A Buddhist Kaleidoscope: Essays on the Lotus Sutra

About this book

A Buddhist Kaleidoscope: Essays on the Lotus Sutra examines what many consider to be the highest teaching of the historical Buddha Shakyamun. Buddhist Kaleidoscope brings together essays on the Lotus Sutra by an international assembly of Buddhist scholars taking into account historic and modern reflections on the Lotus Sutra. Discussions in the book range from "The Lotus Sutra and the Dimension of Time" to "The Lotus Sutra and Health Care Ethics." One essay considers the Lotus Sutra in relation to social obligations while others regard feminist and paternalist readings. In his introduction editor Gene Reeves says he tried to include the broadest possible diversity of views offering a complete vision of this important Buddhist scripture.