The four most shocking sentences of the Lotus Sutra are about cultivating your mind in a leisurely place, and staying still, like Mount Sumeru.
Different translations currently include: Zhu Fahu of the Western Jin Dynasty translated the "Zhengfahua Sutra" in ten volumes and twenty-seven chapters; in the Sui Dynasty, Nahuduo and Bodhidharmagupta re-examined the Sanskrit and translated it into "Tianpin Miaofa Lotus" Sutra has seven volumes and twenty-seven chapters. Kumarajiva's translation was originally seven volumes and twenty-seven chapters. There are no repeated verses in his "Pumen Version". Later generations compiled the "Diva Dado Pin" obtained by the Southern Qi Dynasty in Gaochang, the "Pumen Pin Gao" translated by Yizhou in the Sui Dynasty, and the "Medical King Bodhisattva Mantra" translated by Xuanzang to form the current version. The contents of the seven volumes and twenty-eight volumes of the circulating edition.
The main idea of ??this sutra is that the theory of emptiness without form is consistent with "Prajna". The goal of ultimate destination is connected with "Nirvana", which refers to returning to the pure land, preaching to save the world, and the secret protection of Dharani mantra. etc., can be said to be the culmination of Mahayana thoughts, and its outstanding focus is on understanding the conveniences of the three vehicles and entering into the reality of the one vehicle.
The history of circulation
This sutra has a very early origin and is very popular. According to scholars’ research, it was produced around the first century BC. However, some scholars study it from a linguistic perspective. It is believed to have originated in the second to third centuries BC. It is an early Mahayana classic. Its name is mentioned in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Upasaka Sutra and other treatises, and in the Great Wisdom Sutra and other treatises. His article was quoted, and Vasubandhu wrote "Upatisa" (discussion, personal biography, oral instructions. There are two Chinese translations) for it.
It was widely popular in ancient India, Nepal and other places for a long time. So far, more than 40 kinds of Sanskrit manuscripts have been found in Kashmir, Nepal, Xinjiang, Tibet and other places in China.