Fahua Wenju

Fahua Wenju, The Words and Phrases of the Lotus, is Master Zhiyi's line-by-line commentary on the Lotus Sutra and one of the foundational works of the Tiantai Buddhist tradition.This volume presents an English translation of all ten fascicles of the Fahua Wenju, with doctrinal terminology standardized for readers of Tiantai, Tendai, Nichiren, Lotus Sutra studies, and East Asian Buddhist philosophy.Zhiyi's commentary unfolds the structure, language, and meaning of the Lotus Sutra through the Tiantai framework of the One Vehicle, the Trace and Fundamental Gates, the Threefold Truth, the Four Teachings, and the contemplative logic of the Perfect Teaching. Prepared by the Tiantai Teachings Project, this edition is intended for practitioners, students, translators, and scholars seeking direct access to Zhiyi's reading of the Lotus Sutra in English.