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Tiantai Lotus Texts (Bdk English Tripitaka Series)
Tiantai Lotus Texts - Bdk English Tripitaka Series Author:Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai This volume includes four texts considered to be essential for studying the doctrine of the Tiantai Lotus school. The Infinite Meanings Sutra (Taisho 276) and The Sutra Expounded by the Buddha on Practice of the Way through Contemplation of the Bodhisattva All-embracing Goodness (Taisho 277), translated by Tsugunari Kubo and Joseph M. Logan. Th... more »e Infinite Meanings Sutra has traditionally been regarded as an introduction to the Lotus Sutra and extols bodhisattva practice. Tiantai Zhiyi claimed that the Sutra on the Bodhisattva All-embracing Goodness, in its detailed exposition of practical applications, is the consummation of the teachings of the Lotus Sutra. The Commentary on the Lotus Sutra (Taisho 1519), translated by Terry Abbot, emphasizes the ekayana, the single buddha vehicle to enlightenment, and the tathagatagarbha. A Guide to the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings (Taisho 1931), translated by Masao Ichishima and David W. Chappell, was written by the Korean monk Chegwan in the late tenth century as an introduction to the teachings of Tiantai Zhiyi, and is composed as an outline of the Tiantai fourfold teachings central to Zhiyi's thought.« less