"[...] a single word of this Lotus Sutra is as precious as a wish-granting jewel, and a single phrase is the seed of all Buddhas. We may leave aside the question of whether Shakyamuni’s listeners at that point possessed the capacity to understand such doctrines or not. The fact is that the time had come for him to preach them. As the sutra says, “Now is the very time when I must decisively preach the great vehicle.”"
From Gosho "The Selection of the Time" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 539)
From Gosho "The Selection of the Time" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 539)
