"Life flashes by in but a moment. No matter how many terrible enemies you may encounter, banish all fears and never think of backsliding. Even if someone were to cut off our heads with a saw, impale our bodies with lances, or shackle our feet and bore them through with a gimlet, as long as we are alive, we must keep chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Then, if we chant until the very moment of death, Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, and the Buddhas of the ten directions will come to us instantly, exactly as they promised during the ceremony at Eagle Peak."
From Gosho "On Practicing the Buddha's Teachings" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 395)
From Gosho "On Practicing the Buddha's Teachings" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 395)
