"These golden words cannot possibly be wrong: “Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,” and “If one stays close to the teachers of the Law, one will speedily gain the way of enlightenment. [...] How could the person mentioned in the “Devadatta” chapter where it says, “In the place where they are born they will constantly hear this sutra,” refer to anyone but you? The reason is that the passage just before that says, “In future ages if there are good men or good women . . .” “Good men” means the laymen who uphold the Lotus Sutra. You should exert yourself in faith all the more!"
From Gosho "On the Five Seasonal Festivals" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 375)
From Gosho "On the Five Seasonal Festivals" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 375)
