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The Lotus Sutra
from Columbia University Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Buyer Beware
  This review is for the Threefold Lotus Sutra...
  Not great literary fare in the original Buddhist Sanskrit of previous and later Buddhist sutra standards, remarkably predictable in literary devices, it is a strange sutra that will penetrate the mind and lay dormant or wisk a person up into the air without notice. I don't know...something about this sutra. I knew the core teaching in terms of Buddhism principles, but there is something about the WAY it's written I guess that is what's driving the engine... more info

• Another great book
  This book is wonderful. Shows the true buddhism.. What we fellow to this day.
  How it was started and why lots of Nichiren Shoshu practices to this day. How to help others with bad things in lives in past and present day.
  This is not a clued by anymeans. Nichiren Shoshu and priesthood fellow and do what Nichiren Daishonin wanted to bring to the world of peace and happiness to the world

• Excellent translation
  Books like this always have you wondering whether the translator has really done his/her job properly, but with this one you can rest assured that he has. I have read the original Chinese version from which the translation was done and backed it up with a comparison of the Japanese (which translates from Chinese much easier than the English) for meaning and there's little I can find to criticize. The English reads well and naturally. Nearly all the unusual vocabulary is in the glossary, but the occasional... more info

• My adoration for the Lotus Sutra
  I can honestly say that over time I have cultivated a veneration for this profound sutra.
  It's majesty and scope are truely breath taking.
  I also accept that the key to this sutra is through faith and devotion and not the intellect alone.
  This sutra will develop a unique relationship with each person that strives to unlock its door.
  As the great treasure tower of Vairochana (Many Jewels) that rises up from below the earth in chapter 11. It indicates the inherent Buddhahood in the... more info

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