The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 3: A parable

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 3: A parable
Author: Hsüan Hua
Publisher:
Total Pages: 371
Release: 1977
Genre: Saddharmapundarīka
ISBN: 9780917512629

The Buddha explains the purpose of his teachings by means of an analogy of an elder who tries to rescue five hundred children who are absorbed in play in a burning house.

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: A parable

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: A parable
Author: Hsüan Hua
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1977
Genre: Tripiṭaka
ISBN: 9780917512346

In Chapter Twelve, the Buddha reveals that Devadatta was once his teacher in a former life, and then bestows a prediction of Buddhahood on him. The eight-year-old Dragon Girl becomes a Buddha. In Chapter Thirteen, the Buddha bestows predictions of Buddhahood on Bhikshunis.

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Introduction

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Introduction
Author: Hsüan Hua
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1977
Genre: Buddhism
ISBN:

Describes the setting for the speaking of the Sutra, the assembly that gathered to hear it, the Buddha's emission of light, the questions asked by Maitreya Bodhisattva, and the response given by Manjushri Bodhisattva.

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra
Author: Hsüan Hua
Publisher: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1977
Genre: Tripiṭaka
ISBN: 9780917512643

Four of the Buddha's foremost Arhat disciples relate a parable about a prodigal son to express their joy upon hearing that they, too, can become Buddhas in the future.