Śākyamuni Buddha declared that, although the scriptures preached during the first forty years or so are as numerous as sands of the Ganges River, they did not reveal the truth, which would be explained in the Lotus Sūtra during the following eight years. At the moment the Buddha of Many Treasures emerged from the earth and attested it all to the truth. Then various Buddhas in manifestation (funjin) came crowding together from various worlds in the universe attesting it to be true and rejoicing by touching the Brahma Heaven with their long, wide tongues. The meaning of these words in the Lotus Sūtra is shiningly clear – brighter than the sun in the blue sky and the full moon at midnight. Look up and put your faith in it. Prostrate yourself before it and think hard about it.

Kaimoku-shō, Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 2, Page 34