RELIGST 1J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lotus Sutra, Mahayana Sutras, Bodhisattva Vow
13 May 2016
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Week 11 the bigger and better lives of buddhists. As buddhism travelled they were subjected into an interpretive purpose. What he is well known for is taking all of the buddhists teachings _______ The buddhist said the mahayana sutras say the buddha said, so the chinese interpreters are faced with texts that say all sorts of things. It is an interepretatin of all of buddism which is influential in china, and in japan. In the late 8th-9th century, all based on the idea that the lotus sutra is the pinnical of the buddhas teaching. At once an explanation of what expedient means is, and also an example of it. It provides a rational for why the buddha teaches using expedient means. Lotus sutra, chapter 16 the life span of the tath gata . Lotus sutra, chapter 23 the former deeds of bodhisattva medicine king . Lotus sutra, chapter 25 the universal gate of bodhisattva kanzeon .
