Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala: A Buddhist Scripture on the Tathagatagarbha Theory
Wayman, Alex & Wayman, Hideko (Trs.)
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Book ID : 11222
ISBN-10 : 81-208-0731-6 / 8120807316
ISBN-13 : 978-81-208-0731-0 / 9788120807310
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2007
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : English
xvii, 142p., App., Bib., Gloss., Index, 23 cm. (Buddhist Tradition Series No. 10)
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The Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala, or Sri-mala-sutra, became the Mahayana scripture preeminent for teaching that all sentient beings have the potentiality of Buddhahood. it was an inspiration for both Lankavatara-sutra and the Chinese classic Awakening of Faith. The scripture is initially noteworthy for its forceful and eloquent portrayal of "Embrace of the Illustrious Doctrine." And later particularly for its exposition of the Tathagatagarbha theory (the potentiality of Buddhahood in sentient beings), for which it is the chief scripture. It is an important source for "One Vehicle" (ekayana) doctrine, and probably unparalleled in its teaching of the lay Bodhisattva path. The translators present evidence that it was composed in the Andhra region of South India in the third century A.D. thereafter it had remarkable success in China, and through Korea entered into the beginnings of Buddhism in Japan, where it has been important up to the present time. This, the first complete rendering of the scripture into a western language, utilizes all the known Sanskrit fragments, the Tibetan, the two chinese versions and the Japanese commentaries, and various studies in Japanese.
