Lotus Sutra Commentary (法華經義記)

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Liang · by 法雲撰

156,743 · about 522 min

The *Fahua Jing Yiji* (Commentary on the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra), composed by Fayun, is a significant Buddhist commentary from the Liang Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period in China. The author, Fayun, was a revered monk of Guangzhai Temple and is acclaimed as one of the Three Great Dharma Masters of the Liang Dynasty. This work provides a systematic exegesis based on Kumārajīva's translation of the *Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra* (Lotus Sutra), elucidating core doctrines such as the One Vehicle of Ultimate Reality and the Unification of the Three Vehicles into the One. It further expands upon these teachings by engaging with the Buddhist intellectual currents of the Northern and Southern Dynasties era. As a representative work of early Lotus Sutra studies within Chinese Buddhism, it profoundly influenced the later doctrinal classification systems of the Tiantai school. This commentary serves as a precious textual source for the study of Buddhist doctrinal learning during the Northern and Southern Dynasties and holds an esteemed position in the history of Buddhist scriptural interpretation.