opening the provisional and revealing the true ［開権顕実］ ( kaigon-kenjitsu): Also, “opening the provisional teachings and revealing the true teaching,” “discarding the provisional and revealing the true,” or the “replacement of the provisional teachings with the true teaching.” A reference to the doctrine of opening expedient or provisional teachings and revealing the true teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which is set forth in the theoretical teaching (first half) of the sutra. The “Teacher of the Law” (tenth) chapter says, “This sutra opens the gate of expedient means and shows the form of true reality.” Depending on what is indicated by “expedient means” or provisional teaching, this principle can mean that persons of the two vehicles who were denied attainment of Buddhahood in the provisional teachings can attain Buddhahood in the Lotus Sutra; that the sutra opens the three vehicles and reveals the one Buddha vehicle; and that, while the provisional teachings state that the Ten Worlds are distinct and separate, the Lotus Sutra reveals the mutual possession of the Ten Worlds. These principles are expounded in the theoretical teaching.