Many sutras other than this one contain excellent teachings for Bodhisattvas of great ability and “hearers” who abandon the world and join monastic brotherhoods or sisterhoods. However, such sutras are not suitable for ordinary people like us who have no special vocation or ability. The Lotus Sutra is suitable not only for great Bodhisattvas and ascetic Sravakas, as we might expect. This is for ordinary people who have no special abilities. This is the one Sutra with the power to save everyone.
Introduction to the Lotus Sutrathe Teaching of Equality