Nichiren, summarizing his own view of the essential difference between the Lotus Sutra and all others, states, “The provisional sutras expound the Dharma in fragments. They do not teach it in its entirety as the Lotus Sutra does.” He held, along with Tendai tradition, that the Lotus Sutra not only surpasses all other Buddhist teachings but encompasses their partial truths within itself. Or conversely stated, the other teachings accurately reflect the truth only when based on the premise of the One Buddha Vehicle revealed in the Lotus Sutra.