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The Lotus Sutra

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Burton Watson
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    390
    Publisher:
    Columbia University Press (April 7, 1994)
    Imprint:
    Columbia University Press
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    Professional and scholarly
    ISBN-13:
    9780231081610
    ISBN-10:
    0231081618
    Weight:
    19.2oz
    Dimensions:
    9.3" x 6.3"
    File:
    TWO RIVERS-PERSEUS-Metadata_Only_Perseus_Distribution_Customer_Group_Metadata_20250917125346-20250918.xml
    Folder:
    TWO RIVERS
    List Price:
    $26.95
    Pub Discount:
    50
    Series:
    Translations from the Asian Classics
    Case Pack:
    24
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    $21.56
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-PER
    Discount Code:
    E
  • Overview

    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."