Google’s NotebookLM allows users to upload documents and then have Google’s AI digest those documents. Most important is that you can ask questions and the answers will come from those documents. If the source documents don’t have an answer for a question, the AI reports that. It does not look elsewhere for answers.

I have created a Lotus Sutra Study notebook in NotebookLM. You can check it out here.  Here’s a list of the sources currently available:

Lotus Sutra Study Notebook Sources

Some of the source material was generated by NotebookLM. An example of this is a “Lexicon of Proper Names in the Lotus Sutra.” This spreadsheet lists English names from Murano, Reeves, Hurvitz and Watson, the Sanskrit name, the context (i.e. Arhat, Bodhisattva, God, place name), the chapters in which the name appears and notes. This information is available at Nomenclature Concordance of the Threefold Lotus Sutra.

All of this is an explanation of why I will be posting AI generated content here periodically. I feel this content will help explain the importance of the Lotus Sutra. The Dharma Storybooks are a byproduct of this work.

The content I post from this work in NotebookLM will be published in the category Lotus Sutra Study Papers.

Tomorrow: The Lotus Sutra in Four Parts