Lotus Sutra

Number of Chapters: 29

Length: 15 hours and 35 minutes

Language: English

The Lotus Sutra is venerated by the Tiantai (天台), Huayan (華嚴), Pure Land (淨土宗), Chan (禪), Cheontae (천태종), Seon (선), Jogye (대한불교조계종), Taego (태고종), Tendai (天台宗), Zen (禅), Nichiren (日蓮仏教), Soka Gakkai (創価学会), Thiên Thai, Hoa Nghiêm, Thiền, and Tịnh Độ schools of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, among others.

Sanskrit: सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्रम् Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram (lit. Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma)
Chinese: 妙法蓮華經 Miàofǎ Liánhuá jīng (short: 法華經 Fǎhuá jīng). This is the title of Kumarajiva's Chinese translation. The characters mean: Subtle (妙) Dharma (法) Lotus (蓮) Exalted (華) Sutra (經). The title of Dharmaraksha's Chinese translation is 正法華經 (lit. True Dharma Exalted Sutra)
Korean: 묘법연화경 Myobeop Yeonhwa gyeong (short: 법화경 Beophwa gyeong)
Japanese: 妙法蓮華経 Myōhō Renge Kyō (short: Hoke-kyō)
Tibetan: དམ་ཆོས་པད་མ་དཀར་པོའི་མདོ dam chos padma dkar po'i mdo (THL: Damchö Pema Karpo'i do)
Vietnamese: Diệu pháp Liên hoa kinh (short: Pháp hoa kinh)
Tangut: Thyo tsye fa se ldwi rye

Translated by Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern. (Summary created by Geoffrey Edwards using Wikipedia)

Chap. I Introductory (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. II Skilfulness (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. III A Parable Part 1 (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. III A Parable Part 2 (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. IV Disposition (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. V On Plants (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. VI Announcement of Future Destiny (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. VII Ancient Devotion Part 1 (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. VII Ancient Devotion Part 2 (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. VIII Announcement of the Future Destiny of the Five Hundred Monks (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. IX Announcement of the Future Destiny of Ananda, Rahula, and the Two Thousand Monks (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. X The Preacher (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XI Apparition of a Stupa (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XII Exertion (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XIII Peaceful Life (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XIV Issuing of Bodhisattvas From the Gaps of the Earth (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XV Duration of the Life of the Tathagata (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XVI Of Piety (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XVII Indication of the Meritoriousness of Joyful Acceptance (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XVIII The Advantages of a Religious Preacher (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XIX Sadaparibhuta (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XX Conception of the Transcendent Power of the Tathagatas (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXI Spells (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXII Ancient Devotion of Bhaishagyaraga (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXIII Gadgadasvara (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXIV Chapter Called That of the All-Sided One, Containing a Description of the Transformations of Avalokitesvara (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXV Ancient Devotion (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXVI Encouragement of Samantabhadra (Geoffrey Edwards)

Chap. XXVII The Period (Geoffrey Edwards)

The audiobook Lotus Sutra falls under the genres of Ancient, Other Religions. It is written by Unknown, Hendrik Kern.

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