It is said in the Nirvana Sūtra, an amplification (rutsū) of the Lotus Sūtra: “The slanderers of the True Dharma in the latter age of decay are countless in number just as the soil of the entire worlds in the universe is immeasurable. Those who keep the True Dharma are few in number just like a bit of soil on a fingernail.” What should we think of this? Please think hard whether or not the people in Japan represent a bit of soil on a fingernail, and Nichiren represents the soil in the entire universe.

Kaimoku-shō, Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 2, Page 45