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Lotus Sūtra

The Saddharma-puṇḍarīka: skilful means, the burning house, the one vehicle.

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The Lotus of the True Law, tr. H. Kern
H. Kern, 1884

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01Lotus Sūtra 1Chapter I. Introductory 02Lotus Sūtra 2Chapter II. Skilfulness 03Lotus Sūtra 3Chapter III. A Parable 04Lotus Sūtra 4Chapter IV. Disposition 05Lotus Sūtra 5Chapter V. On Plants 06Lotus Sūtra 6Chapter VI. Announcement of Future Destiny 07Lotus Sūtra 7Chapter VII. Ancient Devotion 08Lotus Sūtra 8Chapter VIII. Destiny of the Five Hundred Monks 09Lotus Sūtra 9Chapter IX. Destiny of Ânanda, Râhula, etc.10Lotus Sūtra 10Chapter X. The Preacher 11Lotus Sūtra 11Chapter XI. Apparition of a Stûpa 12Lotus Sūtra 12Chapter XII. Exertion 13Lotus Sūtra 13Chapter XIII. Peaceful Life 14Lotus Sūtra 14Chapter XIV. Issuing of Bodhisattvas 15Lotus Sūtra 15Chapter XV. Duration of Life of the Tathâgata 16Lotus Sūtra 16Chapter XVI. Of Piety 17Lotus Sūtra 17Chapter XVII. Meritoriousness of Joyful Acceptance 18Lotus Sūtra 18Chapter XVIII. Advantages of a Religious Preacher 19Lotus Sūtra 19Chapter XIX. Sadâparibhûta 20Lotus Sūtra 20Chapter XX. Transcendent Power of the Tathâgatas 21Lotus Sūtra 21Chapter XXI. Spells 22Lotus Sūtra 22Chapter XXII. Ancient Devotion of Bhaishagyarâga 23Lotus Sūtra 23Chapter XXIII. Gadgadasvara 24Lotus Sūtra 24Chapter XXIV. The All-Sided One 25Lotus Sūtra 25Chapter XXV. Ancient Devotion 26Lotus Sūtra 26Chapter XXVI. Encouragement of Samantabhadra 27Lotus Sūtra 27Chapter XXVII. The Period

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The Lotus of the True Law, tr. H. KernTranslation · English · H. Kern, 1884

Hendrik Kern's translation (1884) from the Sanskrit, read from scans of the printed volume. Kern's spellings are old-fashioned (Gina for Jina), and a few names with diacritics may appear garbled.

The Saddharma-puṇḍarīka, or the Lotus of the True Law, translated by H. Kern, Sacred Books of the East vol. 21 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1884). Public domain. Text read from scans in the Internet Archive. · Source ↗

The Saddharma-puṇḍarīka, or the Lotus of the True Law, tr. H. Kern, Sacred Books of the East 21 (1884). Public domain. Read from scans of the printed edition: every word was checked against three or four independent scans of the same printing and corrected where they agree; footnotes, running heads and page numbers are left out. Diacritics the OCR could not read are not reproduced.

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