Let me say this again: Without the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, we would be left today in the 21st Century with only a dead Buddha and a bunch of old historical documents. It would be as if we were stranded on a deserted island with no means to reach any other place, knowing that there once was some place better. The Lotus Sutra shows us not only that there was a Buddha, but, more important, there still is a Buddha if we only look for it. And the place to begin that search is in the Lotus Sutra itself. We have a clue to a buried and forgotten treasure, and we have a map to show us the location.