Threefold Lotus Sutra in English


Sutra of Innumerable Meanings


Lotus Sutra Table of Contents

Volume 1

Chapter 1, Introductory
Chapter 2, Expedients

Volume 2

Chapter 3, A Parable
Chapter 4, Understanding by Faith.

Volume 3

Chapter 5, The Simile of Herbs
Chapter 6, Assurance of Future Buddhahood
Chapter 7, The Parable of a Magic City

Volume 4

Chapter 8, The Assurance of Future Buddhahood of the Five Hundred Disciples
Chapter 9, The Assurance of Future Buddhahood of the Śrāvakas Who Have Something More to Learn and the Śrāvakas Who Have Nothing More to Learn
Chapter 10, The Teacher of the Dharma
Chapter 11, Beholding the Stūpa of Treasures

Volume 5

Chapter 12, Devadatta
Chapter 13, Encouragement for Keeping this Sutra
Chapter 14, Peaceful Practices
Chapter 15, The Appearance of Bodhisattvas from Underground.

Volume 6

Chapter 16, The Duration of the Life of the Tathāgata
Chapter 17, The Variety of Merits
Chapter 18, The Merits of a Person Who Rejoices at Hearing This Sutra
Chapter 19, The Merits of the Teacher of the Dharma

Volume 7

Chapter 20, Never-Despising Bodhisattva
Chapter 21, The Supernatural Powers of the Tathāgatas
Chapter 22, Transmission
Chapter 23, The Previous Life of Medicine-King Bodhisattva
Chapter 24, Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva

Volume 8

Chapter 25, The Universal Gate of World-Voice-Perceiver Bodhisattva
Chapter 26, Dhāraṇīs
Chapter 27, King Wonderful-Adornment as the Previous Life of a Bodhisattva
Chapter 28, The Encouragement of Universal-Sage Bodhisattva


Sutra of Contemplation of Universal Sage Text


Lotus Sutra divided into 34 days with background


Play MP3 For an explanation of these MP3 recordings, see this blog post.


Kern’s Translation of the Lotus Sutra


Lotus Sutra chanted in shindoku


On the Journey to a Place of Treasures