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The Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on the Lotus Samādhi (佛說法華三昧經) presents the Lotus teaching not as doctrine alone, but as a direct meditative realization. Rather than expounding the Lotus Sūtra through parables or cosmology, this text reveals the inner samādhi from which the Lotus vision itself arises.

Set on Vulture Peak, the sutra unfolds through dramatic transformations, dialogues, and reversals of expectation. The Buddha enters a profound absorption, radiating light that fills countless worlds. When he reappears, he explains that this absorption is the Lotus Samādhi (法華三昧) — a mode of awareness in which all distinctions dissolve without negating the world.

At the heart of the text is a simple but radical insight:
the Lotus is not merely taught —
it is entered.

To dwell in the Lotus Samādhi is to see that all dharmas are empty, dreamlike, and non-abiding, yet fully capable of liberating beings. Practice and non-practice, purity and defilement, male and female, saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are all shown to be provisional designations within a single, unobstructed field of wisdom.

Several core themes recur throughout the sutra:

• Samādhi as realization — the Lotus is known through absorption, not belief
• Non-abiding wisdom — acting fully without taking any position
• Emptiness in motion — phenomena arise and function without fixed essence
• Sudden insight — awakening occurs through direct seeing, not gradual accumulation
• Universal accessibility — realization is not limited by form, status, or identity

A striking feature of the text is the role of female practitioners, especially the bodhisattva 利行 (Lìxíng), whose insight repeatedly surpasses that of senior disciples. Through her exchanges with Śāriputra and others, the sutra dismantles attachment to gender, hierarchy, and conceptual authority, revealing wisdom as independent of form.

The name 法華三昧 — “Lotus Samādhi” — points to the sutra’s central message: when the mind is settled in non-grasping clarity, every phenomenon becomes a Lotus teaching, and every moment an expression of the One Vehicle.

The 佛說法華三昧經 thus serves as a meditative key to the Lotus tradition. It shows that the Lotus Sūtra is not only to be read or revered, but to be entered, embodied, and lived — as a way of seeing that unifies wisdom, compassion, and fearless engagement with the world.

Dedication: To the joy and wisdom of Kris and his family

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Source: CBETA Taishō Canon T0269 — 佛說法華三昧經
Produced by: The Dharma × Tech Foundation