The statue of the Buddha you have erected this time is the living Buddha. Yours is exactly the same as the wooden statue made by Great King Udayana and another one erected by King Bimbisāra. I am sure that such heavenly beings as the King of the Brahma Heaven, Indra, Sun Deity, Moon Deity, and the Four Heavenly Kings will not fail to protect you and watch over you just as the shadow follows the body.

Shijō Kingo Shakabutsu Kuyō-ji, Opening the Eyes Service of Shijō Kingo’s Statue of Śākyamuni, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 6, Followers I, Page 133