"Myoho-renge-kyo is likened to the lotus. [...] the lotus is the only one that bears flowers and fruit simultaneously. The benefit of all the other sutras is uncertain, because they teach that one must first make good causes and only then can one become a Buddha at some later time. With regard to the Lotus Sutra, when one’s hand takes it up, that hand immediately attains Buddhahood, and when one’s mouth chants it, that mouth is itself a Buddha"
From Gosho "Wu-lung and I-lung" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1099)
From Gosho "Wu-lung and I-lung" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1099)
