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After becoming enlightened, the Buddha, Gautama Buddha, gave mystic teachings in various incarnations. This edition of Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (Lotus sutra), was translated by Kumarajiva of Later Qin (384‒417) and contained the teachings that Shakyamuni (Gautama Buddha) gave in his later years at the Vulture Peak Mountain near Rajagaha (present-day Rajgir, India). It was one of the early Mahayana sutras. Sixi zang. Miao fa lian hua jing (Saddharma Pundarika Sutra in Sixi Tripitaka) was printed in the Southern Song (1127‒1279). Miao fa in the title means supreme mystic ...