"All those who consider themselves my disciples should know that now is the time for the four bodhisattvas to appear. Therefore, even if it should cost you your lives, you must never discard your faith. Toki, Saburo Saemon-no-jo, Kawanobe, Acharya Yamato, and the rest of you, gentlemen and priests, should read this letter to one another and listen. In this defiled age, you should always talk together and never cease to pray for your next life."
From Gosho "The Votary of the Lotus Sutra" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 449)
From Gosho "The Votary of the Lotus Sutra" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 449)