法华三部经
（重定向自无量义经）
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概論
漢傳佛教認為，法華宗的開經為《無量義經》，主要部份為《妙法蓮華經》，結尾為《觀普賢菩薩行法經》。將此三部經合為一部，稱為法華經十卷本，又稱法華三經。[1]
《无量义经》系南齐昙摩伽陀耶舍译。此经主旨，在阐述实相之法。因法华经序品所言之“為諸菩薩說大乘經，名無量義，教菩薩法”，古大德如智顗、慧基等以此经为法华经的开经。其次《妙法莲华经》是三者中的主经，流布最广的是鸠摩罗什译本。《观普贤菩萨行法经》则为刘宋曇摩蜜多译。本经承续《法华经》终章《普贤菩萨劝发品》，阐述观普贤菩萨的法门、功德，被认为是《法华经》的结经[2]。
參考資料
- ^ Katō, Bunnō; Tamura, Yoshirō; Miyasaka, Kōjirō. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, The Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue (PDF). Tōkyō: Kōsei Publishing Company. 1993: x, xiii. ISBN 4-333-00208-7. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-10-19）.
- ^ Gene Reeves. The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic. Simon and Schuster. 14 April 2014: 10–11. ISBN 978-0-86171-987-7.
參考文獻
- Katō, Bunnō; Tamura, Yoshirō; Miyasaka, Kōjirō. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, The Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue (PDF). Tōkyō: Kōsei Publishing Company. 1993. ISBN 4-333-00208-7. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-10-19）.
- Reeves, Gene. The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic. Somerville: Wisdom Publications. 2008. ISBN 978-0-86171-571-8.
- Suguro, Shinjo; Nichiren Buddhist International Center, trans. (1998). Introduction to the Lotus Sutra, Fremont, Calif.: Jain Publishing Company. ISBN 0875730787; p. 4
- Tsugunari Kubo, Joseph Logan (transl.), Tiantai Lotus Texts, Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2013. ISBN 978-1-886439-45-0 (Infinite Meanings Sutra, Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue)
- Watson, Burton (tr.). The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Chapters （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai 2009. ISBN 978-4-412-01409-1