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Scripture of the lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sūtra)
- Title
- Scripture of the lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sūtra) / translated from the Chinese of Kumārajīva by Leon Hurvitz.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 09-5533 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hurvitz, Leon, 1923-
- Description
- xxviii, 384 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Translations from the Asian classics
- Uniform Title
- Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. English.
- Translations from the Asian classics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Expedient devices -- Parable -- Belief and understanding -- Medicinal herbs -- Bestowal of prophecy -- Parable of the conjured city -- Receipt of prophecy by five hundred disciples -- Prophecies conferred on learners and adepts -- Preachers of dharma -- Apparition of the jeweled stūpa -- Devadatta -- Fortitude -- Comfortable conduct -- Welling up out of the earth -- The life span of the Thus Come One -- Discrimination of merits -- The merits of appropriate joy -- The merits of the dharma preacher -- The bodhisattva never disparaging -- The supernatural powers of the Thus Come One -- Entrustment -- The former affairs of the bodhisattva Medicine King -- The bodhisattva Fine Sound -- The gateway to everywhere of the bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World -- Dhāraṇī -- The former affairs of the King Fine Adornment -- The encouragements of the bodhisattva Universally Worthy.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-5533
- ISBN
- 9780231148948 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0231148941 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780231148955 (pbk.)
- 023114895X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2008048120
- OCLC
- YBP 2008048120
- Title
- Scripture of the lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sūtra) / translated from the Chinese of Kumārajīva by Leon Hurvitz.
- Imprint
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Series
- Translations from the Asian classicsTranslations from the Asian classics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Hurvitz, Leon, 1923-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-5533