"White face powder has the power to make black lacquer as white as snow. Any color approaching Mount Sumeru takes on a golden hue. One who upholds the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra transforms the black lacquer of the evil deeds of a lifetime, and of countless kalpas of lifetimes in the past, into the great merit of good deeds. All the more so is this true of one’s good roots from the beginningless past, which all take on a golden hue."
From Gosho "The Importance of the Moment of Death" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume II, page 760)
From Gosho "The Importance of the Moment of Death" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume II, page 760)
