法華三部經

法華三部經，為漢傳佛教中，對《無量義經》、《妙法蓮華經》、《觀普賢菩薩行法經》三部佛教經典的合稱。

概論

漢傳佛教認為，法華宗的開經為《無量義經》，主要部份為《妙法蓮華經》，結尾為《觀普賢菩薩行法經》。將此三部經合為一部，稱為法華經十卷本，又稱法華三經。^[1]

《無量義經》系南齊曇摩伽陀耶舍譯。此經主旨，在闡述實相之法。因法華經序品所言之「為諸菩薩說大乘經，名無量義，教菩薩法」，古大德如智顗、慧基等以此經為法華經的開經。其次《妙法蓮華經》是三者中的主經，流布最廣的是鳩摩羅什譯本。《觀普賢菩薩行法經》則為劉宋曇摩蜜多譯。本經承續《法華經》終章《普賢菩薩勸發品》，闡述觀普賢菩薩的法門、功德，被認為是《法華經》的結經^[2]。

參考資料

1. Katō, Bunnō; Tamura, Yoshirō; Miyasaka, Kōjirō. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, The Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue (PDF). Tōkyō: Kōsei Publishing Company. 1993: x, xiii. ISBN 4-333-00208-7. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2013-10-19）.
2. Gene Reeves. The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic. Simon and Schuster. 14 April 2014: 10–11. ISBN 978-0-86171-987-7.

參考文獻

• Katō, Bunnō; Tamura, Yoshirō; Miyasaka, Kōjirō. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, The Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue (PDF). Tōkyō: Kōsei Publishing Company. 1993. ISBN 4-333-00208-7. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2013-10-19）.
• Reeves, Gene. The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic. Somerville: Wisdom Publications. 2008. ISBN 978-0-86171-571-8.
• Suguro, Shinjo; Nichiren Buddhist International Center, trans. (1998). Introduction to the Lotus Sutra, Fremont, Calif.: Jain Publishing Company. ISBN 0875730787; p. 4
• Tsugunari Kubo, Joseph Logan (transl.), Tiantai Lotus Texts, Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2013. ISBN 978-1-886439-45-0 (Infinite Meanings Sutra, Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue)
• Watson, Burton (tr.). The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Chapters （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai 2009. ISBN 978-4-412-01409-1