Chapter 19 extols those who embrace, read, recite, explain, and copy the Lotus Sutra—that is, those who reap the merits of the five practices of a Dharma teacher. Their abilities, both physical and mental, are said to demonstrate excellence through purification of the six organs—the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. It teaches, for example, that they can see without limit to the edge of the infinite universe, hear all the sounds throughout the ten realms, from purgatory to the buddha-land, such as sorrows, grief, fears, sufferings, pleasures, joys, and so forth. To such a person, everything in the infinite universe is alive. Such a one has complete command over all things.

This means that by entering a life of religious faith one’s previous life is dramatically transformed, the ordinary is broken through, such that extraordinary powers previously hidden may emerge. Generally speaking, this means that by observing the world extensively and objectively, and by deeply investigating the true nature of things, a self-reliant dynamism for facing the actual world will emerge. And this may lead to bringing truth to life in the actual world, freely making the best possible use of things as needed.