It is said that the water of the Yellow River becomes clear only once in a thousand years; a saint appears once in a thousand years, but a Buddha appears once in innumerable kalpa (aeons). Even though we may see the Buddha, it is difficult to meet with the Lotus SuÌ„tra. Even though we may meet with the Lotus SuÌ„tra, it is more difficult for an ordinary person in the Latter Age of Degeneration to meet a practicer of the Lotus SuÌ„tra. For the practicer who expounds the Lotus SuÌ„tra in the Latter Age of Degeneration is superior to more than twelve hundred Buddhas in the Flower Garland SuÌ„tra, the AÌ„gama suÌ„tras, the HoÌ„doÌ„ suÌ„tras, the Wisdom SuÌ„tra and the Great Sun Buddha SuÌ„tra who do not preach the Lotus SuÌ„tra. Grand Master Miao-lê explains in his Annotations on the Words and Phrases of the Lotus SuÌ„tra: “The happiness and prosperity of the person who makes offerings to the practicer of the Lotus SuÌ„tra exceed those of Buddhas, while a person who harasses the practicer will have his head broken into seven pieces.”
Nichinyo Gozen Gohenji, Response to My Lady Nichinyo, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Faith and Practice, Volume 4, Page 135-136