Miaofa lianhua jing （Saddharmapundari^ka-su^tra）; "Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma "; 7 fascicles， tr. by Kuma^raji^va 鸠摩罗什 in 406 CE （The Lotus Sutra， translated into English by Leon Hurvitz and Burton Watson） T 262.9.1c-62b. One of the most popular and influential Maha^ya^na sutras in East Asia; the basis on which the Tiantai 天台 and Nichiren 日莲 sects were established. Its title is usually abbreviated to Fahua jing 法华经. This sutra is well-known for its extensive instruction on the concept and usage of expedient means 方便， mostly in the form of parables.