[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t4.25 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.25 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.25 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.25) "The religious discourse called 'Lotus of the Good Religion' is like a tank for the thirsty, like a fire for those who suffer from cold, like a garment for the naked, like the caravan leader for the merchants, like a mother for her children, like a boat for those who ferry over…like a torch for the dispelling of darkness."\[^2) Whoever writes down this book, or causes it to be written down, acquires endless merit. A female being who hears it, has lived as a female for the last time. He who, at the hearing of the sermon of the "Lotus" expresses his acclamation, will always exhale from his mouth sweet breath as from a lotus, and sandal-perfume will emanate from his limbs. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.24) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.26) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) ## Cites (1) - [Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vaipulya.saddharmapundarika) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.25) · Pramāṇa