Sutra Teratai

Sutra Teratai merupakan rujukan sampingan penganut agama Buddha mazhab Mahayana. Ia juga dikenali sebagai Sutra Lotus Dharma yang Menakjubkan. China: Miaofa lianhua jing (Skt. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra); 7 fascicles, tr. oleh Kumārajīva in 406 CE. Salah satu daripada sutra Mahāyāna yang paling popular dan berpengaruh di Asia Barat; yang merupakan asas penubuhan Aliran Tiantai dan Nichiren. Tajuknya sering dipendekkan kepada Fahua jing 法華經. Sutra ini terkenal dengan ajaran terperinci berasaskan konsep dan penggunaan cerita haiwan "parables".

Nota

Rujukan
 Cole, Alan (2005). Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature. University of California Press. Chapters 2 and 3 of this work present a close reading of the first four chapters of the Lotus Sutra.
 Nattier, Jan (2008). A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations, Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica X, IRIABS Tokyo. 
 Tanabe, George J.; Tanabe, Willa Jane (ed.) (1989). The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. ISBN 0-8248-1198-4. [II, 15]

Pautan luar 

An 1884 English translation by H.Kern from the Sacred Texts Web site
Article that comments on the Lotus Sutra, including origin and relationship with other Sutras
"Better Than HD-TV," an article authored by a Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA) member that examines 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
An English translation by the Buddhist Text Translation Society
Nichiren Shu Europa Italian temple of Nichiren Shu devoted to faith, practice, study and research of the Lotus Sutra    

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