"Bodhisattva Never Disparaging of old said that all people have the Buddha nature and that, if they embrace the Lotus Sutra, they will never fail to attain Buddhahood. He further stated that to slight a person is to slight the Buddha himself. Thus, his practice was to revere all people. He revered even those who did not embrace the Lotus Sutra because they too had the Buddha nature and might someday believe in the sutra. Therefore, it is all the more natural to revere those priests and lay people who do embrace the sutra."
From Gosho "The Fourteen Slanders" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 756)
From Gosho "The Fourteen Slanders" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 756)
