{"id":4823205380157,"title":"The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra, Vol. 1~14 (a series of fourteen books \/ new edition)","handle":"the-wonderful-dharma-lotus-sutra-vol-1-14","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWonderful Dharma Lotus Sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Sanskrit: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaddharma-\u003cwbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epuṇḍarīka Sūtra\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) presents the One Buddha Vehicle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003es Śākyamuni Buddha’s ultimate teaching and a unifying path that embraces and reconciles the variety of Buddhist doctrines as well as the provisional teachings of the Three Vehicles. Provisional and ultimate are shown to be nondual, and their nonduality \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eepitomizes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“the essence of things as they really are.” The sūtra also emphasizes that the potential for awakening is ever-present in sentient being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and declares that all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewill one day realize Buddhahood. Famous for its parables, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLotus Sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e demonstrates the countless skillful means (upāya) that Buddhas use to lead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eliving \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebeings to liberation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThis fourteen-volume set includes the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua’s unabridged commentary for the entirety of \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra \u003c\/i\u003etranslated into English. This set is a companion set for readers to use alongside \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/collections\/sutra-texts\/products\/the-wonderful-dharma-lotus-sutra\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra: New Edition (English and Chinese Edition).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis new rendering of one of the seminal texts of the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition has been years in the making. The Buddhist Text Translation Society, together with the International Institute for the Translation of Buddhist Texts at Dharma Realm Buddhist University, brought together a large multidisciplinary team to consider the deeper meaning of every chapter, paragraph, line, and word in this scripture. The result is a meticulously produced and carefully crafted translation that meets the highest standards of the Chinese translations bureaus of old. The detailed traditional outline that is embedded in the translation—made available for the first time in any rendering of the text—is a valuable hermeneutical aid that reveals the deeper architecture of this massive scripture. Master Hsuan Hua’s extensive commentary to the scripture opens many news vistas on the text and helps make its many parables come alive for a Western audience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—Robert E. Buswell, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1642171198\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-11T17:41:49-07:00","created_at":"2020-10-24T20:33:01-07:00","vendor":"Buddhist Text Translation Society","type":"","tags":[],"price":15995,"price_min":15995,"price_max":15995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":19995,"compare_at_price_min":19995,"compare_at_price_max":19995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32925081436221,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"600","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra, Vol. 1~14 (a series of fourteen books \/ new edition)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":15995,"weight":7938,"compare_at_price":19995,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"978-1642171198","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lotus-s.jpg?v=1627784963"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lotus-s.jpg?v=1627784963","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21719547969733,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.672,"height":1055,"width":709,"src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lotus-s.jpg?v=1627784963"},"aspect_ratio":0.672,"height":1055,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lotus-s.jpg?v=1627784963","width":709}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWonderful Dharma Lotus Sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Sanskrit: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaddharma-\u003cwbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epuṇḍarīka Sūtra\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) presents the One Buddha Vehicle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003es Śākyamuni Buddha’s ultimate teaching and a unifying path that embraces and reconciles the variety of Buddhist doctrines as well as the provisional teachings of the Three Vehicles. Provisional and ultimate are shown to be nondual, and their nonduality \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eepitomizes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“the essence of things as they really are.” The sūtra also emphasizes that the potential for awakening is ever-present in sentient being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and declares that all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewill one day realize Buddhahood. Famous for its parables, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLotus Sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e demonstrates the countless skillful means (upāya) that Buddhas use to lead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eliving \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebeings to liberation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThis fourteen-volume set includes the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua’s unabridged commentary for the entirety of \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra \u003c\/i\u003etranslated into English. This set is a companion set for readers to use alongside \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/collections\/sutra-texts\/products\/the-wonderful-dharma-lotus-sutra\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra: New Edition (English and Chinese Edition).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis new rendering of one of the seminal texts of the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition has been years in the making. The Buddhist Text Translation Society, together with the International Institute for the Translation of Buddhist Texts at Dharma Realm Buddhist University, brought together a large multidisciplinary team to consider the deeper meaning of every chapter, paragraph, line, and word in this scripture. The result is a meticulously produced and carefully crafted translation that meets the highest standards of the Chinese translations bureaus of old. The detailed traditional outline that is embedded in the translation—made available for the first time in any rendering of the text—is a valuable hermeneutical aid that reveals the deeper architecture of this massive scripture. Master Hsuan Hua’s extensive commentary to the scripture opens many news vistas on the text and helps make its many parables come alive for a Western audience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—Robert E. Buswell, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1642171198\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e"}