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	Buddhist texts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Avatamsaka Sutra and the White Lotus Sutra are associated with the idea of the Ekayana or One Vehicle..
		The Gandhavyuha sutra is thought to be the source of a cult of Vairocana that later gave rise to the Mahavairocana-adhisambodhi tantra, which became one of two central texts in Shingon Buddhism, and is included in the Tibetan canon as a carya class tantra.
		A number of sutras which focus on the actions that lead to existence in the various spheres of existence, or which expound the doctrine of the twelve links of pratitya-samutpada or dependent-origination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddhist_texts (4765 words)

	Buddhist Symbols: Symbol of the Lotus
		It is characteristic of the esoteric sects, and the lotus of the Buddhas.
		It is the lotus of Manjusri, and also one of the attributes of Prajnaparamita, the embodiment of the 'perfection of wisdom'.
		This is the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity, sometimes confused with the white lotus it is the lotus of the historical Buddha.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/history/b_lotus.htm (387 words)

	Blue Lily
		The "lotus" depicted in the tomb paintings of ancient Egypt and found scattered upon the corpse of Tutankhamen when the tomb was opened in 1922 is also known as the 'lily of the Nile', and it is not a true lotus, but a blue water lily Nymphaea caerulea.
		The lotus seat is that of Horus, associated with the silence of divinity, depicted in the corolla of the flower with his fingers pressed to his lips.
		The lotus is one of the 8 glorious or auspicious emblems [Pa Hsi-hsiang] to the Chinese.
	www.iamshaman.com /lotus/worship.htm (2213 words)

	Ancient Wisdom - the Blue Lotus, by Rev. Chuan Zhi Shakya
		Scholars considered the lotus and concluded that as the Easter lily symbolized the Resurrection, and Poinsettia the Nativity, and a variety of plants represented sacred persons, qualities, or events, the blue lotus merely symbolized well-being and long life to the ancient Egyptians, possibly even the act of creation itself.
		The pink lotus is ubiquitous in Asian art and usually depicted with a celestial saviour, an archetypal symbol of the infinite and eternal.
		Just as we ignored the actual nature of the lotus and the uses to which it was put, substituting facile opinion for serious investigation, we worship technological innovations using new devices without considering the purpose and quality of their use.
	www.hsuyun.org /Dharma/zbohy/Literature/essays/czs/bluelotus.html (2601 words)

	Lotus
		To the ancient Egyptians, a lotus bud or sesen was a symbol of rebirth.
		This Lotus (Sanskrit padma, pundarika) whose petals are each marked with the square symbol of the earth element is the earth-as-goddess, source of the essence of Life which is thought of as Moisture.
		Freshly cut long lotus stalks are filled with wine by pouring it through a little hole in the centre of the leaf and letting gravity draw it down to extract the lotus' beneficial qualities.
	www.khandro.net /nature_plants_lotus.htm (2298 words)

	Legend of the Lotus
		The golden lotus that is mentioned in Buddhist sutras has two meanings, one is the symbol for the achievement of enlightenment and the other points towards a real flower which is beyond our normal perception.
		The white lotus, born in the water and grown in the water, rises beyond the water and remains unsoiled by the water.
		When I see a lotus blossom now, or, what is more likely, the leaf of a cauliflower or tulip, I marvel at the ingenuity of nature in bringing forth, after a hundred million years of evolution, such pristine beauty through such an exquisite design.
	www.platinumlotus.com /lotus_legend.html (2507 words)

	Chi-I - an Introduction to his life and work
		There is a parable in White Lotus Sutra about a physician who fakes his own death in order to bring his foolish sons to their senses sufficiently for them to take the medicine that will cure them of their foolishness.
		And the Lotus Sutra also says that the universe within which the Buddha Nature can be awakened—the universe that we see when we come to our senses, when we drink the medicine of the Great Physician, when we drink the elixir of eternal Buddhahood—this universe is one in which everything interpenetrates everything else.
		The Lotus Samadhi is inspired by the White Lotus Sutra and it takes two forms, as described in the 28th and the 14th chapters of the Sutra.
	www.kamalashila.co.uk /talks/CHI-I.htm (6356 words)

	The Lotus Flower
		Hence the title “Lotus” Sutra, one of whose main messages is the simultaneity of cause and effect.
		The benefit of all the other sutras is uncertain, because they teach that one must first make good causes and only then can one become a Buddha at some later time.
		“The Lotus Sutra speaks of the pure white lotus rising from the waters of a muddy pond,” writes SGI President Ikeda.
	www.sgi-usa.org /publications/world_tribune/b2b/thelotusflower.htm (653 words)

	Chants and Mantras
		This is perhaps related to the use of verse summaries at the end of texts as in the Udana which is generally acknowledged as being in the oldest strata of the Pali Canon.
		In the Sutra of Golden Light the Four Great Kings promise to exercise sovereignty over the different classes of demi-gods, to protect the whole of Jambudvipa (the India sub continent), to protect monks who proclaim the sutra, and to protect kings who patronise the monks who proclaim the sutra.
		Lopez is an authoritative writer and challenges the stereotypical analysis of the mantra as meaning "The Jewel in the Lotus", an interpretation that is not supported by either a linguistic analysis, nor by Tibetan tradition, and is symptomatic of the Western Orientalist approach to the 'exotic' East.
	www.thaiexotictreasures.com /chants_mantras.html (6430 words)

	Lotus Sutra Coffeehouse Links and Amazon.com Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra by Sangharakshita.
		The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: A Discussion by Daisaku Ikeda, Daniel Nagashima, Haruo Suda.
		The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture by George J. Tanabe, Willa Jane Tanabe.
	nichirenscoffeehouse.net /Lotus.html (301 words)

	The Lotus: Flower of July, School of the Seasons
		Generally lotus refers to the water lily of India or the plant depicted in sacred art and stories, while the water lily is more often used by naturalists.
		Lotus roots should be planted in spring in 12 to 18 inches of fairly rich soil, which is then covered with 8 to 12 inches of water.
		The oldest representation of the lotus was made centuries before anyone ever wrote about it: a statue unearthed at Mohenjo-Daro showing a wide-hipped goddess, lifting her breasts with her hands and wearing lotus blossoms in her hair.
	www.schooloftheseasons.com /flowers/lotus.html (3071 words)

	Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO): White Lotus Sutra
		is a Mahayana Sutra, and in its own terms this message of abundance is in contradistinction to the message of the Hinayana, [3] which is one of relative poverty.
		This message of abundance is expressed in the first half of the Sutra through four of the five parables, and reaches its climax with the emergence of the Precious Stupa in Chapter Eleven The four parables are those of the Burning House, the Return Journey, the Medicinal Herbs, and the Jewel in the Garment.
		This is the climax of the first half of the Sutra, and at this point the message of the Sutra is taken up right out of the mundane examples we have so far seen in the parables (carriages, mansions, jewels and plant life) into a higher, fantastic realm.
	madhyamavani.fwbo.org /1/lotus.html (3839 words)

	Brief Summary of the Lotus Sutra
		In some sutras, although the Buddha is present, he stays in the background and one of his disciples speaks, in which case the text ends with the Buddha giving his approval to what the disciple has said, thus making the discourse his own, as it were.
		As a literary document, the Whire Lotus Sutra--to revert to the short version of the title--belongs to the first century of the Christian era, that is, five hundred years after the death of the Buddha.
		But the stupa which appears out of the earth in the White Lotus Sutra is made not of brick, not of stone, not even of marble, but of the seven precious things--gold, silver, lapis lazuli, moonstone, agate, pearl, and camelian.
	bsg.rso.wisc.edu /lotus_summary.html (7957 words)

	English Translation of True Buddha Sutra
		At one time, White MahaPadmakumara was at the Maha Double-Lotus Pond, sitting upon the great white lotus dharma-throne, around Him seventeen other great lotus blossoms.
		The green lotus radiated green light, the yellow lotus yellow light, the purple lotus purple light.
		White crane, peacocks, parrot, saris, kalavinkas, and jivajiras all took on a golden hue, and sang graceful heavenly songs in harmony.
	www.geocities.com /directx_user/sutra/truebuddha_sutra_en.htm (1379 words)

	The Imagery of Nichiren's Lotus Sutra
		The Threefold Lotus Sutra (3FLS) by the Rissho Koseikai "translates" this phrase as "Revelation of the (Eternal) Life of the Tathagata." Look at the mistakes — there is no "Revelation." There is no "Eternal." And Tathagata is not a translation into English.
		The Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma by Leon Hurvitz did not have to alter the text to conform to the doctrines of the Rissho Koseikai.
		It does not appear anywhere in the Lotus Sutra in reference to the life span of the Buddhahood of Shakyamuni.
	www.gakkaionline.net /imagery/Nyorai.html (470 words)

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		Timber: Sapwood white with a light yellow tinge becoming creamy yellow on exposure; not clearly differentiated from the heartwood.
		They are compared by the Indian poets to the cheek of a maiden mantling with pleasure at the approach of her lover, and are supposed to have the power to irresistibly attracting lovers to one another.
		Verily Kama wields now-a-days a bow armed with the honey balls of the Kadamba.” The flowers are fabled to impregnate with honey the water, which collects in holes in the trunk of the tree.
	www.whitelotusaromatics.com /newsletters/kadam.html (3175 words)

	The Lotus Blossom
		For the sake of the lotus fruit, there is the blossom; this illustrates that for the sake of the reality one offers a provision.
		And the seed-bearing lotus fruit illustrates the source whereas the blossom illustrates the manifestation.
		The blossom falls away and the lotus is attained; this illustrates the discarding of the manifestation and the establishing of the source.
	www.tientai.net /teachings/Pundarika/renge.htm (481 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Nam myo ho ren gei kyo
		Tendai synthesis taught that all the Sutras were part of Buddhas teaching but that the teaching could be divided into those for beginners and outsiders and those for the disciples or people with the highest ability.
		The Lotus Sutra is faith inspiring, and invoking faith in the Lotus Sutra as the teaching of the One Supreme Vehicle of Buddha Dharma by invoking the title of the Lotus Sutra is what makes its words different from words that do not inspire and invoke faith.
		The Lotus (renge), while its roots lie in the mud, is in no way soiled by the mud, nor does it lose the wonderful scent and odor with which it is blessed.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=34387 (6859 words)

	Lotus Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Lotus Sutra is probably the most important sacred text in Mahayana Buddhism.
		One of the earliest of the Mahayana sutras, the Lotus Sutra was composed between the 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE.
		Most notably, the Buddha of the Lotus Sutra is not a mere mortal but a celestial being who teaches myriads of followers in a mythological paradise.
	www.religionfacts.com /buddhism/library/lotus_sutra.htm (171 words)

	Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - Dharma
		Shariputra, if a good man or good woman hears this sutra and upholds it, and hears the names of all these Buddhas, this good man or good woman will also be one whom all Buddhas protect and bear in mind, and will attain non-retreat from anuttarasamyaksambodhi.
		After the Buddha spoke this Sutra, Shariputra, all the Bhikshus, and the entire world of gods, humans, asuras, and others, hearing what the Buddha had said, joyously delighted in it, faithfully accepted it, bowed and withdrew.
		In nine lotus stages we reach the farthest shore.
	www.drba.org /dharma/amitabhasutra.asp (1095 words)

	The Imagery of Nichiren's Lotus Sutra
		And under the roof is a string of rare white jade.
		White jade strung together is a belt held by the master of the house or clan.
		When we repeat (as Taho does) the 16th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, we reveal the treasures of our life.
	www.gakkaionline.net /imagery/taho.html (400 words)

	lotus
		Because to Him, the Lotus flower is very beautiful and white in color which blossoms in muddy water.
		Its large white bloom is so outstanding in muddy water that it symbolizes the enlightened one in a world of ignorant beings.
		the Lotus Sutra is the highest teaching of the Buddha Shakyamuni, wherein he states that all previous sutras are provisional and to be discarded, and goes on to reveal his infinite eternal nature.
	members.tripod.com /minitak/lotus.htm (818 words)

	A SHORT HISTORY OF BUDDHISM-Part4
		Buddhism had reached its apogee in the 5th century AD, thereafter it declined, hit by the depradations of the White Huns (Hephthalites), by general economic decline and a resurgence of Hinduism.
		The Indo-Scythian Tun-huang (late 3rd century) translated the Saddharma- Pundarîka Sûtra (White Lotus of the True Dharma Sûtra), a highly influential Mahâyâna scripture that was to become the basic text of the indiginous T'ien T'ai school.
		The White Lotus Sûtra is thought to include the essence of all the other teachings.
	www.klausdierks.com /Himalaya/buddhism4.htm (3590 words)

	Sutra - First Sermon At Deer Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This sutra is acknowledged as the core of the Buddha's teaching and is revered by all three of the Buddhist traditions flourishing today: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana (Tibetan).
		This translation is based on English sources from these three traditions, with the intent to show the diversity of Buddhist thought while at the same time enriching this version by including the beauty of the setting and the Buddha's words as seen through the eyes of each of the traditions.
		As a crown she had the heavens where the angels dwell; these three worlds were as her body; her eyes were the white lotus flowers which open to the rising moon; and her voice was as it were the humming of the bees.
	www.angelsinc.com /dgsangha/dgsSutraFirst.shtml (1264 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: The Lotus of the Wonderful Law
		It was known as the Tendai sect and it derived its inspiration from a series of Sanskrit texts that focused on the Lotus Sutra, regarded by the Tendai as the final and most authentic teaching of the Buddha.
		On his return Siacho was given imperial permission to found a new Buddhist secy on Mt. Hiei based on the teaching of the Lotus Sutra.
		The Parable of the Burning House, which is a part of the otus of the Wonderful Law is designed to show the superiority of the single sutra (that of the Lotus) over traditional Buddhist teaching of the equal power of the three sutras.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts/lotus1.html (1189 words)

	Burning House Parable - Lotus Sutra
		The Parable of the Burning House appears in Chapter 3 (the Hiyu Chapter) of the Lotus Sutra.
		The important thing being that the children were saved from the dangers of the house on fire.
		The teachings of the Buddha are like the father getting the boys to leave their pleasures for a greater pleasure, Nirvana.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /buddhism/parable_burning_house.html (361 words)

	[Eighteen] - The Benefits of Joyful Acceptance
		But these living beings are now old and decrepit, their years over eighty, their hair white, their faces wrinkled, before long they will die.
		As a result of the benefits so obtained, when he is reborn in his next existence he will enjoy the finest, most superior and wonderful elephants, horses and carriages, and palanquins decked with rare treasures, and will mount up to the heavenly palaces.
		The benefits gained by this person will be such that when he is reborn he will be in a place where lord Shakra is seated, where the heavenly king Brahma is seated, or were a wheel-turning sage king is seated.
	lotus.nichirenshu.org /lotus/sutra/english/watson/lsw_chap18.htm (1363 words)

	fwbo :: The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra
		The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment:Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra
		The White Lotus Sutra tells the greatest of all stories, that of human life and human potential.
	www.fwbo.org /books/drama_of_cosmic_enlightenment.html (92 words)

	Robin Beck: Origins of the Daimoku
		There, shortly afterward, very early on the morning of the twenty-eighth day of the fourth month, he chanted Nam-myoho- renge-kyo for the first time, thereby providing the key for all future generations to unlock the treasure of enlightenment hidden in their hearts.
		The 'Fa-Hua San-Mei Ch'an-I' has been translated by Peter Johnson as The Confessional Samadhi of the Lotus Sutra.
		But he was also a strong proponent of "supercessionism." His "Lectures on the Sutra" are a source of a lot of confusion and erroneous beliefs.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/rbeck/archives/000780.html (1778 words)

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