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The essay uses a dialogue from the Platform Sutra between Huineng and a monk who has memorized the Lotus Sūtra to illustrate the non-dual nature of Dharma practice and sutra study. [192] During his final days, Dogen spent his time reciting and writing the Lotus Sūtra in his room which he named "The Lotus Sutra Hermitage". [ 194 ]
Another print, the Saddharma pundarika sutra, is dated to 690 to 699. [88] This coincides with the reign of Wu Zetian, under which the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, which advocates printing apotropaic and merit making texts and images, was translated by Chinese monks. [87]
Saddharma Pundarîka or the Lotus of the True Law, Sacred Books of the East. Vol. XXI. Translated by Kern, Hendrik. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1884. The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras. Translated by Watson, Burton. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai. 2009. ISBN 978-4-412-01409-1. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20.
Kern's chief work is considered to be Geschiedenis van het Buddhisme in Indië (Haarlem, 2 vols., 1881–1883).In English he wrote a translation of the Saddharma Pundarika (Oxford, 1884, published as Vol. 21 of Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East); and a Manual of Indian Buddhism (Strassburg, 1896) for Buhler Kielhorn's Grundriss der indoarischen Philologie.
The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law. 22 Jain 1884: Hermann Jacobi. from the Prâkrit. Jaina Sûtras, part 1/2 Âkârânga Sûtra; Kalpa sûtra; 23 Zor 1883: James Darmesteter: Zend-Avesta, part 2/3: Sîrôzahs; Yasts; Nyâyis; 24 Zor 1884: E. W. West: Pahlavi Texts, part 3/5: Dinai Mainög-i khirad; Sikand-Gümanik Vigar; Sad ...
Many tantric Buddhist texts have titles other than "Tantra", including sutra, kalpa, rajñi, stotra, and doha. The Major Buddhist Tantras also accumulated secondary literature, such as 'Explanatory Tantras' ( vyākhyātantra ), commentaries (pañjikās, ṭīkās etc.) and sadhana literature which outline specific tantric ritual practices and ...
The group included fourteen manuscripts mostly Buddhist, six of which are very old Saddharma Pundarika Sutra manuscripts, one of Upalisutra, one Chinese Buddhist text, and one Bhattikavya Buddhist yamaka text. The Skanda Purana found in this manuscripts collection is written in transitional Gupta script, Sanskrit. [38]
The Golden Light Sutra became especially influential in East Asian Buddhism, particularly because of its teaching on how the Four Heavenly Kings protect the ruler who governs his country in the proper manner and upholds the sutra. [118] The Sutra of the Three Heaps meanwhile remains an important confession focused sutra in Tibetan Buddhism. [119]