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Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma
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Published/Copyright:
1976
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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.
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Frontmatter
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Foreword
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Preface
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Contents
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1. Introduction
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2. Expedient Devices
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3. Parable
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4. Belief and Understanding
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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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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
174 - 11. Apparition of the Jeweled Stūpa
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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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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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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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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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