page_title: Lotus Sutra
section_title: Influence on East Asian culture
hierarchical_section_title: Lotus Sutra / Impact / Influence on East Asian culture
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Buddha Sakyamuni e Buddha Prabhutaratna in un antico dipinto cinese rinvenuto nelle Grotte di Yulin
context_page_description: The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established.
  According to British professor Paul Williams, "For many East Asian Buddhists since early times, the Lotus Sutra contains the final teaching of the Buddha, complete and sufficient for salvation."
context_section_description: The Lotus Sūtra has had a great impact on East Asian literature, art, and folklore for over 1400 years.
caption: The Buddhas Prabhūtaratna and Shakyamuni sitting side by side in the jeweled stupa; wall painting, Yulin Caves
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