciples -- 9. Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts -- 10. Preachers of Dharma -- Roll 5 -- 12. Devadatta -- 13. Fortitude -- 14. Comfortable Conduct -- 15. Welling Up out of the Earth -- Roll 6 -- 16. The Life-span of the Thus Come One -- 17. Discrimination of Merits -- 18. The Merits of Appropriate Joy -- 19. The Merits of the Dharma-Preacher -- Roll 7 -- 20. The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging -- 21. The Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One -- 22. Entrustment -- 23. The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King -- 24. The Bodhisattva Fine Sound -- Roll 8 -- 25. The Gateway to Everywhere of the Bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World -- 26. Dhāranī -- 27. The Former Affairs of the King Fine Adornment -- 28. The Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy -- Glossary -- Notes on the Sanskrit Text -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)