“Anyone who reads, recites or keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō, expounds Myōhō Renge Kyō to others, copies Myōhō Renge Kyō, or causes others to copy Myōhō Renge Kyō [in my lifetime,] should be considered to have already built stupas and monasteries, made offerings to the Saṃgha of Śrāvakas, praised them, praised Bodhisattvas for their merits by hundreds of thousands of billions of ways of praising, expounded Myōhō Renge Kyō to others with various stories of previous lives according to the meanings of Myōhō Renge Kyō, observed the precepts without fallacy, lived with gentle persons, practiced patience, refrained from anger, become resolute in mind, preferred sitting in dhyāna, practiced deep concentrations of mind, become strenuous and brave, practiced good teachings, become clever and wise, and answered questions satisfactorily.”
