"An arrogant person will always be overcome with fear when meeting a strong enemy, as was the haughty asura who shrank in size and hid himself in a lotus blossom in Heat-Free Lake when re proached by Shakra. Even a word or a phrase of the correct teaching will enable one to gain the way, if it suits the time and the capacity of the people. But though one studies a thousand sutras and ten thousand treatises, one will not attain Buddhahood if these teachings are unsuitable for the time and the people's capacity."
From Gosho "Letter from Sado" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 302)
From Gosho "Letter from Sado" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 302)
