stage of hearing the name and words of the truth ［名字即］ ( myōji-soku): The second of the six stages of practice, stages in the practice of the Lotus Sutra formulated by T’ien-t’ai (538–597). The stage at which one hears the name of the truth (i.e., one hears a Buddhist term for the ultimate reality such as “the true aspect of all phenomena”) and/or reads the words of the sutras and thereby understands intellectually that all beings are potential Buddhas and that all phenomena are manifestations of the universal Law. See also six stages of practice.