"When Shakyamuni Buddha was still an ordinary mortal observing the precept against telling a lie, he had his eye plucked out, his skin stripped off, his flesh torn, his blood sucked, his bones picked dry, his children slaughtered, his wife taken from him. But during those countless kalpas, not once did he tell a lie. And when, as a result of the merit he had gained, he became a Buddha, he declared that “not a one will fail to attain Buddhahood.” That is, he taught that of those who so much as one time pronounce the words Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, not one will fail to become a Buddha."
From Gosho "Not a One Will Fail to Attain Buddhahood" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 1081)
From Gosho "Not a One Will Fail to Attain Buddhahood" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 1081)
