So what are the practices of the Lotus Sutra? They are to keep, read, recite, expound, and copy the sutra. …

Keeping the sutra means to embrace it, to hold it in ones heart and then to manifest it in the actions of our lives. Embracing or keeping is not merely being knowledgeable and then acting contrary to the heart of the sutra, which is the equality of Buddha in all things. Reading means that we study the sutra constantly so that we deepen our faith and ability to keep the sutra. Reciting the sutra is the reading aloud or chanting of the sutra, and we do this when we perform our daily prayers. … To expound the sutra is to teach others about the Lotus Sutra, and expounding is done in two ways and they are most effective when they are in alignment, which is through our words and through our actions. Finally the last of the five practices is to copy the sutra. Copying the sutra allows it to be available to others so they can read of the great teaching contained within.