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Anantacāritra (; also known as Boundless Practice) is one of the four great perfected bodhisattvas mentioned in the 15th chapter of the
Lotus Sutra The ''Lotus Sūtra'' (Sanskrit: ''Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram'', ''Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma'', zh, p=Fǎhuá jīng, l=Dharma Flower Sutra) is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. ...
. According to the Supplement to the Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra (法華文句輔正記), by
Tiantai Tiantai or T'ien-t'ai () is an East Asian Buddhist school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed in 6th-century China. Drawing from earlier Mahāyāna sources such as Madhyamaka, founded by Nāgārjuna, who is traditionally regarded as the f ...
priest Dàoxiān, this bodhisattva is understood as representing eternity."Boundless Practices"
''Nichiren Buddhism Library'', 12/03/2018


See also

* Visistacaritra * Visuddhacaritra * Supratisthitacaritra


Notes

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