ISSN:1076–9005
Volume 5, 1998
The Lotus Sūtra and Health Care Ethics
Robert E. Florida
Brandon University
In the last several years there has been an increase in interest in the field of Buddhist ethics, particularly health care ethics. In this paper I will review the medical implications found in the Lotus Sūtra. I will first discuss some general ethical principles that apply in health care with reference to the Lotus Sūtra, and then go on to specific references in the sūtra to medicine.