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The Lotus Sutra Paperback - 1994

by Burton Watson (Translator)

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Since it first appeared in China in the third century, this Mahayana Buddhist Scripture has been regarded as one of the most illustrious in the canon. Depicting events in a cosmic world that transcends ordinary concepts of time and space, The Lotus Sutra presents abstract religious ideas in concrete terms and affirms that there is a single path to enlightenment.

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Since its appearance in China in the third century, The Lotus Sutra has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it has had a profound impact on the great works of Japanese and Chinese literature, attracting more commentary than any other Buddhist scripture.

As Watson notes in the introduction to his remarkable translation, " The Lotus Sutra is not so much an integral work as a collection of religious texts, an anthology of sermons, stories, and devotional manuals, some speaking with particular force to persons of one type or in one set of circumstances, some to those of another type or in other circumstances. This is no doubt why it has had such broad and lasting appeal over the ages and has permeated so deeply into the cultures that have been exposed to it."

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  • Title The Lotus Sutra
  • Author Burton Watson (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 390
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Publication date 1994-04-07
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780231081610 / 0231081618
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Library of Congress subjects Buddhism, Bouddhisme
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92038410
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.382

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  • Library Journal, 10/01/1999, Page 0

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Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Vimalakirti Sutra, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
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