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Miaofa lianhua jing 妙法蓮花經

Apr 27, 2012 © Ulrich Theobald

Miaofa lianhua jing 妙法蓮花經 or Lotus Sutra, is the Chinese version of the Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra "Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law" (Miaofa Lianhua Jing 妙法蓮花經; Saddharma-Pundarika-Sutra), translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva 鳩摩羅什, T0262.

Table 1. Contents of the Miaofa lianhua jing 妙法蓮花經
1. 序品 Introduction
2. 方便品 Expediant means
3. 譬喻品 Simile and parable
4. 信解品 Belief and understanding
5. 草喻品 The parable of the medicinal herbs
6. 授記品 Bestowal of prophecy
7. 化城喻品 The parable of the phantom city
8. 五百弟子受記品 Prophecy of enlightenment for five hundred disciples
9. 授學無學人記品 Prophecies conferred on learners and adepts
10. 法師品 The teacher of the Law
11. 見寶塔品 The emergence of the treasure tower
12. 提婆達多品 Devadatta
13. 勸持品 Admonition to embrace the sūtra
14. 安樂行品 Peaceful practices
15. 從地踊出品 Emerging from the earth
16. 如來壽量品 The life span of the Tathāgata
17. 分別功德品 Distinction of benefits
18. 隨喜功德品 The benefits of joyful acceptance
19. 法師功德品 The benefits of the teacher of Law
20. 常不輕菩薩品 Bodhisattva Never Disparaging
21. 如來神力品 The mystic powers of the Tathāgata
22. 囑累品 Entrustment
23. 藥王菩薩本事品 The former deeds of the Bodhisattva Medicine King
24. 妙音菩薩品 Bodhisatta Miaoyin
(25.) 觀世音菩薩普門品 The universal gate of the Bodhisattva Guanshiyin
(26.) 陀羅尼品 Dhāraṇī
(27.) 妙莊嚴王本事品 The former deeds of King Wondrous Splendor
(28.) 普賢菩薩勸發品 The encouragement of Bodhisattva Universally Worthy
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