The Buddha appeared in this world to purify all beings by having them open the treasury of the Buddha-wisdom which they are unaware of possessing within themselves. The Buddhas appeared in this world to show the Buddha wisdom to them. The Buddhas appeared in this world to have them understand what the Buddha wisdom is. The Buddhas have appeared in this world to lead them into the path of the Buddha-wisdom.

The Lotus Sutra is composed of twenty-eight chapters which the faithful believe trasmit the Law” representing the culmination of the essence of the teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha. The Law is transmitted in beautiful prose and verse in terms of humorous parables, allegories, metaphors, fantastic descriptions of supernatural visions and metaphysical discussion.

This panoramic totality gives it dimensions of cosmic proportions in space and time. The variegated nature of the Lotus teachings is associated with Sakyamuni’s inclination to exercise tactfulness” and “expedience” to accommodate all manner of capacities and temperaments that exist among his listeners. Ultimately these different gatexvays lead to the Path.

Two broad themes reveal themselves in the Lotus Sutra. The first, develped over the first fourteen chapters, is the reality of intrinsic commonality that prevails in the nature of all human beings. Achieving Enlightenment consists of awakening this seed of Buddhahood in an individual

The other broad theme, expounded over the remaining fourteen chapters is the eternalness of the Buddha. That the historical Sakyamuni Buddha, born and attaining enlightenment in India, xvas but a temporal form of the primeval Buddha who was enlightened in the remotest past and lives on eternally with no birth or death. Regardless of the age we live in the Buddha is always among us and points to the Path of Buddhahood.