lotus_sutra One * Lotus Sutra * Contents Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Expedient Devices Chapter 3 : A Parable Chapter 4 : Belief and Understanding Chapter 5 : Medicinal Herbs Chapter 6 : Conferring Predictiions Chapter 7 : The Analogy of the Transformed Chapter 8 : Five Hundred Disciples Receive Predictions Chapter 9 : Bestowing Predictions Upon Those Studying and Those Beyond Study Chapter 10 : Masters of the Dharma Chapter 11 : Vision of the Jeweled Stupa Chapter 12 : Devadatta Chapter 13 : Exhortation to Maintain Chapter 14 : Happily-Dwelling Conduct Chapter 15 : Welling Forth from the Earth Chapter 16 : The Thus Come One’s Life Span Chapter 17 : Discrimination of Merit and Virtue Chapter 18 : Rejoicing in Accord with Merit and Virtue Chapter 19 : The Merit and Virtue of a Dharma Master Chapter 20 : Never-Slighting Bodhisattva Chapter 21 : The Spiritual Powers of the Thus Come One Chapter 22 : The Entrustment Chapter 23 : The Former Deeds of Medicine King Bodhisattva Chapter 24 : The Bodhisattva Wondrous Sound Chapter 25 : The Universal Door of Guanshi yin Bodhisattva Chapter 26 : Dharani Chapter 27 : The Past Deeds of King Wonderful Adornment Chapter 28 : The Encouragement of Universal Worthy Bodhisattva http://www.buddhistdoor.com/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/contents.htm http://www.buddhistdoor.com/resources/sutras/lotus/images/lotus_tr.gif 040701 ... kx21 iLink:- Lotus Sutra- Chinese Version http://www.superstringtheory.com/forum/cosmoboard/messages16/222.html 040701 ... Chapter 5 : Medicinal Herbs "Although they grow from the same ground and are moistened by the same rain, still, all the grasses and trees are different." 040701 ... kx21 iLink: Ten_Dimensions & Tathagata_Store 040727 ... kx21 Chapter 1 : Introduction http://www.buddhistdoor.com/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus1.htm Thus Come One, One Worthy of Offerings, one of Proper and Universal knowledge, One of Perfect Clarity and Conduct, Well-Gone One, an Unsurpassed Knight who Understands the World, a Hero Who Subdues and Tames, a Teacher of Gods and People, the Buddha, the World Honored One who expounded the proper Dharma, good at its beginning, good in its middle, and good at its end, its meaning profound and far-reaching, its words clever and subtle, pure and unadulterated, complete with the marks of pure, white Brahman conduct." "To those who sought to be Sound-Hearers, he responded with the_Dharma_of_the_Four_Truths, by which one crosses over birth, aging, sickness, and death to the ultimate Nirvana; to those who sought to be Pratyeka Buddhas, he responded with the_Dharma_of_the_Twelve_Conditioned_Causes; for the sake of the Bodhisattvas, he responded with the_Six_Paramitas, causing them to attain Anuttarasamyaksambodhi (Annutara_samyak_sambodhi) and realize the_wisdom_of_all_modes." 040810 ... . iLink:- The_Buddha's_majestic_power 041110 ... Thus Have I Read / Heard. "Just as the Buddha is the king of all Dharmas, so, too, is this Sutra the king of all Sutras..." 050321 ... 妙法莲华经 http://www.towise.net/english/sultra/fahua/fahua_2.htm 050406 ... 佛学 妙法莲华经卷 序品第一 方便品第二 譬喻品第三 信解品第四 药草喻品第五 授记品第六 化城喻品第七 五百弟子受记品第八 授学无学人记品第九 法师品第十 见宝塔品第十一 提婆达多品第十二 劝持品第十三 安樂行品第十四 从地踊出品第十五 如来寿量品第十六 分别功德品第十七 随喜功德品第十八 法师功德品第十九 常不轻菩萨品第二十 如来神力品第二十一 嘱累品第二十二 药王菩萨本事品第二十三 妙法莲华经卷第七 妙音菩萨品第二十四 观世音菩萨普门品第二十五 陀罗尼品第二十六 妙庄严王本事品第二十七 普贤菩萨劝发品第二十八 园地 http://www.towise.net/foxue.htm 050406 ... 普門品 世尊妙相具。我今重問彼。佛子何因緣。名為觀世音。 具足妙相尊。偈答無盡意。汝聽觀音行。善應諸方所。 弘誓深如海。歷劫不思議。侍多千億佛。發大清淨願。 我為汝略說。聞名及見身。心念不空過。能滅諸有苦。 假使興害意。推落大火坑。念彼觀音力。火坑變成池。 或漂流巨海。龍魚諸鬼難。念彼觀音力。波浪不能沒。 或在須彌峰。為人所推墮。念彼觀音力。如日虛空住。 或被惡人逐。墮在金剛山。念彼觀音力。不能損一毛。 或值怨賊繞。各執刀加害。念彼觀音力。咸即起慈心。 或遭王難苦。臨刑欲壽終。念彼觀音力。刀尋段段壞。 或囚禁枷鎖。手足被鈕械。念彼觀音力。釋然得解脫。 咒詛諸毒藥。所欲害身者。念彼觀音力。還著於本人。 或遇惡羅剎。毒龍諸鬼等。念彼觀音力。時悉不敢害。 若惡獸圍繞。利牙爪可怖。念彼觀音力。疾走無邊方。 蚖蛇及蝮蝎。氣毒煙火然。念彼觀音力。尋聲自迴去。 雲雷鼓掣電。降雹澍大雨。念彼觀音力。應時得消散。 眾生被困厄。無量苦逼身。觀音妙智力。能救世間苦。 具足神通力。廣修智方便。大方諸國土。無剎不現身。 種種諸惡趣。地獄鬼畜生。生老病死苦。以漸悉令滅。 真觀清淨觀。廣大智慧觀。悲觀及慈觀。常願常瞻仰。 無垢清淨光。慧日破諸暗。能伏災風火。普明照世間。 悲體戒雷震。慈意妙大雲。澍甘露法雨。滅除煩惱焰。 諍訟經官處。怖畏軍陣中。念彼觀音力。眾怨悉退散。 妙音觀世音。梵音海潮音。勝彼世間音。是故須常念。 念念勿生疑。觀世音淨聖。於苦惱死厄。能為作依怙。 具一切功德。慈眼視眾生。福聚海無量。是故應頂禮。 051201 what's it to you? who go blather from