单词 | lotus sutra |
释义 | > as lemmasLotus Sutra Lotus Sutra n. (also Lotus sutra) Buddhism an ancient scripture, the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra, considered to be one of the most important texts in Mahayana Buddhism and given special veneration by the Nichiren sect (Nichiren n.). [After Sanskrit Puṇḍarīkasūtra, lit. ‘lotus-flower sutra’ (in Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, lit. ‘sutra of the lotus (symbolizing the) true dharma’). In use with reference to Japan compare Japanese hoke kyō, hokke kyō, lit. ‘dharma flower classic’ (8th cent.) and the corresponding fuller phrase myōhō renge kyō, lit. ‘wondrous dharma lotus-flower sutra’ (13th cent.), both < Middle Chinese and ultimately after Sanskrit.] ΚΠ 1868 Trübner's Amer. & Oriental Lit. Record 31 Mar. 185/2 Mongolian and Tibetan books published and for sale... Lotus sutra. 1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. viii. 156 Nichiren's Buddhism is more than any other form of the whole movement based upon a sacred book, for it exalts the Lotus-sutra with real fundamentalist enthusiasm. 2004 P. J. Conradi Going Buddhist 104 A most successful proselytising Japanese Buddhism, Nichiren-Shoshu, whose practitioners recite a version of the Lotus Sutra, has many million adherents world-wide. < as lemmas |
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