Tao-Sheng's Commentary on the Lotus Sutra: A Study and Translation

By Young-Ho Kim

Book Overview

(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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791402274
• ISBN13: 9780791402276
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 394 Pages