Emperor Aśoka governed most of the Jambudvīpa around which the sun in the sky revolves. In the past when he was a five-year-old boy named Tokushō, he donated a rice cake made of sand. The merit of this donation caused him to be reborn in this world as a great ruler. It was not due to a special ambition of Tokushō, whose donation was a part of child’s play. Nevertheless, he was able to gain such a great reward due to the holiness of the Buddha.

This applies much more so for you who offered a donation to the Lotus Sūtra, which is far more exalted than the Buddha to whom Emperor Aśoka donated a rice cake. The difference between the two is like a star against the moon or a light against the sun. Thus your blessing is much greater than that of Emperor Aśoka.

Kubo-ama Gozen Gohenji, A Response to My Lady, the Nun of Kubo, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 7, Followers II, Page 91-92