The Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala, or Sri-mala-Sutra, became the Mahayana scripture preeminent for teaching that all sentient beings have the potentiality of Buddhahood. It was an inspiration for both the Lankavatara-Sutra and the Chinese classic awakening of faith. The translators present evidence that it was composed in the Andhra region of South India in the 3 century A.D. Thereafter it had remarkable success in China, and through Korea entered into the ...
