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The 19 pages that link to Lotus Sutra, each with the reason it gives.

• BodhisattvaRelated: Its teachings broaden the promise of awakening and elevate bodhisattva practice.

• KumārajīvaRelated: His translation became the principal Chinese version used by East Asian Lotus traditions.

• Nichiren BuddhismRelated: Nichiren regarded this sutra as the Buddha’s highest teaching and the basis of his tradition.

• TendaiRelated: Tendai treats this scripture as the culmination and unifying center of the Buddha’s teachings.

• UpayaRelated: Its parables show how different teachings can guide beings toward one ultimate path.

• Mahayana sutrasBroader topic: It presents a sweeping account of the Buddha’s teaching as one path to awakening.

• SaichōRelated: Saichō made this scripture the doctrinal foundation of Japanese Tendai.

• Soka GakkaiRelated: Soka Gakkai regards this scripture as the foundation of Nichiren’s teaching.

• DharmakāyaBroader topic: Its vision of an enduring Buddha informs later reflections on Buddhahood beyond a historical body.

• GuanyinRelated: Its chapter on Avalokiteśvara describes the bodhisattva’s responsive manifestations.

• NichirenNarrower topic: Nichiren treated this scripture as the Buddha’s highest teaching and the basis of his movement.

• NelumboRelated: Its title invokes the lotus, a plant with longstanding Buddhist symbolic force.

• Nichiren ShōshūRelated: The school treats this sutra as the highest Buddhist scripture.

• NirmāṇakāyaBroader topic: Its account of the Buddha’s enduring activity anticipates later explanations of manifestation.

• Daisaku IkedaRelated: It is the central scripture in the Nichiren Buddhist practice promoted by Ikeda.

• Nelumbo nuciferaRelated: Its lotus imagery connects the flower with Buddhist teaching and devotion.

• AvalokiteśvaraRelated: Its chapter on the Universal Gate describes Avalokiteśvara answering beings in need.

• ZhiyiRelated: Zhiyi treated it as the highest scripture and the foundation of Tiantai teaching.

• ŚāriputraRelated: Śāriputra receives a prediction of future buddhahood in this influential sutra.