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130 0  Tripiṭaka. |pSūtrapiṭaka. |pSaddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. |lEnglish
245 10 Scripture of the lotus blossom of the fine dharma (the Lotus sūtra) / |ctranslated from the Chinese of Kumārajīva by Leon Hurvitz.
250    Rev. ed.
260    New York : |bColumbia University Press, |cc2009.
300    xxviii, 384 p. ; |c23 cm.
490 1  Translations from the Asian classics
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  Introduction -- Expedient devices -- Parable -- Belief and understanding -- Medicinal herbs -- Bestowal of prophecy -- Parable of the conjured city -- Receipt of prophecy by five hundred disciples -- Prophecies conferred on learners and adepts -- Preachers of dharma -- Apparition of the jeweled stūpa -- Devadatta -- Fortitude -- Comfortable conduct -- Welling up out of the earth -- The life span of the Thus Come One -- Discrimination of merits -- The merits of appropriate joy -- The merits of the dharma preacher -- The bodhisattva never disparaging -- The supernatural powers of the Thus Come One -- Entrustment -- The former affairs of the bodhisattva Medicine King -- The bodhisattva Fine Sound -- The gateway to everywhere of the bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World -- Dhāraṇī -- The former affairs of the King Fine Adornment -- The encouragements of the bodhisattva Universally Worthy.
650  0 Mahayana Buddhism.
700 1  Hurvitz, Leon, |d1923-
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