Tendai Lotus Texts

Klappentext This volume contains four important texts in the Tiantai Lotus tradition: The Infinite Meanings Sutra, composed as an introduction to the Lotus Sutra, and The Sutra Expounded by the Buddha on the Practice of the Way through Contemplation of Bodhisattva All-embracing Goodness are part of the so-called Threefold Lotus Sutra. The Commentary on the Lotus Sutra is a translation of the Saddharmapu??arika-sutra-upadesa (Jpn. Myohorengekyo upadaisha), a commentary on the Lotus Sutra attributed to the eminent Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu. A Guide to the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings is a translation of a tenth-century text by the Korean monk Chegwan that presents an introduction to the teachings of Zhiyi (538-597), founder of the Tiantai tradition. Zusammenfassung Contains four important texts in the Tiantai Lotus tradition: The Infinite Meanings Sutra! The Sutra Expounded by the Buddha on the Practice of the Way Through Contemplation of Bodhisattva All-Embracing Goodness! The Commentary on the Lotus Sutra! and A Guide to the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings.

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• Authors: Tsugunari (TRN)/ Longan Kubo
• Assisted by: David W Chappell (Translation), David W. Chappell (Translation), Tsugunari Kubo (Translation), Joseph M Longan (Translation), Joseph M. Longan (Translation), Terry Yamada (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9781886439450
• ISBN: 978-1-886439-45-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: BDK English Tripitaka; BDK English Tripitaka
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions