"A passage from the “Teacher of the Law” chapter reads: “If one of these good men or good women [in the time after I have passed into extinction is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that] he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One.” [...] You are already a lay practitioner and therefore one of the “good men” described in the sutra. One who listens to even a sentence or phrase of the sutra and cherishes it deep in one’s heart may be likened to a ship that crosses the sea of the sufferings of birth and death. "
From Gosho "A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 33)
From Gosho "A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 33)
