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    The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and...
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    Jean-Noël Robert (category Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite)
    Future of Dead Languages (in Japanese) 2003: Sûtra du Lotus, suivi du Livre des sens innombrables et du Livre de la contemplation de Sage-Universel (translation)...
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    Tiantai (redirect from Lotus School)
    Buddhism emphasizes the "One Vehicle" (Ekayāna) doctrine derived from the Lotus Sūtra as well as Mādhyamaka philosophy, particularly as articulated in the...
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  • jewel in the lotus", or as a declarative aspiration, possibly meaning "I in the jewel-lotus". Padma is the Sanskrit for the Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)...
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    Buddhism. Samādhirāja Sūtra (or Candrapradīpa Sūtra), influential in the Madhyamaka scholasticism of Tibet. Vimalakīrti Sūtra – A sutra which depicts the...
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    tathāgatagarbha sutras, and it cites the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, the Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra, Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra, the...
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    Metteyya Buddha. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he is also referred to as Ajitā (Invincible, Unconquerable)....
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    that appears in various sutras including the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra, the Lotus Sūtra (in the Dharmaraksa and Kumarajiva translations), the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā...
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    Brahmajāla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網經; ; pinyin: Fànwǎng jīng; Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana...
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    of Lokadhara (Toh 174), The Sūtra of Aśokadattā's Prophecy (Toh 76), The Questions of Vimalaprabhā (Toh 168), The Sūtra of Kṣemavatī's Prophecy (Toh...
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    school. According to Sasaki, Huisi "was the leading authority on the Lotus Sutra of his time." The earliest sources on Huisi's life are the "Vow Established...
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  • of the Reiyukai, as depicted in the Lotus Sūtra (1988, first edition) Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London:...
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    within the second chapter of Kumarajiva's Chinese translation of the Lotus Sutra, that "characterizes the ultimate reality (literally, “real mark”) of...
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    original on 2020-01-31, retrieved 2020-03-31 Lopez, Donald S. (2016), The Lotus Sūtra : a biography, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-15220-2 Mahathera...
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    literature, translation of the Hindu text Bhagavata Purana and Buddhist text Lotus Sutra. He wrote a foundational text on Buddhism and also made significant contributions...
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     421–422 Robert, Jean-Noël (2008). La Centurie du Lotus: Poèmes de Jien (1155–1225) sur le Sûtra du Lotus; Paris: Collège de France, Institut des hautes...
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    "Social responsibility, sex change, and salvation: Gender justice in the Lotus Sūtra", Philosophy East and West, 52: 57–58, doi:10.1353/pew.2002.0003, S2CID 146337273...
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    George Tanabe Jr., " "Tanaka Chigaku: The Lotus Sūtra and the Body Politic," in G. Tanabe, ed. The Lotus Sūtra in Japanese Culture. Honolulu: University...
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    the Lotus Sūtra, contributing to its popularity. Scholars have suggested that the sūtra's emphasis on the Buddha as a father has helped make the sūtra popular...
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    promote this idea of a unified Buddhist Japan: the Lotus Sutra, Golden Light Sutra, and the Humane King Sutra (Ninnōkyō). Eisai's famous written piece, the...
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    February 5, 2024. "상지은니묘법연화경" [Transcription of Saddharmapundarika Sutra The Lotus Sutra in Silver on Oak Paper]. Cultural Heritage Administration (in Korean)...
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  • Dainihonkoku Hokekyō Kenki (大日本国法華経験記, "Miraculous Tales of the Lotus Sutra from Japan"), also called Honchô Hokke Genki (本朝法華験記) but commonly referred...
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  • early Buddhist scriptures, which comprise the various recensions of the Sūtra Piṭaka.: 51  The organization was founded in 1954 by Kiriyama Seiyū (1921-2016)...
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    of all dharmas and the "Lotus samādhi" which includes penance, prayer, worship of the Buddhas, and reciting the Lotus sutra. "Neither Walking nor Sitting...
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    different forms according to the needs of different individuals. In the Lotus Sūtra, it is stated that Avalokiteśvara can appear in different guises - which...
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    Grottoes: Amitabha Sutra. Hong Kong: The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Ltd. pp. 31–45. Wang, Eugene Y (2005). Shaping the Lotus Sutra. Buddhist Visual Culture...
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    Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from...
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    Masahiro (2002), "How has the Lotus Sutra Created Social Movements: The Relationship of the Lotus Sutra to the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra", in Reeves, Gene (ed.)...
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    dime–hime, hime–ṭu ṭu ṭu ṭu– ḍu ḍu ḍu ḍu–ru ru ru ru–phu phu phu phu–svāhā. — Buddha to monk Mahamati, in Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 9.260 Translator: D. T. Suzuki...
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    Yogachara (section Sūtras)
    works. The Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (Sūtra of the Explanation of the Profound Secrets; 2nd century CE), is a key early Yogācāra sutra which is considered to...
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