WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Lotus Sutra is regarded as the single most important text of Mahayana Buddhism. It crystallizes the entire system of Indian Buddhist philosophy as created by Shakyamuni.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra (True Dharma White Lotus Sūtra) is a very influential Sūtra, especially in East Asian Buddhism, where it is considered the supreme Sūtra by many East Asian Buddhists (especially in the Tiantai and Nichiren schools).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lotus Sūtra is known for its extensive instruction on skillful means (Sanskrit: upāyakauśalya or upāya, Ch.: fangbian, Jp.: hōben), which refers to how Buddhas teach in many ways adapted to the needs of their disciples.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Lotus Sutra is the Buddha’s highest teaching, a teaching of universal enlightenment. It reveals that all of us, irrespective of our present state of life, inherently possess the same noble life state as the Buddha and explains how we can manifest this Buddha nature.