During more than 2,200 years after the Buddha’s passing, not even Grand Master T’ien-t’ai, a great exponent of the Lotus Sūtra, actually experienced a passage in the Lotus Sūtra, 14th chapter on the “Peaceful Practices,” “Many people in the world will hate it and few will believe in it.” It is Nichiren alone who experienced the clear statement in the Lotus Sūtra (chapter 13, “Encouragement for Upholding This Sūtra”) that practicers of the Lotus Sūtra “will often be driven out of monasteries.” The Buddha preached in the tenth chapter, “The Teacher of the Dharma” of the Lotus Sūtra, “If in My presence any of them rejoices, even for a moment, at hearing a verse or a phrase of the Lotus Sūtra, I will assure him of his future Buddhahood.” It is I alone who receives this assurance. There is no doubt that I will attain the Perfect Enlightenment.

Shuju Onfurumai Gosho, Reminiscences: from Tatsunokuchi to Minobu, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Biography and Disciples, Volume 5, Pages 32