The Lotus Sutra

Chapter 25
The Universal Door of the Bodhisattva
Observing the Sounds of the World

Full Text of the Chapter

The Prose and Verse of the Lotus Sutra (C. Fa-Hua Wen-Chu, J. Hokke Mongu)

1. Explanation of the Title of the Chapter

     A. The General Explanation

The Person & The Dharma
Compassion & Mercy
Wisdom & Virtue
The Spiritual Body & The Body of Response and Manifestation
The Medicine Tree & The Wish-Fulfilling Gem
The Hidden Benefits & The Revealed Benefits
Real Wisdom & Provisional Wisdom
The Source & The Manifestation
The Revealing Cause & The Conditional Cause
Wisdom & Detachment

     B. The Specific Explanation

Observing (Kuan)
• Analytical Observation
• The Embodiment of Observation
• A Progressive Sequence of Observations
• Total Observation
 The World (Shi)
• The Conditioned World of The Threefold Realm
• The Unconditioned World of The Two Vehicles
• The World Combining the Two Extremes - The Bodhisattvas
• The Inconceivable World of the Buddha
The Sound (Yin)
• The Spiritual Capacity of Personality & Heaven
• The Spiritual Capacity of The Two Vehicles
• The Spiritual Capacity of the Bodhisattvas
• The Spiritual Capacity of the Buddha
Universal (Pu)
1. The Mercy & Compassion That is Universal
2. The Broad Vows That is Universal
3. The Cultivation of Practice That is Universal
4. The Freedom From Confusion That is Universal
5. The Entry Into the Spirituality of Dharma That is Universal
6. The Spiritual Penetration That is Universal
7. The Ways & Means That is Universal
8. The Teaching of the Dharma That is Universal
9. The Reaching of Living Beings That is Universal
10. The Offering of Service That is Universal
The Door (Wen)
1. The Blockage that is Partiality
• Emptiness
• That Which is Temporary
• The Middle Way
1. The Penetration that is Totality and the True Spiritual Aspect of Reality

2. Explanation of the Prose of the Chapter

3. Explanation of the Verse of the Chapter

4. Nichiren's Oral Transmission of the Hidden Meaning (J. Ongi Kuden)

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