[W]e all live in a world of relativity. We cannot ignore the fact that different opinions and different understandings of the world have always existed. According to the Lotus Sutra, this diversity of opinions should be appreciated and understood as valid steps we are taking on the road to the human ideal of the ultimate truth and ultimate value. For example, we often see conflicting theories in scientific research programs. Since each theory has good reasons behind it, it may be called a truth at that particular stage. But these various hypotheses must lie within the process leading to that truth.