Dharma World Buddhist magazine

Published quarterly, Dharma World is a magazine that presents Buddhism as a practical living religion and promotes interreligious dialogue for world peace. It espouses views that emphasize the dignity of life, seeks to rediscover our inner nature and bring our lives more in account with it, and investigates causes of human suffering. It tries to show how religious principles help solve problems in daily life and how the least application of such principles has wholesome effects on the world around us. It seeks to demonstrate truths that are fundamental to all religions, truths on which all people can act.

IN THIS ISSUE

The Lotus Sutra, one of the most historically significant Buddhist scriptures, has been revered by millions of Buddhists in East Asia and has motivated many to engage in efforts to liberate people from suffering and improve society. The teaching of the One Vehicle, expounded in this important sutra, however, has been much less known in the West than other strains of Buddhism, such as Zen, Tibetan, and Theravada. To make the Lotus Sutra better known in the West, since 1994 Rissho Kosei-kai has held a series of Lotus Sutra seminars with international scholars almost annually in Japan, China, and Hawaii. At these seminars, discussion and exploration of the sutra have flourished, and a great many of the papers presented have found their way into a variety of scholarly journals and books.