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The Lotus Sutraand Its Opening and Closing Sutras

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Foreword
Preface
Translator’s Introduction
Early Buddhism
The World of the Lotus Sutra
The Principal Doctrines of the Lotus Sutra
Translator’s Note
Other Complete English Translations of the Lotus Sutra

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Romanizations with Diacritics of the Dharanis in Chapters 26 and 28

The Immeasurable Meanings Sutra

1 Virtuous Practices 3
2 Preaching the Law 11
3 Ten Benefits 20

The Lotus Sutra

1 Introduction 35
2 Expedient Means 56
3 Simile and Parable 82
4 Belief and Understanding 117
5 The Parable of the Medicinal Herbs 134
6 Bestowal of Prophecy 144
7 The Parable of the Phantom City 154
8 Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples 182
9 Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts 193
10 The Teacher of the Law 199
11 The Emergence of the Treasure Tower 209
12 Devadatta 221
13 Encouraging Devotion 229
14 Peaceful Practices 235
15 Emerging from the Earth 252
16 The Life Span of the Thus Come One 265
17 Distinctions in Benefits 274
18 The Benefits of Responding with Joy 286
19 Benefits of the Teacher of the Law 292
20 The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging 307
21 Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One 314
22 Entrustment 319
23 Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King 321
24 The Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound 331
25 The Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds 339
26 Dharani 348
27 Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment 353
28 Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy 360

Sutra on How to Practice Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Worthy

1 Sutra on How to Practice Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Worthy 369

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