Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... SADDHARMA-PU DEGREESVZ?ARlKA OR THE LOTUS OF THE TRUE LAW. HOMAGE TO ALL THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. Thus have I heard. Once upon a time the Lord was staying at Ragagn'ha, on the Gndhrakute* mountain, with a numerous assemblage of monks, twelve hundred monks, all of them Arhats, stainless, free from depravity, self-controlled2, thoroughly emancipated in thought and knowledge, of noble breed, (like unto) great elephants, having done their task, done their duty, acquitted their charge, reached the goal, in whom the ties which bound them to existence were wholly destroyed, whose minds were thoroughly emancipated by perfect knowledge, who had reached the utmost perfection in subduing all their thoughts; who were possessed of the transcendent faculties3;' eminent disciples, such as the venerable AgwataKauwiinya, the venerable Asvagit, the venerable Vashpa, the venerable Mahanaman, the venerable Bhadrika 1, the venerable Maha-Kasyapa, the venerable Kasyapa of Uruvilva, the venerable Kasyapa of Nadi, the venerable Kasyapa of Gaya 2, the venerable Sariputra, the venerable Maha-Maudgalyayana3, the venerable Maha-Katyayana4, the venerable Aniruddha5, the venerable Revata, the venerable Kapphiwa6, the venerable Gavampati, the venerable Pilindavatsa, the venerable Vakula, the venerable Bharadvaga7, the venerable Maha-Kaush DEGREESila 8, the venerable Nanda (alias Mahananda), the venerable Upananda1, the venerable Sundara-Nanda2, the venerable Purna Maitrayawiputra, the venerable Subhviti, the venerable Rahula; with them yet other great disciples, as the venerable Ananda, still under training, and two thousand other monks, some of whom still under training, the others masters; with six thousand nuns having at their head Mahapr
