The Lotus Sūtra : : A Biography / / Donald S. Lopez.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Lopez, Donald S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©2017
• Năm xuất bản: 2016
• Ngôn ngữ: English
• Loạt: Lives of Great Religious Books ; 26
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Plot Summary --; Chapter 2. The Lotus Sūtra in India --; Chapter 3. The Lotus Sūtra in China --; Chapter 4. The Lotus Sūtra in Japan --; Chapter 5. Across the Atlantic --; Chapter 6. The Lotus Sūtra in the Twentieth Century --; Chapter 7. Across the Pacific --; Notes --; Index
• Tóm tắt: The Lotus Sutra is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist scriptures. Composed in India in the first centuries of the Common Era, it is renowned for its inspiring message that all beings are destined for supreme enlightenment. Here, Donald Lopez provides an engaging and accessible biography of this enduring classic.Lopez traces the many roles the Lotus Sutra has played in its travels through Asia, Europe, and across the seas to America. The story begins in India, where it was one of the early Mahayana sutras, which sought to redefine the Buddhist path. In the centuries that followed, the text would have a profound influence in China and Japan, and would go on to play a central role in the European discovery of Buddhism. It was the first Buddhist sutra to be translated from Sanskrit into a Western language-into French in 1844 by the eminent scholar Eugène Burnouf. That same year, portions of the Lotus Sutra appeared in English in The Dial, the journal of New England's Transcendentalists. Lopez provides a balanced account of the many controversies surrounding the text and its teachings, and describes how the book has helped to shape the popular image of the Buddha today. He explores how it was read by major literary figures such as Henry David Thoreau and Gustave Flaubert, and how it was used to justify self-immolation in China and political extremism in Japan.Concise and authoritative, this is the essential introduction to the life and afterlife of a timeless masterpiece.
• Định dạng: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• số ISBN: 9781400883349; 9783110638592
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400883349
• Truy cập: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald S. Lopez.

The Lotus Sutra is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist scriptures. Composed in India in the first centuries of the Common Era, it is renowned for its inspiring message that all beings are destined for supreme enlightenment. Here, Donald Lopez provides an engaging and accessible biography of thi...