Tag: shariputra
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The Gospel of the Lotus Sutra: 4 Mind-Bending Truths from a Blues Interpretation

https://elevenreader.io/audiobooks/the-lotus-sutra-a-blues-interpretation/slSrCWjgSsIghTIuY4WH Listen now, because what you’re about to hear is a strange and beautiful song. It comes from an ancient Buddhist text, the Lotus Sutra, often called the “King of Sutras” in Asia. For 2,000 years, it has been a source of profound spiritual insight. But what happens when its classical verses are filtered through…
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The Transformative Assurance of Universal Buddhahood: A Study of the Lotus Sutra’s Impact on Worldview and Conduct

The verses spoken by Śāriputra at the beginning of Chapter Three of the Lotus Sutra, expressing his profound joy and certainty of attaining unsurpassed enlightenment, serve as a powerful introduction to one of Mahayana Buddhism’s most radical and transformative teachings. His declaration, “I shall become a Buddha without fail. I shall be respected by gods…