Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, October 9, 2012:

 

Admirable Nichiro, because you have read the entirety of the Lotus Sutra with both the physical and spiritual aspects of your life, you will also be able to save your father and mother, your six kinds of relatives, and all living beings. Others read the Lotus Sutra with their mouths alone, in word alone, but they do not read it with their hearts. And even if they read it with their hearts, they do not read it with their actions. It is reading the sutra with both one's body and mind that is truly praiseworthy!

Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison
Written to Chikugo-bo Nichiro on October 9, 1271