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The Essential Lotus: Selections from the Lotus Sutra - Translations from the Asian Classics
Burton Watson
The Essential Lotus: Selections from the Lotus Sutra - Translations from the Asian Classics
Burton Watson
"The Lotus Sutra" is considered to be the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist sutra and has had a profound impact on Chinese and Japanese literature. This abridged edition condenses the sutra from the most authoratative version, translated from Sanskrit into Chinese in 406 by the scholar Kumarajiva.
192 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 18, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780231125079 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Genre | Religious Orientation > Buddhist |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 155 × 228 × 14 mm · 292 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Watson, Burton |