"The Nirvana Sutra teaches the principle of lessening one’s karmic retribution. If one’s heavy karma from the past is not expiated within this lifetime, one must undergo the sufferings of hell in the future, but if one experiences extreme hardship in this life [because of the Lotus Sutra], the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly. And when one dies, one will obtain the blessings of the human and heavenly worlds, as well as those of the three vehicles and the one vehicle. Bodhisattva Never Disparaging was not abused and vilified, stoned and beaten with staves without reason. He had probably slandered the correct teaching in the past. "
From Gosho "Lessening One’s Karmic Retribution" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 199)
From Gosho "Lessening One’s Karmic Retribution" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 199)
