1. Verses in the Utsaba-parivarta 144 1.1. 144 1.2. 146 1.3. 147 1.4. 148 2. Antagonism between wilderness and village monks 149 2.1. 149 2.2. 149 2.3. 150 2.4. 151 2.5. 153 2.6. 155 2.6.1. 155 2.6.2. 155 2.6.3. 157 2.6.4. 159 2.6.5. 161 3.1. Further to the verses in the Utsaba-parivarta 162 4. Composers and holders of the Lotus Sutra assumed from other chapters 165 4.1. 165 4.2. 166 4.3. 168 4.4. 170 5. Searching for the origins of Mahayana Buddhism 171 5.1. 171 5.2. 173