法華經=Lotus Sūtra; 教化=Preaching; 權實=Expedient Means and Ttrue Reality; 本迹=Original and Traces; 弘經三軌=Three Principles in Dharma propagation; 四安樂行=Four Means of Attaining Peace
Sakyamuni Buddha preaches Lotus Sūtra for teaching the bodhisattva paths. The focus of Lotus Sūtra is the methods of preaching. The preaching methods taught in Lotus Sūtra are demonstrations of expedient means through teaching the Dharma according to the learner's aptitude. The establishment of“ Two Aspects of Original and Derivative”(本迹二門, ben ji er men) indicates ways to guide sentient beings to the Way according to their capacities.“The thought of Revealing and Unity”(開會思想, kai hui si xiang) is illustrated by demonstration from expedient means to true reality as stated in Lotus Sūtra “straight forward and even forgo the expediency, hence proceed to divulge forthright the Supreme Way”. According to the capacity of sentient beings, three rounds in the explanation of the dharma and the seven parables were illustrated in Lotus Sūtra to guide sentient beings into the Buddha's Way. This research examines the“Three Principles in Dharma propagation”(弘經三軌, hong jing san gui) in terms of the preaching methods of Dharma propagators, as well as the self-refining“Four Means in Attaining Peace”(四安樂行, si an le xing), as both provide guidance to cultivators in the Age of the end of Dharma. Moreover, this paper explores the application of the above preaching principles, to contemporary Humanistic Buddhism Dharma Propagators, as expedient means in Dharma propagation; these principles also establish the standards for self-cultivation. Dharma Propagators of Humanistic Buddhism associate the Four Means of Attaining Peace and“Three Principles in Dharma Propagation”with Venerable Master Hsing Yun's advocacy of “Three Acts of Goodness and Buddha's Light Verse ”as the standard for cultivation.
