In the verses spoken by the Bodhisattva Maitreya occur the following words:

“They have ably learned the bodhisattva-way,
And are as untainted with worldly things
As the lotus flower in the water.”

These words represent the ideal way of life that the Buddha teaches us in the Lotus Sutra. We should not withdraw from society but should lead beautiful and pure lives within society. The ideal of the Lotus Sutra consists in making all society pure and beautiful. The title Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law expresses this ideal.