[T]he lotus flowers, the namesake of the Lotus Sūtra, are the greatest of the panaceas. An evil king Virūḍhaka in ancient India murdered more than 500 women who were close to the Buddha. The Buddha sent his disciple Ānanda to Mt. Himalaya to get a blue lotus flower, with which He touched the murdered women, thereby they were resuscitated and reborn in the Trāyastriṃsá Heaven seven days later. The lotus flowers are so wonderful that the Buddha likened them to the Wonderful Dharma.

Myōshin-ama Gozen Gohenji, A Response to My Lady, the Nun Myōshin Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 7, Followers II, Pages 103

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