Grand Master T’ien-tai awakened to Ichinen Sanzen by practicing spiritual contemplation and insight. He may have meditated while thinking something like, “I was born from my parents. If my parents did not exist, I wouldn’t have existed. In other words, my parents are living in my life. If I trace back my family, there are immeasurable lives living in myself. Not only that but also I have been taken care by innumerable people since I was born. The meals that I ate today are great merits of many farmers’ hard labor. Because of those people, I am able to live my life today. In other words, the lives of those people also exist in my life. We are living in the world based on the culture that was created by people in the past. It means that people in the past who created the culture also live in my life. Not only human but also because of nature such as grass and trees, water and air, and the sun and land, my life has been maintained. However, people in Mappō do not have the same ability as T’ien-tai to awaken to Ichinen Sanzen. Attaining Buddhahood is limited only with Ichinen Sanzen. Following this logic, we wouldn’t be able to attain Buddhahood. With this point as his ultimate conclusion, Säkyamuni Buddha offered us the Odaimoku with his great compassion.