The “Single Moment’s Faith and Understanding”
and “Rejoicing upon First Hearing of
the Lotus Sutra” is the starting point of the “Four Stages
of Faith and Five Stages of
Practice”. This teaching is elucidated in “Discrimination
of Merits, Chapter 17 of the Lotus Sutra.
The “Four Stages of Faith” was the religion during Shakyamuni
Buddha’s lifetime for those who embraced the Lotus Sutra. The
“Five Stages of Practice” was the religion for believers
to follow after Shakyamuni Buddha’s death. |
