"My disciples, you should believe what I say and watch what happens. These things do not occur because I myself am respectworthy, but because the power of the Lotus Sutra is supreme. If I praise myself, people will think that I am boastful, but if I humble myself, they will despise the sutra. The taller the pine tree, the longer the wisteria vine hanging from it. The deeper the source, the longer the stream. How fortunate, how joyful! In this impure land, I alone enjoy happiness and delight."
From Gosho "A Sage Perceives the Three Existences of Life" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 642)
From Gosho "A Sage Perceives the Three Existences of Life" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 642)
