Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, Irvington, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
Description: Near Fine. NF. Softcover, pictorial stiff wraps, 351 pp, light edgewear with unobtrusive remainder line on bottom edge, else a clean and crisp copy. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, Chinese. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 359 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Date Published: 1994-03-01
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1994-05-18
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, Irvington, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
Description: Fine. 6 x 9 trade paperback book. White lettering on the pink/color illustrated spine and cover. The Lotus Sutra is one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. 359 pages. 1st Edition. Clean with tight binding in Fine condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. 0231081618
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
Description: Rep. "The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it (The Lotus Sutra) has had a profound impact on the great works of Japanese and Chinese literature, attracting more commentary than any other Buddhist scripture. " Pp.30/359. Pbk. VG. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 6-15-93
ISBN-13:9780231081603ISBN:023108160X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780231081603ISBN:023108160X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780231081610ISBN:0231081618
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"Oh wow, I was so looking forward to this book, b/c I love reading about Buddhism, but this was NOT what I was expecting! It's a really ancient text--supposedly it surfaced around 0 C.E., about 500 years after the lifetime of Buddha (word on the street was that it had been protected in the dragon world during that period). It's very repetitious, and doesn't seem to get much to the heart of Buddhism. More about jeweled realms, and how we should give jewels and flowers and beautiful robes and the like to boddhisatvas in our midst. Lots of good things will happen to you if you follow the Sutra, and if you say one bad thing about it, you're straight to the Avichi hell. Great. I get that it's 2000 years old, and I shouldn't be offended by the things it says about women and the handicapped and the ugly and the poor, but after reading the relatively enlightened texts of Confucius and Lao-zi in the last few weeks, this was kind of a disappointment. Lots to discuss, however, and thus, it gets 2 stars."
"This is a awakening teaching. Allegorical in it's telling, it explains the true nature of humanity -- of the ultimate equality of us all in our infinite potential. Perhaps the first true self-empowerment teaching (but oh! so much more!), it is also the foundation for Nichiren Buddhism, an incredibly powerful, practical method of faith, practice, and study for achieving absolute happiness and wisdom and living your life to its fullest potential. Best read and discussed with a friend who knows..."
"Watson's translation is clear and convincing, as usual. The Lotus Sutra is a collection of mostly devotional sermons, and Watson renders the poetry beautifully. This probably isn't the best place to pick up the basics of Mahayana Buddhism, but culturally it's important."
"I read this for a Buddhist texts class in college. I didn't like it then, and if I read it again I think I'd have the same opinion. I'll leave it at that."
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