Fortunately, I have already been born to the human world without being misled by an evil teacher. For the sake of the Lotus Sūtra, I was sentenced to banishment to Izu, but regrettably I have not been executed yet. Hoping that such a thing will happen so that I will be executed for the sake of the Lotus Sūtra, I have exerted myself to write strongly worded letters to various people.
I am almost fifty years old, and do not know how many more years I will be able to live. I pray that I may sacrifice my body, which otherwise will be thrown away in a wild field, for the sake of the One Vehicle teaching of the Lotus Sūtra; that I may follow the examples of Young Ascetic in the Snow Mountains, who was willing to sacrifice his own life in search of the dharma, and Medicine King Bodhisattva, who burned his own arm in order to offer light to the Lotus Sūtra; and that I may live up to Kings Sen’yo and Virtuous, defenders of the True Dharma, leaving my name in future lives so that the future Buddha will mention my name when He preaches the Lotus-Nirvana Sūtras. Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō!
Kingo-dono Go-hunji, A Reply to Lord Ōta Jōmyō, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 1, Page 158-159