Book Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Cheontae Buddhist temples, Tendai, Tiantai Buddhists, Lotus Sutra, Saich, S hei, Zhiyi, Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra, Guinsa, Innumerable Meanings Sutra, Enryaku-ji, Ten suchnesses, Subhakarasimha, Etai Yamada, Ennin, Senkaku, Engy -ji, Vajrabodhi, Three Ages of Buddhism, Ichij -ji, Taisan-ji, Enchin, Ch h -ji, Ennin's Diary: The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law, Jimon and Sammon, Kakurin-ji, An'y -in, Ry gen, Fuki-ji, Zhanran, Futago-ji. Excerpt: The Lotus S tra (Sanskrit: ) is one of the most popular and influential Mah y na s tras, and the basis on which the Tiantai and Nichiren sects of Buddhism were established. The earliest known Sanskrit title for the s tra is the, which translates to "S tra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma." In English, the shortened form Lotus S tra is common. The Lotus S tra has also been highly regarded in a number of Asian countries where Mah y na Buddhism has been traditionally practiced. Translations of this title into the languages of some of these countries include: The oldest parts of the text (Chapters 1-9 and 17) were probably written down between 100 BCE and 100 CE: most of the text had appeared by 200 CE. The Lotus Sutra presents itself as a discourse delivered by the Buddha toward the end of his life. The tradition in Mahayana states that the sutra was written down at the time of the Buddha and stored for five hundred years in a realm of n gas. After this they were reintroduced into the human realm at the time of the Fourth Buddhist Council in Kashmir. The sutra's teachings purport to be of a higher order than those contained in the gamas of the S tra Pi aka, and that humanity had been unable to understand the sutra at the time of the Buddha, and thus the teaching had to be held back. The Lotus Sutra was originally...