(Chu) Tao-sheng stands out in history as a unique and preeminent thinker whose paradigmatic, original ideas paved the way for the advent of Chinese Buddhism. The universality of Buddha-nature, which Tao-sheng championed at the cost of excommunication, was to become a cornerstone of the Chinese Buddhist ideology. This book presents a comprehensive study of the only complete document by Tao-sheng still in existence. (Source: SUNY Press)
| Citation | Kim, Young-ho. Tao-sheng's Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra: A Study and Translation. SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990. |
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Chapter 1. Tao-sheng's Prehistory: The State of Buddhist Studies in China3 Chapter 2. Tao-sheng's Biography13 Chapter 3. Tao-sheng's Works23 Chapter 4. Tao-sheng's Doctrines29 Chapter 5. Tao-sheng's Influence and the Impact of His Doctrines57
Daosheng. 妙法蓮花經疏 Miao fa lien hua ching shu (Commentary on the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra, CSPS). Hsü Tsang Ching, (Taiwanese edition), vol. 150 (the text of the present study and translation). Also found in Dainihon Zokuzōkyo (New Edition) nr. 577 (vol. 27).
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