Śākyamuni Buddha predicted in the Nirvana Sūtra the condition of the world in the Latter Age: “Slanderers of the True Dharma will be as numerous as particles of the great earth while those who uphold the True Dharma will be as small in number as particles of the soil on a fingernail.” How true these words of Śākyamuni Buddha are! The present condition of Japan is exactly as predicted by the Buddha.

Ha Ryōkan-tō Gosho, A Letter Refuting Ryōkan-bō and Others, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 5, Page 60