![]() ![]() Shortened title: 法華經, Fa-hua jing ( Dharma Exalted Sutra). The characters mean: Subtle (妙) Dharma (法) Lotus (蓮) Exalted (華) Sutra (經). This is the title of Kumarajiva's Chinese translation. Chinese: 妙法蓮華經 pinyin: Miàofǎ Liánhuá jīng (shortened to 法華經 Fǎhuá jīng).Translations of this title into Asian languages include the following: The earliest known Sanskrit title for the sūtra is the Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra, which can be translated as "the Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma" or "The Discourse on the White Lotus of the True Doctrine." In English, the shortened form Lotus Sūtra is more common. ![]() ![]() The Japanese title of the Lotus Sutra ( daimoku) depicted in a stone inscription. Title Sanskrit manuscript of the Lotus Sūtra in South Turkestan Brahmi script. The second is the idea that the lifespan of the Buddha is immeasurable and that therefore, he did not really pass on into final Nirvana (he only appeared to do so as upāya), but is still active teaching the Dharma. The first is the doctrine of the One Vehicle, which says that all Buddhist paths and practices lead to Buddhahood and so they are all merely “ skillful means" of reaching Buddhahood. Two central teachings of the Lotus Sūtra have been very influential for Mahāyāna Buddhism. writes that the Lotus Sūtra "is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist texts," presenting "a radical re-vision of both the Buddhist path and of the person of the Buddha." According to the British Buddhologist Paul Williams, "For many Buddhists in East Asia since early times, the Lotus Sūtra contains the final teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha-complete and sufficient for salvation." The American Buddhologist Donald S. It is also influential for other East Asian Buddhist schools, such as Zen. It is the main scripture on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established. 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 venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. ![]()
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