One of the earliest Mahayana sutras, the Lotus Sutra has played a significant role in shaping the Buddhist tradition in East Asia. Especially influential has been its teaching of the one Great Vehicle (Mahayana) under which is subsumed all other lesser vehicles. This sutra is the main text of the Tiantai (Tendai) and Nichiren schools.
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