The Lotus Sūtra 2.87
Nepalese recension (Kern & Nanjio 1908–1912; DSBC input) 2.87
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2.87
ye cāpi kecittahi śikṣamāṇāḥ krīḍāratiṃ cāpi vinodayantaḥ /
nakhena kāṣṭhena kṛtāsi vigrahān bhittīṣu puruṣā ca kumārakā vā //
64. They are continually entangled in the thickets of (sectarian) theories, such as, 'It is and it is not; it is thus and it is not thus.' In trying to get a decided opinion on what is found in the sixty-two (heretical) theories they come to embrace falsehood and continue in it.
Translations (1)
- The Saddharma-puṇḍarîka or The Lotus of the True Law (SBE 21) — Hendrik Kern 1884, English
Linked texts (2)
- Input by M. Rozehnal and J. Braarvig (after Bendall 1897–1902) — Sanskrit
- དམ་པའི་ཆོས་པད་མ་དཀར་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ — Classical Tibetan