Fahua Yishu (法華義疏)

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Sui · by 吉藏撰

263,567 · about 879 min

The Commentary on the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra was composed by the eminent monk of the Sui Dynasty, Master Jizang. Jizang was the de facto founder of the Chinese Buddhist Three Treatise School, whose thought inherits the Madhyamaka doctrine of Nāgārjuna. This commentary is an authoritative exegesis on the *Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra* (Lotus Sutra), employing the concepts of the Two Truths and the Middle Way to elucidate the profound meaning of the One Vehicle as ultimate truth and the unification of the Three Vehicles, while refuting various heterodox interpretations. With its rigorous structure and profound doctrinal depth, this commentary centrally embodies the doctrinal classification and exegetical characteristics of the Three Treatise School. It is an important document for the study of the Lotus Sutra and Sui Dynasty Buddhist thought, having exerted a far-reaching influence on later schools such as the Tiantai School, and holds a lofty position in the history of Buddhist philosophy.