On Prayer

Daily Wisdom
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, July 5, 2012:

It is a rare thing to be born as a human being. And if, having been born as such, you do not do your best to distinguish between the correct doctrine and the incorrect so that in the future you may attain Buddhahood, then you are certainly not fulfilling your true worth as a human being.

On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in September 1272