Enter the Lotus Sutra, considered one of the most significant Buddhist scriptures in East Asia.

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The Bhagavad Gita and yoga sutra texts on his bedside table are believably well-worn.

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But people don't burn themselves to death "simply because the Lotus Sutra says to do it, " emphasized UC Berkeley's Sharf.

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"I'd been reading a book about Brunel so I asked British Lion, who backed Kama Sutra, if I could have some money to make a half-hour cartoon about a Victorian engineer, " he told the Guardian in 2001.

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