The Essential Lotus: Selections from the Lotus Sutra - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Burton Watson (Translator)Series:Translations from the Asian ClassicsPublish date:2001-09-18Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231125079ISBN-10:231125070UPC:9780231125079Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.10 x 6.28 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCT107XPPM
The Essential Lotus: Selections from the Lotus Sutra
Since its first appearance in China in the third century CE, the Lotus Sutra has been the object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, and Japan, as well as other parts of the world. It is often considered the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist sutra, has attracted more commentary than any other Buddhist scripture, and has had a profound impact on the great works of...
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231125079ISBN-10:231125070UPC:9780231125079Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.10 x 6.28 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCT107XPPM
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese and has taught at Columbia, Stanford, and Kyoto universities. In 1981 he received the PEN Translation Prize. His translations include The Vimalakirti Sutra, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, Records of the Grand Historian, Ryôkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyô Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of...
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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