The Lotus Sutra-one of the most popular Buddhist classics-is here accessibly introduced by one of its most eminent scholars. Soon after entering university in December of 1943, I was sent to the front as a student soldier. I wondered if I were allowed to bring but a single book on the trip, possibly to my death, which would I want to bring. It was the Lotus Sutra - from the author's Preface.

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