Buddhist — Mahāyāna
Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (Lotus Sutra)
Anonymous Buddhist scripture; the narrative presents the Buddha as speaker
A Mahāyāna scripture containing teachings, parables and predictions of Buddhahood. In Kern’s chapter XXII, the Buddha recounts the Medicine King’s former devotion and entrusts the teaching for a future last period.
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Edition and location
H. Kern, Sacred Books of the East XXI (1884), Sanskrit-based English translation; Internet Sacred Text Archive transcription.
Kern chapter XXII, Ancient Devotion of Bhaishagyaraja: final five-hundred-year period and transmission in Jambudvipa