The Saddharma Pundarika Sutra, also known as the Lotus Sutra, contains the teachings of Gautama Buddha in his later years. It is one of the early Mahayana sutras and was translated by Kumarajiva of Later Qin. The Sixi zang. Miao fa lian hua jing version was printed in the Southern Song and had two editions. The work consists of 1,435 sutras, in 5,480 juan, and in 548 cases. This page presents Juan 1-7 of the work.