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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Lotus Sutra

by Burton Watson · Burton Watson (trans.)

A readable translation of the Lotus Sutra made from Kumarajiva's Chinese version of the early fifth century, the form in which the sutra has been read in East Asia. The Lotus Sutra teaches the one vehicle of buddhahood and the eternal life of the Buddha.

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