02148cam a2200361 c 4500 3924683 OSt 20260810091838.0 ta 921007s1993 nyu 001 0 eng 92038410 9780231081610 DLC DLC DLC eng rda eng chi san 294.3/82 20 Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. English The Lotus Sutra / translated by Burton Watson. New York : Columbia University Press, 1993. xxix, 359 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Translations from the Asian classics Includes index. Since its appearance in China in the third century, The Lotus Sutra has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it has had a profound impact on the great works of Japanese and Chinese literature, attracting more commentary than any other Buddhist scripture. As Watson notes in the introduction to his remarkable translation, " The Lotus Sutra is not so much an integral work as a collection of religious texts, an anthology of sermons, stories, and devotional manuals, some speaking with particular force to persons of one type or in one set of circumstances, some to those of another type or in other circumstances. This is no doubt why it has had such broad and lasting appeal over the ages and has permeated so deeply into the cultures that have been exposed to it Watson, Burton, 1925-2017. translator Kumārajīva, -412? translator 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg LCS BOOK 0 0 0 LCS 0 0 MAH LINDHOLME LINDHOLME GEN 2026-08-10 0 321 WAT 2408489 2026-08-10 09:20:20 2026-08-10 BOOK PINYIN DLC 20040325 c 3003 3003