Buddhist Positiveness : Studies on the Lotus Sutra

Contents: Preface. 1. The conflict of change in Buddhism: the Hinayanist reaction. 2. The conflict of change in the Lotus Sutra: the Hinayanist reaction. 3. Apologetics and harmony in the Lotus Sutra and Bhavya. 4. Sunyata in the Lotus Sutra. 5. On translating into Spanish the Saddharmapundarikasutra. 6. Ekam Samayam. 7. The meaning of the infinite numbers in the Lotus Sutra. 8. Beginninglessness of the Veda and the Dharma. 9. On the names of the Bhiksus and the Bodhisattvas in the Lotus Sutra. 10. Buddhist spirituality: Positiveness in the Lotus Sutra. 11. Buddhism and family. 12. Attitudes in regard to food in ancient India. 13. Reviews concerning the Lotus Sutra. 

"The Lotus Sutra is one of the Buddhist texts which can give a real idea of the force, originality, influence and value of the Buddhist Positiveness. This essay on Buddhist Positiveness was originally written (1994) by Fernando Tola as an answer to the Catholic Pope\'s Criticism of Buddhism, according to which Buddhist is a \'negative\' religion; and this essay was presented afterwards, in an abridged version, as a paper, in The International Conference of The International Association of Buddhist Studies held in Lausanne, Switzerland (in 1999)." (jacket)