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Choose one prompt on the book “The lotus Sutra”
1)Evaluate the effectiveness of parables inthe Lotus Sutra. By looking at some of the parables in the sectionswe read in classas well as the story of the jewel in chapter 8, make an argument about the effectiveness of parables for communicating the religious ideas in them.Structure your essay around a particular argument you want to make, and then support it with references to the readings. 2)How do you see the role of Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism? By looking at explanations, stories, or depictions of Bodhisattvas in the new chapterand someof the chapters we read in class, make an argument where you explain what you think the role of a Bodhisattva is supposed tobein Mahayana Buddhism. Structure your essay around a particular argument you want to make, and then support it with references to the readings.