"Though I might be offered the rulership of Japan if I would only abandon the Lotus Sutra, accept the teachings of the Meditation Sutra, and look forward to rebirth in the Pure Land, [...] whatever obstacles I might encounter, so long as persons of wisdom do not prove my teachings to be false, I will never yield! All other troubles are no more to me than dust before the wind. I will be the pillar of Japan. I will be the eyes of Japan. I will be the great ship of Japan. This is my vow, and I will never forsake it!"
From Gosho "The Opening of the Eyes" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 280-281)
From Gosho "The Opening of the Eyes" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 280-281)
