THE JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES（Vol. 29）

■Feature: Dunhuang and the Lotus Sutra

Message …… Daisaku Ikeda

Interpretation of Mogao Cave 285 from the Perspective of the Lotus Sutra …… Zhang Yuanlin

The Chinese Tiantai Commentaries on the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra 

Belief in the Lotus Sutra among the Khotanese Residents of Dunhuang …… Zhang Xiaogang

Visiting the Lost City States: Origin of the Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side in Dunhuang …… Katsuhisa Yamada

Belief in the Lotus Sutra during the Tibetan Period …… Zhao Xiaoxing

The Dunhuang Manuscript Fahua Xingyi and Lotus Sutra Thought during the Tang Period …… Hideyuki Matsumori

■Special Contributions to the 25th Anniversary of the Lotus Sutra Manuscript Series Project

The Importance of the Study of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Manuscripts …… Seishi Karashima

The Path Towards A Critical Edition of the Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Based on Gilgit-Nepalese Manuscripts (C3 Collated Text) …… Haruaki Kotsuki

The Tangut Version of the Lotus Sutra and the Study of the Tangut Language …… Shintaro Arakawa

On and around the Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India …… Noriyuki Kudo　

■Contributions

Truth and Its Reception: The Wonder and Metaphor of the Incorruptible Tongue in the Lotus Sutra Tradition …… Chiew Hui Ho

Optimizing Interactions between Mind and Body to Develop the Resilience to Overcome the Challenges of Sickness and Death …… Christopher Chiong-Meng Boey

Non-violent Alternatives and Sustainable Peace: Lessons from Gandhi …… Neelakanta Radhakrishnan