tradition
Buddhist traditions
The teachings and practices that take the Buddha’s awakening as a starting point. Indian, East Asian, and later European receptions are not one occult Buddhism.
Also known as Buddhism
Meetings with this tradition
Buddhist traditions is associated with Buddha.
The traditions remember the Buddha. They are plural; they are not one occult Buddhism.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
associated with · sourced · documented
Lotus appears in Buddhist traditions.
Indian padma and later Buddhist lotus imagery are another plant-job: purity and a seat of teaching. Not the Egyptian funerary bloom.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
Buddha belongs to Buddhist traditions.
Buddhist traditions take the Buddha’s awakening as a starting point. Later European “Buddha as occult master” is a reception.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
belongs to · sourced · documented
Mandala is used in Buddhist traditions.
Mandalas are bounded ritual and visualization diagrams in Buddhist (and some Hindu) practice. The sūtra’s lotus is related imagery, not Jung’s drawing exercise.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
used in · sourced · documented
Nirvana appears in Buddhist traditions.
The Lotus Sūtra speaks of nirvana as unbinding, including as an expedient resting-place in the Buddha’s teaching. Mahāyāna Buddhist speech, not Hindu moksha and not a generic bliss.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
Naga appears in Buddhist traditions.
Watson’s Lotus Sūtra attests naga kings among the assembly. South Asian serpent-beings in that Mahāyāna text, not the ordinary serpent node and not a Chinese dragon.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
Meru appears in Buddhist traditions.
Watson’s Lotus Sūtra attests Mount Sumeru as the cosmic mountain around which worlds are arranged. Indic cosmology in that sūtra, not Olympus and not a generic world-axis slogan.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
Karma appears in Buddhist traditions.
Watson’s Lotus Sūtra attests karma as action and its consequence in Buddhist teaching, including expedient explanation. Mahāyāna speech, not a casual synonym for luck, fate, or moral scorekeeping in every culture.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
Meetings in this tradition's context
Lotus is associated with Buddha.
The Lotus Sutra uses the flower as the sūtra’s own image of teaching. A Mahāyāna text, not an Egyptian tomb.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
associated with · sourced · documented
A mandala is often a bounded circle or square. The geometry is shared; the rite is not “wholeness” as a New Age caption.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
represents · interpretive · documented
Mandala is associated with Buddha.
Some mandalas seat a Buddha or a host. Ritual diagram, not Jung’s patient drawing.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
associated with · partially sourced · documented
The Lotus Sutra is a book that uses the flower as its name-image. A sūtra, not an Egyptian papyrus.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
sources
- The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)
Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.