"After I [the Buddha] have passed into extinction, in the last fivehundredyear period you must spread it abroad widely throughout Jambudvipa and never allow it to be cut off, nor must you allow evil devils, the devils' people, heavenly beings, dragons, yakshas, or kumbhanda demons to seize the advantage! [...] Since the sutra's prediction was not made in vain, then it is certain that all the people of Japan will chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo!"
From Gosho "On Repaying Debts of Gratitude" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, pages 736-737)
From Gosho "On Repaying Debts of Gratitude" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, pages 736-737)
