Myoho Renge Kyo expounds two very special concepts, unique to its teachings:

1. that all beings can become enlightened just as the Buddha, and
2. that the Buddha’s enlightenment is not something that simply occurred historically under the Bodhi tree when he was 30 years old, but has always existed since the infinite past and is eternal.

The Lotus Sutra, therefore, represents not only the culmination and completion, but indeed, the very essence and nature behind all the Buddha’s teaching.