Lotus Sutra

tbunton

Im looking for a good translation to the Lotus Sutra. I have had real good luck understanding and applying Thich Nhat Hanh's translations of sutras. Any suggestions?

Engyo

Hi TB -

There are a number of translations online.

http://www.purifymind.com/LotusSutra.htm - I don't have much info about this one.

http://www.nshi.org/Lotus Sutra/Saddharma Pundarika Sutra Edisi English/index_english.htm - this link contains two translations of the Kumarajiva Chinese version into english (as well as some other stuff).

http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/ - the 1884 translation from the sanskrit into english, commissioned by RW Emerson.

There are probably more, but I don't have links handy at the moment.

Namaste, Engyo

Cloud

One by H. Kern is at http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/index.htm though it's pretty old (1884) people still say it's good.

Cloud

That's funny, @Engyo posted at the same time I did and included my link.

Engyo

Personally, I find the Kern translation almost impenetrable. Maybe I'm just spoiled from the other ones...........

Namaste, Engyo

mugzy

I like the Burton translation myself.

tbunton

Man this helps out so much! Thanks for all the info.

zombiegirl

I like the Burton translation myself.

ditto.