The
Lotus Sutra (
Sanskrit: , literally
Sutra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma) is one of the most popular and influential
Mahayana sutras and the basis on which the
Tiantai,
Tendai,
Cheontae, and
Nichiren schools of
Buddhism were established. For many East Asian Buddhists, the Lotus sutra contains the ultimate and complete teaching of the Buddha and the reciting of the text is believed to be very auspicious.