"Since the remotest past up until now, you have merely suffered in vain the pains of countless existences. Why do you not, if only this once, try planting the wonderful seeds that lead to eternal and unchanging Buddhahood? Though at present you may taste only a tiny fraction of the everlasting joys that await you in the future, surely you should not spend your time thoughtlessly coveting worldly fame and profit, which are as fleeting as a bolt of lightning or the morning dew. [...] Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world."
From Gosho "Embracing the Lotus Sutra" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 64)
From Gosho "Embracing the Lotus Sutra" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 64)
