Teaching of mercy and equality, establish the way of salvation of the public
There exists and many interpretations including an opinion that Zhiyi(Tiantai) in China about 28 chapters of the Lotus Sutra. It is introduce divided into 3 parts largely in here. Vol.1 is Chap1.Introduction Idea of one Buddha vehicle and Chap2.Expedient Means focus on the bestowal of the Śrāvaka to Chap.9 Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts. Vol.2 is about Bodhisattvas of the Earth Emerge and Shakyamuni Buddha of far away from Chap.10 The Teacher of the Law to Chap.22 Entrustment. Vol.3 is from Chap.23 Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King to Chap.28 Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy.
※In general 28 chapters of the Lotus Sutra made up of eight books, but something is arranged in seven books.
Introduction
Expedient Means
Simile and Parable
The parable of the three carts and the burning house
Belief and Understanding
The parable of the wealthy man and his poor son
The Parable of the Medicinal Herbs
The parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees
Bestowal of Prophecy
The Parable of the Phantom City
The parable of the phantom city and the treasure land
Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples
The parable of the jewel in the robe
Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts
The Teacher of the Law
The Emergence of the Treasure Tower
Devadatta
Encouraging Devotion
Peaceful Practices
The parable of the bright jewel in the topknot
Emerging from the Earth
The Life Span of the Thus Come One
The parable of the skilled physician and his sick children
Distinctions in Benefits
The Benefits of Responding with Joy
Benefits of the Teacher of the Law
The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging
Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One
Entrustment
Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King
The Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound
The Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
Dharani
Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment
Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy