The Origin of the Service for Deceased Ancestors

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, July 12, 2012:

When I think that I will surely eradicate these karmic impediments and in the future go to the pure land of Eagle Peak, though various grave persecutions fall on me like rain and boil up like clouds, since they are for the sake of the Lotus Sutra, even these sufferings do not seem like sufferings at all.

The Origin of the Service for Deceased Ancestors
Written to Shijo Kingo on July 12, 1271