The Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra is a special teaching about what is considered to be the transcendent Buddha. It depicts a sermon by the Buddha to the assembled bodhisattvas, and other beings in which he teaches the basis of Mahayana Buddhism. He emphasizes the goal of becoming a Bodhisattva, and the notion of realizing one's own Buddha-nature. The teachings of the Lotus Sutra are very influential, and are one of the most powerful and popular sutras among Mahayana Buddhists.
In the Lotus Sutra, Siddhartha stands on top of a mountain and speaks to the Bodhisattvas, and Buddha's on how to live a life like h…