< Site Top The Lotus Sutraand Its Opening and Closing Sutras Contents Skip to Writtings Table (Press Enter). 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 Glossary Skip to Writtings Table (Press Enter). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Skip to Writtings Table (Press Enter). 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 Glossary Skip to Writtings Table (Press Enter). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Skip to Writtings Table (Press Enter). Romanizations with Diacritics of the Dharanis in Chapters 26 and 28