With gratitude, I have received a piece of cloth for a clerical robe and an unlined kimono.

In ancient times there lived a nun named Sembyaku in India, who is said to have been born with her clothes on. As she grew up, it is said, her clothes too, grew in size, and when she became a Buddhist nun, her clothes were transformed into her clerical robe. As she attended a lecture meeting of the Lotus Sūtra, she was ultimately guaranteed to become a Buddha named the Gladly Seen by All Beings Buddha. Moreover, it is preached in the “Teacher of the Dharma” chapter of the Lotus Sūtra that he who spreads the Lotus Sūtra should wear the “robe of compassion and endurance,” namely he should have the gentle mind of compassion as well as the strong mind of perseverance.

Onkoromo narabini Hitoe Gosho, Thank-you Note for a Clerical Robe and an Unlined Kimono, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 6, Followers I, Page 8