"Nichiren alone took the lead in carrying out the task of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. He may even be one of them. If Nichiren is to be counted among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, then so must his disciples and lay supporters. The sutra states: “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. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One’s work.” Who else but us can this possibly refer to?"
From Gosho "The True Aspect of All Phenomena" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 385)
From Gosho "The True Aspect of All Phenomena" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 385)
