Saddharma-Pundarika

American

[suhd-duhr-muh-poon-duhr-ee-kuh] / sʌdˈdʌr mə pʊnˈdʌr i kə /

noun

Buddhism.

a Mahayana sutra, forming with its references to Amida and the Bodhisattvas the basis for the doctrine that there is something of Buddha in everyone, so that salvation is universally available: a central text of Mahayana Buddhism.

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Saddharma-Pundarika

The Chinese text contains transliterations of some mysterious Sanscrit words,— apparently talismanic words,—like those to be seen in Kern's translation of the Saddharma-Pundarika, ch. xxvi.

From In Ghostly Japan by Hearn, Lafcadio

He founded the Saddharma-Pundarika sect, now called Nichiren Shu.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot

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