Essential lotus, the: selections from the lotus sutra
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231125079
Date de publication :
18 sept. 2001
Dimensions :
15,0 x 22,4 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Lotus Sutra" is considered to be the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist sutra and has had a profound impact on Chinese and Japanese literature. This abridged edition condenses the sutra from the most authoratative version, translated from Sanskrit into Chinese in 406 by the scholar Kumarajiva.