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Table of ContentsPrefaceTranslator’s Introduction 1The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings 211: Virtuous Conduct 232: Dharma Preaching 333: Ten Blessings 41The Sutra of the Lotus Flowerof the Wonderful Dharma 511: Introduction 532: Skillful Means 753: A Parable 1034: Faith and Understanding 1415: The Parable of the Plants 1596: Assurance of Becoming a Buddha 1697: The Parable of the Fantastic Castle-City 1798: Assurance for the Five Hundred Disciples 2079: Assurance for Arhats, Trained and in Training 21910: Teachers of the Dharma 22511: The Sight of the Treasure Stupa 235vii
vit h e l ot us su t r a : a co n t empor a ry t r a n s l at i o n12: Devadatta 24713: Encouragement to Uphold the Sutra 25514: Safe and Easy Practices 26115: Springing Up from the Earth 27916: The Lifetime of the Tathagata 29117: The Variety of Blessings 30118: Blessings of Responding with Joy 31519: The Blessings of the Dharma Teacher 32120: Never Disrespectful Bodhisattva 33721: Divine Powers of the Tathagata 34522: Entrustment 35123: Previous Lives of Medicine King Bodhisattva 35324: Wonderful Voice Bodhisattva 36325: The Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Regarderof the Cries of the World 37126: Incantations 38127: The Previous Life of King Wonderfully Adorned 38728: Encouragement of Universal Sage Bodhisattva 393The Sutra of Contemplation of the DharmaPractice of Universal Sage Bodhisattva 399Notes 425Glossaries 429Glossary of Proper Names 431Glossary of Terms 455Bibliography 475Index 479
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gl oss a ry o f t er ms46pratyekabu
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gl oss a ry o f t er ms 469six ways
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BibliographyTr a n s l at i o n sTh
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b i b liogr a p h y4Tanabe, George
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