Editing Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (section)

=== Exegesis ===
According to Tiantai [[Zhiyi]] and [[Nichiren]], each of the words of the Lotus Sutra's title has a specific meaning:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nichiren |title=Gosho: The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra |url=https://nichiren.info/gosho/DaimokuLotusSutra.htm |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=nichiren.info}}</ref><ref name=":15">Rhodes, Robert F. (2016). [https://otani.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/10566/files/11_Robert%20F.%20Rhodes.pdf Tiantai Hermeneutics: Zhiyi's Interpretation of the Lotus Sutra Presented in the Miaofa lianhua jing xuanyi]. In ''The Buddha's Words and Their Interpretations,'' ed. Takami Inoue and Imre Hamar, 139–153. Kyoto: The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University.</ref><ref name=":19">Kantor, Hans-Rudolf (2020). [https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/260157/1/asia_2019_0008.pdf Tiantai Buddhist elaborations on the hidden and visible]. ''Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques'', 74(4):883-910. DOI: <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1515/asia-2019-0008</nowiki></ref> 

* '''Myōhō (Sublime Dharma):''' Zhiyi's ''Profound Meaning of Lotus Sutra (Fahua Xuan-yi)'' says that the term "sublime" (miao 妙) refers to [[Dharmakāya|ultimate reality itself]], i.e. [[Tathātā|Suchness]], which is the perfect interfusion of [[Zhiyi#Threefold Truth and Threefold Contemplation|the three truths]]. For Zhiyi, the "sublime"  teaching is all-encompassing, integrating all teachings within it, and indeed, all phenomena ([[Abhidharma|dharmas]]). Nichiren understands '''Myō''' to mean "opening", "revealing", "to open": He quotes the ''Lotus Sutra'' which says, "This sutra opens the door of [[Upaya|expedient teachings]] and reveals the true aspect of reality." Nichiren says this means the sutra is like the key to a great treasure storehouse ([[Buddhahood]] itself). He also says it means "perfection" since it is the perfect and supreme teaching of the Buddha.
* '''Renge (Lotus Flower):''' The white lotus flower ([[Nelumbo nucifera]]) symbolically represents the supreme [[Dharma]]. Zhiyi sees the term "lotus flower" as an [[Allegorical|allegory]] for the relationship between the relative [[Yana (Buddhism)|three vehicles]] and the ultimate [[Ekayāna|One Vehicle]]. Just like the flower blossom exists for the sake of the fruit, the relative teachings of the three vehicles exist only because of the One Vehicle. Similarly, the sutra's trace teaching of [[Upaya|skillful means]] exists because of its origin teaching (the Buddha's infinite lifespan). Thus, the term "lotus flower" symbolizes the entire teaching of the sutra.<ref>Hurvitz, L. “Chih-i (538–597): An Introduction to the Life and Ideas of a Chinese Buddhist Monk,” Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques 12 (1960–1962): 209.</ref>
* '''Kyō (Sutra):''' "[[Sutra]]" literally means "thread" (cf. [[Surgical suture|suture]]), and refers to all the teachings of the Buddha. Nichiren writes: "Within this single character '''Kyō''' are contained all the sutras in the entire universe. It is like the wish-granting jewel that contains within it all manner of treasures, or the vastness of space that encompasses all phenomena."