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The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika)
Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra (妙法蓮華經)
One of the most influential texts of East Asian Buddhism, the basis of the Tiantai/Tendai and Nichiren schools. It proclaims that the different vehicles are "skilful means" (upaya) of a single vehicle leading everyone to buddhahood, and reveals a Buddha whose life is immeasurably long: the Gotama who was born and died would be a pedagogical manifestation. Its parables—the burning house, the prodigal son, the phantom city—are among the most celebrated in religious literature.
Authorship note
A Mahayana sutra that puts its teachings in the Buddha's mouth. Scholarship regards it as a composition long after his death by anonymous authors of the Mahayana movements; it is attributed to the historical Gotama only through the formula "Thus have I heard". Its core is dated between the first century BCE and the second century CE; Kumarajiva's Chinese version (406) is the most influential in East Asia.
Editions and translations
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English
The Lotus Sutra
Columbia University Press, 1993
Translation: Burton Watson
ISBN 9780231081610
Traducción de la versión china de Kumarajiva.
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
The Saddharma-puṇḍarîka, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, vol. XXI)
The Conscious LibraryThe Saddharma-puṇḍarîka, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, vol. XXI)
Clarendon Press, 1884
Translation: H. Kern
Traducción del sánscrito; dominio público.
Español
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Sutra del loto de la verdadera doctrina
The Conscious LibrarySutra del loto de la verdadera doctrina
Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000
Translation: Fernando Tola y Carmen Dragonetti
ISBN 9789681209155
Traducción del sánscrito.
Other works by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- Tipitaka, the Pali Canon ("Three Baskets") · 25
- Digha Nikaya (The Long Discourses) · 25
- Majjhima Nikaya (The Middle Length Discourses) · 25
- Samyutta Nikaya (The Connected Discourses) · 25
- Anguttara Nikaya (The Numerical Discourses) · 25
- Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma) · 25
- Sutta Nipata (The Group of Discourses) · 25
- Udana (Inspired Utterances) · 25
- Vinaya Pitaka (The Basket of Discipline) · 25
- The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion · 25
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Final Extinguishment) · 25
- The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections · 150
- The Diamond Sutra · 300
- The Heart Sutra · 650
- The Lankavatara Sutra · 400
- Itivuttaka (Thus It Was Said) · 25
- Khuddakapatha (The Minor Readings) · 25
- Jataka (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births) · 25
- Satipatthana Sutta (Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness) · 25
- Anattalakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) · 25
- Kalama Sutta (Discourse to the Kalamas) · 25
- Pure Land Sutras (Sukhavativyuha) · 150
- Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) · 400
Sources
- Kern, H. (trad.). The Saddharma-puṇḍarîka, or The Lotus of the True Law. Sacred Books of the East, vol. XXI. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1884. Dominio público.
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