This second chapter of the Lotus Sūtra represents the Buddha as declaring, “I will now definitely expound the truth” and “having openly set aside skillful means, I will teach only the highest path.” These statements, together with the passage from the Lotus Sūtra’s introductory scripture, Sūtra of Immeasurable Meanings — “For more than forty years I have expounded the dharma in all manner of ways through adeptness in skillful means, but the core truth has still not been revealed” — constituted for Nichiren significant proof that the Lotus Sūtra superseded all prior, provisional teachings. They were, he said, like a great wind scattering dark clouds, the full moon appearing in the heavens, or the orb of the sun blazing in the blue sky, revealing the possibility of buddhahood for all.