Lotus Sūtra

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Buddhist sūtra Mahayana Buddhist scripture religious text

The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most influential and revered Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, celebrated for its teachings on universal Buddhahood and the ultimate unity of all Buddhist paths.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Lotus Sutra	30
Lotus Sūtra canonical	3
Chinese Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing)	1
Lotus Sutra Chapter 15	1
Lotus Sutra Chapter 16	1
Lotus Sutra Chapter 25	1
Myoho Renge Kyo (Lotus Sutra)	1
Myōhō Renge Kyō	1
Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra	1
Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (Lotus Sutra)	1
Sanskrit Lotus Sutra	1
Sūtra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma	1
妙法蓮華經	1
法華経	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist sūtra ⓘ Mahayana Buddhist scripture ⓘ religious text ⓘ
associatedBodhisattva	Avalokiteśvara ⓘ Bodhisattva Medicine King ⓘ Bodhisattva Never Disparaging ⓘ Ksitigarbha ⓘ surface form: Kṣitigarbha Manjushri ⓘ surface form: Mañjuśrī Samantabhadra ⓘ
associatedBuddha	Prabhūtaratna (Many Treasures Buddha) ⓘ Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha
centralTeaching	Buddha-nature of all beings ⓘ One Vehicle (Ekayāna) ⓘ eternity of the Buddha ⓘ skillful means (upāya) ⓘ ultimate unity of all Buddhist paths ⓘ universal Buddhahood ⓘ
coreTextOf	Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Nichiren school Tendai Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Tendai school Tiantai school ⓘ
cosmologyFeature	appearance of jeweled stūpa ⓘ multiple Buddha-lands ⓘ
dateOfComposition	1st–2nd century CE ⓘ
emphasizesPractice	copying and preserving the sūtra ⓘ faith in the sūtra ⓘ recitation of the sūtra ⓘ
genre	Mahāyāna sūtra literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Fahua Jing ⓘ Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Myōhō Renge Kyō Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Sūtra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: 妙法蓮華經
importantChapter	Bodhisattva Never Disparaging ⓘ Parable of the Burning House ⓘ Parable of the Prodigal Son ⓘ surface form: Parable of the Lost Son Parable of the Medicinal Herbs ⓘ Parable of the Phantom City ⓘ The Life Span of the Tathāgata ⓘ
influencedTradition	Chinese Buddhism ⓘ Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ Tendai Buddhism ⓘ Tiantai school ⓘ surface form: Tiantai Buddhism Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
keyConcept	Three Vehicles reinterpreted as One Vehicle ⓘ cosmic assembly in the sky ⓘ merit of upholding and reciting the sūtra ⓘ prediction of Buddhahood for disciples ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ Classical Japanese ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ
originatesFrom	India ⓘ
religiousBranch	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalStatus	one of the most revered texts in Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
structure	28 chapters in standard East Asian editions ⓘ
symbol	white lotus ⓘ
teaches	Buddha’s compassionate use of expedient means ⓘ innumerable bodhisattvas emerging from the earth ⓘ
veneratedIn	East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

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