i) What is the Lotus Sutra?
               - A literal explanation 
               - Three Kinds of Lotus Sutra 
               - Controversies surrounding the Lotus Sutra

ii) An outline of the Lotus Sutra
              - Chapter  by chapter summary
              - The seven parables
              -  The Lotus Sutra at a glance

iii) The main teachings of the Lotus Sutra
                        - Introduction 
                        - The Three Vehicles
                        - The replacement of the Three Vehicles by the One Vehicle
                        - Opening the near and revealing the far

iv) The Three Time Periods
                         - Teaching, practice and proof

 v)  The Lotus Sutra and T’ien-t’ai 
                        - Background: Buddhism in China 
                        - The Five Periods and Eight Teachings 
                        - Ichinen sanzen  

vi) The Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin

                        - Revealing the object of worship in terms of the Person 
                        - The Votary of the Lotus Sutra 
                        - Revealing the object of worship in terms of the Law 
                        - The fivefold view of revelation 
                        - The Buddhism of the Sowing and the Buddhism of the Harvest 
                        - The Bodhisattvas of the Earth

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