Download or read book The Saddharma pundar ka written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lotus Of The Wonderful Law written by W. E. Soothill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Lotus of the Wonderful (or Mystic) Law" is the most important religious book of the Far East, and has been described as "The Gospel of Half Asia". It is also the chief scripture of Buddhism in China, and therefore the chief source of consolation of the many millions of Buddhists in East Asia. It is justifiable to consider it as one of the greatest and most formative books of the world, and the text is here translated for the use of the Western student whilst an endeavour is made to reveal the contour of the most spiritual drama known in the Far East.
Download or read book Saddharma Pundarika written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saddharma pundarika written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lotus Sutra Saddharma Pundarika written by H. Kern and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lotus Sutra, one of the most significant texts of Mahayana Buddhism, is presented here complete, in the authoritative translation of H. Kern. Kern presents the original Buddhist scriptures in their chaptered format, as they begin with the Shakyamuni Buddha lapsing into a deep meditative consciousness. During this state, he perceives a vast ray of light, that shine upon and give light to other buddha-fields far to the East. Following this momentous display, we are given the lessons of early Buddhism, how the spiritual path of the bodhisattva allows for the attainment of the status of Buddha and complete enlightenment. We also hear of various parables and moral teachings, of those who petition the Buddhas with questions or requests for spiritual guidance. Mythological tales, such as the creation and discovery of the Magic City with its symbolic treasures, are also related. The later chapters, which expound further upon the immortal nature of the Buddha character, and the timeless wisdom that he espouses, count among the finest explanations of the Buddhist faith ever written. H. Kern renders the stories and spiritual lessons in superb English, with utmost care taken not to misinterpret or dilute the guidance.
Download or read book The Saddharma pundarika Or The Lotus of the True Law written by Friedrich Max Müller and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saddharma Pundarika written by H. Kern and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume XXI of The Sacred Books of the East. The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most popular and influential Mahāyāna sūtras, the oldest parts of the text (Chapters 1-9 and 17) being written down between 100 BC and 100 AD. It is written as a discourse delivered by the Buddha toward the end of His life.
Download or read book The Saddharma Pundaraka Or the Lotus of the True Law written by and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-09-21 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a subset of the Sacred Books of the East Series which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence on the civilizations of the continent of Asia. The works have been translated by leading authorities in their field.
Download or read book Saddharma Pundarika written by H. Kern and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buddhism for Today written by Nikkyō Niwano and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1976 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book the saddharma pundarika written by H. Kern and published by Atlantic Publishers & Distri. This book was released on 1970 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lotus Sutra written by H. Kern and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lotus Sutra is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras and the basis on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established. For many East Asian Buddhists, The Lotus Sutra contains the ultimate and complete teaching of the Buddha and the reciting of the text is believed to be very auspicious.
Download or read book Jewels of the Doctrine written by Dharmasēna and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1991-01-22 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a translation of the first fifteen stories of the thirteenth century Sinhala work, the Saddharma Ratnāvaliya written by the monk Dharmasēna. The Saddharma Ratnāvaliya is in turn an expanded version of the fifth century Pali work, the Dhammapadattakata. The stories are lively and entertaining, of interest to the general reader and the specialist. A skilled teacher, and raconteur, the author probes the depths of Buddhist philosophical doctrine and makes it meaningful for his lay audiences. Generations of Sri Lankans have read, heard and enjoyed the stories. They deal with the vicissitudes of the human condition and so, like all good literature have a timeless relevance and appeal.
Download or read book The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras written by Burton Watson and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. This book was released on 2023-08-06 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lotus Sutra clearly and definitively reveals the buddha nature that is an integral part of the lives of all people. And it makesclear that the Buddha desires and acts so that all people, by opening up this buddhanature inherent within themselves, mayattain the state of buddhahood forthemselves. The sutra further stresses that the continued observance of such action is the true mission of the bodhisattva, and never ceases to praise the observance of this practice.
Download or read book The Lotus of the Wonderful Law Or the Lotus Gospel written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buddhist Cosmology written by W. Randolph Kloetzli and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disagreements concerning the nature and extent of the universe constitute a focus of theological debate which permeates buddhism at every level. While there have been numerous attempts to catalogue the details of the Buddhist cosmologies, none has attempted a general interpretation of their underlying intention. This work attempts to begin the process of interpreting the major phases of Buddhist Cosmological speculation by seeing in them various dramas of salvation tailored to the philosophical and theological predilections of their respective traditions. To a large extent, this interpretation relies on an examination of continuities between the Buddhist cosmologies and those of the hellenistic world as a whole. In the course of this study, two major cosmological traditions emerge; those which rely on metaphors of time and those which rely on metaphors of time and those which rely on metaphors of space. The former are associated with the Hinayana and the latter with the Mahayana forms of Buddhism. Each draws on images of motion and light to articulate its vision of the drama of salvation.
Download or read book The Lotus Sutra SADDHARMA PUNDARIKA written by Translated by H. KERN and published by Youcanprint. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sutra is known for its extensive instruction on the concept and usage of skillful means – (Sanskrit: upaya, Japanese: hoben), the seventh paramita or perfection of a Bodhisattva – mostly in the form of parables. It is also one of the first sutras to use the term Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle", Buddhism. Another concept introduced by the Lotus Sutra is the idea that the Buddha is an eternal entity, who achieved nirvana eons ago, but willingly chose to remain in the cycle of rebirth (samsara) to help teach beings the Dharma time and again. He reveals himself as the "father" of all beings and evinces the loving care of just such a father. Moreover, the sutra indicates that even after the Parinirvana (apparent physical death) of a Buddha, that Buddha continues to be real and to be capable of communicating with the world. The idea that the physical death of a Buddha is the termination of that Buddha is graphically refuted by the movement and meaning of the scripture, in which another Buddha, who passed long before, appears and communicates with Shakyamuni himself. In the vision of the Lotus Sutra, Buddhas are ultimately immortal. A similar doctrine of the eternality of Buddhas is repeatedly expounded in the tathagatagarbha sutras, which share certain family resemblances with the teachings of the Lotus Sutra. In terms of literary style, the Lotus Sutra illustrates a sense of timelessness and the inconceivable, often using large numbers and measurements of time and space. Some of the other Buddhas mentioned in the Lotus Sutra are said to have lifetimes of dozens or hundreds of kalpas, while the number of Bodhisattvas mentioned in the "Earth Bodhisattva" chapter number in the billions, if not more. The Lotus Sutra also often alludes to a special teaching that supersedes everything else that the Buddha has taught, but the Sutra never actually states what that teaching is. This is said to be in keeping with the general Mahayana Buddhist view that the highest teaching cannot be expressed in words. The ultimate teaching of the sutra, however, is implied to the reader that "full Buddhahood" is only arrived at by exposure to the truths expressed implicitly in the Lotus Sutra via its many parables and references to a heretofore less clearly imagined cosmological order. Skillful means of most enlightened Buddhas is itself the highest teaching (the "Lotus Sutra" itself), in conjunction with the sutra's stated tenets that all other teachings are subservient to, propagated by and in the service of this highest truth and teaching aimed at creating "full Buddhas" out of pratyekabuddhas, lesser buddhas and bodhisattvas. The text also implies a parent-child relationship between the innumerable Buddhas and human beings and other types of beings, with an explicit indication that all religions and paths are in some way or another part of the skillful means of this highest teaching, which reaches its fullest expression in the Lotus Sutra. The various religious institutions and their doctrinal proponents notwithstanding, all paths are then, officially speaking, part of the skillful means and plan of Buddhism, thus the sutra's former disavowal of all competitive doctrinal disputes. Crucially, not only are there multiple Buddhas in this view, but an infinite stream of Buddhas extending through unquantifiable eons of time ("thousands of kotis of kalpas") in a ceaseless cycle of creations and conflagrations. In the vision set out in this sutra, moreover, not only are Buddhas innumerable, but the universe encompasses realms of gods, devas, dragons and other mythological beings, requiring numerous dimensions to contain them. Buddhas are portrayed as the patient teachers of all such beings.
