The Lotus Sutra

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48
G
Gaya, 287, 291
Golden Light Tathagata, 175
Good Treasury Bodhisattva, 67, 71–
72
Great Adornment Bodhisattva, 36
Great Brahma Bright Radiance, 54
Great Delight in Preaching Bodhisattva,
236–37
Great Forest Monastery, 401
Great Vehicle Sutra of Innumerable
Meanings, 4, 35, 37–41, 43, 44–46,
48, 55, 66–68
Great Wisdom Sutra, 37
greed, 85, 87, 89, 97, 164
Guan-yin, 8, 9, 15, 17
H
heaven, 252, 275, 383, 384
being a buddha and, 177
blessings and, 304, 310–12
castle city parable and, 181, 185,
187, 191–92, 199
Dharma teachers and, 326, 329,
332
entrustment and, 352
joy and, 317
Medicine King Bodhisattva and,
358
Universal Sage Bodhisattva and,
396, 417
hindrances, 252, 262, 401, 402, 411,
417, 419–20, 422
Holy Eagle Peak, 250, 296–97, 308,
365, 393, 409
hungry spirits, 378, 385, 414
I
ignorance, 115, 147
castle city parable and, 194, 201
skillful means and, 97
ten blessings and, 43
illness, 65, 112, 115–16, 275, 337. See
also suffering
Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries
of the World and, 378
joy and, 317
Medicine King Bodhisattva and, 360
the Tathagata and, 298
ten blessings and, 43, 45
understanding and, 154
Universal Sage Bodhisattva and,
398
incantations, 392–96, 398, 410, 411
Indra, 54, 111, 320, 325
Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries
of the World and, 374
Devadatta and, 252
Dharma teachers and, 330
Medicine King Bodhisattva and,
358
the parable of the plants and, 165
Inexhaustible Mind Bodhisattva, 371,
375, 376–77
Innumerable Meanings (Great Vehicle)
sutra. See Great Vehicle Sutra of
InnumerableMeanings
Iron Circle Mountains, 322, 327, 332–
33
J
Jains, 261
Jambudvipa, 49, 338, 360, 395, 402
Jambunada Golden Light, 176
jealousy, 85, 268, 270
joy, 57, 111, 153, 276, 345, 354
assurance for the five hundred disciples
and, 209, 213–14, 217
blessings and, 45–47, 302–3, 305,
315–20
castle city parable and, 182, 188,
191–92, 196, 198–99, 204
Devadatta and, 248, 249
the earth and, 281
entrustment and, 352
importance of, 18
the parable of the plants and, 164
responding with, blessings of