 It is part of the "Threefold Lotus Sutra", along with the "Lotus Sutra" and the "Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra".As such, many Mahayana Buddhists consider it the prologue to the "Lotus Sutra", and Chapter one of the "Lotus Sutra" states that the Buddha taught the Infinite Meanings just before expounding the "Lotus Sutra".For Buddhists, the term "Innumerable Meanings" or "Infinite Meanings" is used in two senses.