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Lotus Sutra

One of the most influential Mahayana Buddhist scriptures — central to Tiantai, Nichiren, and much of East Asian Buddhism.

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The Lotus Sutra’s grand claim is that all the Buddha’s teachings — seemingly varied, even contradictory — are upaya (skillful means), adapted to different beings, all leading to the one great vehicle. Every being without exception will reach buddhahood.

Its twenty-fifth chapter, on the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Chinese Guanyin, Japanese Kannon), is widely recited as a standalone sutra across East Asia.

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