Scripture of the Lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sutra)
By: translated from the Chinese of Kumarajiva by Leon Hurvitz.
Contributors: Hurvitz, Leon, 1923-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Translations from the Asian classics
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780231148948; 9780231148955
Work titles: Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. English.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Expedient devices; title: Parable; title: Belief and understanding; title: Medicinal herbs; title: Bestowal of prophecy; title: Parable of the conjured city; title: Receipt of prophecy by five hundred disciples; title: Prophecies conferred on learners and adepts; title: Preachers of dharma; title: Apparition of the jeweled stupa; title: Devadatta; title: Fortitude; title: Comfortable conduct; title: Welling up out of the earth; title: The life-span of the Thus Come One; title: Discrimination of merits; title: The merits of appropriate joy; title: The merits of the dharma-preacher; title: The bodhisattva never disparaging; title: The supernatural powers of the Thus Come One; title: Entrustment; title: The former affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King; title: The Bodhisattva Fine Sound; title: The gateway to everywhere of the Bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World; title: Dharani; title: The former affairs of the King Fine Adornment; title: The encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy.