{"product_id":"the-lotus-sutra-the-sutra-of-the-lotus-flower-of-the-wonderful-dharma-9780971964563","title":"The Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Return of Murano's Classic Translation\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Lotus Sutra is one of the most important sutras in Mahayana Buddhism. It was translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva in 406 under the title: Myohorengekyo (Miao-Fa-Lien-Hua-Ching). The Chinese title means \"Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma.\" The translation in this volume is based upon Kumarajiva's Chinese work. The translator, Bishop Senchu Murano, was an ordained priest in Nichiren Shu. Murano earned a degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Washington in 1938 and served as a teacher of Buddhist studies at Rissho University in Tokyo from 1962 to 1979. Murano's ambitious work on this landmark translation took 20 years to complete. It was originally published in 1974 and was the first full translation of Kumarajiva's Chinese work to appear in English. Long out of print, Murano's groundbreaking work been faithfully reproduced and enhanced for the digital era. For the first time, it is now widely available to a new generation of Buddhist students and scholars.For readers unfamiliar with Buddhist terms and cosmology, this edition includes two fully revised glossaries covering more than 1,800 entries. The glossaries include descriptions of the life of the Buddha, disciples of the Buddha, important Sanskrit and English Buddhist terms (as well as important Chinese Buddhist terms as they are used in Japan), and translated proper names given in this translation that effectively serve as a handy Buddhist dictionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator's Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter I: Introductory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter II: Expedients\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter III: A Parable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter IV: Understanding by Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter V: The Simile of Herbs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter VI: Assurance of Future Buddhahood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter VII: The Parable of a Magic City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter VIII: The Assurance of Future Buddhahood of the Five Hundred Disciples\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter IX: The Assurance of Future Buddhahood of the Śrāvakas Who Have Something More to Learn and of the Śrāvakas Who Have Nothing More to Learn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter X: The Teacher of the Dharma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XI: Beholding the Stūpa of Treasures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XII: Devadatta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XIII: Encouragement for Keeping this Sūtra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XIV: Peaceful Practices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XV: The Appearance of Bodhisattvas from Underground\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XVI: The Duration of the Life of the Tathāgata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XVII: The Variety of Merits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XVIII: The Merits of a Person Who Rejoices at Hearing This Sūtra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XIX: The Merits of the Teacher of the Dharma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XX: Never-Despising Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXI: The Supernatural Powers of the Tathagāta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXII: Transmission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXIII: The Previous Life of Medicine-King Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXIV: Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXV: The Universal Gate of World-Voice-Perceiver Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXVI: Dhāraṇīs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXVII: King Wonderful-Adornment as the Previous Life of a Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter XXVIII: The Encouragement of Universal-Sage Bodhisattva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish\/Sanskrit Glossary: Sanskrit Words, English Buddhist Terms and Translated Proper Names Given in This Translation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinese\/Japanese Glossary: Important Chinese Buddhist Terms Given in the Lotus Sutra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11078858\"\u003eSenchu Murano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nichiren Buddhist International Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780971964563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0971964564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI003000\"\u003eEastern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nichiren Buddhist International Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692954915053,"sku":"9780971964563","price":46.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2b7bca83-563f-4929-9d93-eec3d0c982ce.jpg?v=1649856337","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-lotus-sutra-the-sutra-of-the-lotus-flower-of-the-wonderful-dharma-9780971964563","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}