Lecture 1 – Overview



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This is the first lecture in my seven part summer lecture series on the Lotus Sutra, and was recorded on June 13, 2011. This series will be an approach to studying the Lotus Sutra that will focus each session on various aspects of the Lotus Sutra, thereby giving a complete, though not necessarily in-depth, overview of the entire Lotus Sutra.

This first lecture is an overview of the Lotus Sutra, breaking it down into its various parts and identifying the relative importance of the various sections of the Lotus Sutra in relation to each other part. It also identifies the various sermons, where they were located and who was present.

The recording associated with this lecture is not edited.

I hope you find this material useful.

With Gassho
Ryusho

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Who will expound the Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma in this Saha-World? Now it the time to do this. — Buddha, Lotus Sutra Chapter 11

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