[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika) › [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt) › 1.22 # 妙法蓮華經 1.22 English (machine translation) 1.22 - **Language:** English ### [1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1.22) 'Good men! In the past, immeasurable, boundless, inconceivable asaṃkhyeya kalpas ago, at that time there was a Buddha named Candrasūryapradīpa, Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, Vidyācaraṇasampanna, Sugata, Lokavid, Anuttara, Puruṣadamyasārathi, Śāstā Devamanuṣyāṇām, Buddha, Bhagavat. He preached the true Dharma: good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, its meaning profound and far-reaching, its words subtle and clever, pure and unadulterated, complete with the marks of pure and clean brahma-conduct. For those who sought to be śrāvakas, he preached the Dharma conforming to the Four Truths, to cross over birth, aging, sickness, and death, reaching ultimate nirvāṇa; for those who sought to be pratyekabuddhas, he preached the Dharma conforming to the twelve causes and conditions; for the bodhisattvas, he preached conforming to the six pāramitās, causing them to attain anuttarā samyaksambodhi and accomplish all-knowledge. - [Previous: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1.21) - [Next: 1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1.23) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Lotus of the Wonderful Law, or The Lotus Gospel (Miao-fa lien hua ching)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-soothill.1.p23) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.22) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.1.22) · Pramāṇa