Day 27 concludes Chapter 23, The Previous Life of Medicine-King Bodhisattva.

Having last month compared the Lotus Sūtra to all other sūtras, we learn of the saving power of the Lotus Sūtra.

“Star-King-Flower! This sūtra saves all living beings. This sūtra saves them from all sufferings, and gives them great benefits. All living beings will be able to fulfill their wishes by this sūtra just as a man who reaches a pond of fresh water when he is thirsty, just as a man who gets fire when he suffers from cold, just as a man who is given a garment when he is naked, just as a party of merchants who find a leader just as a child who meets its mother, just as a man who gets a ship when he wants to cross [a river], just as a patient who finds a physician, just as a man who is given a light in the darkness, just as a poor man who gets a treasure, just as the people of a nation who see a new king enthroned, just as a trader who reaches the seacoast. Just as a torch dispels darkness, this Sūtra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma saves all living beings from all sufferings, from all diseases, and from all the bonds of birth and death. The merits to be given to the person who, after hearing this Sūtra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma, copies it, or causes others to copy it, cannot be measured even by the wisdom of the Buddha. Neither can the merits to be given to the person who copies this sūtra and offers flowers, incense, necklaces, incense to burn, powdered incense, incense applicable to the skin, streamers, canopies, garments, and various kinds of lamps such as lamps of butter oil, oil lamps, lamps of perfumed oil, lamps of campaka oil, lamps of sumanas oil, lamps of pāṭala oil, lamps of vārṣika oil, and lamps of navamālikā oil [to the copy of this sūtra].

Nichiren writes about this chapter:

The “Medicine King Bodhisattva” chapter also preaches, “Likewise, those who uphold the Lotus Sūtra are the foremost among all sentient beings.” This means: “One who believes in the Lotus Sūtra, if one is a male regardless of his social status, he is superior to the King of the Mahabrahman Heaven, the lord of the triple world (whole world), Indra, Four Heavenly Kings, the Wheelturning Noble King, and the rulers of China and Japan, not to speak of the ministers, court nobles, warriors of the Minamoto and Taira clans, as well as all the people of Japan. If one is a female, she is superior to all women such as Lady Kauéika (wife of Indra), Kisshōtennyo, Lady Li of Han China, and Yang Kuei-fei (of T’ang China).”

Matsuno-dono Goshōsoku, Letter to Lord Matsuno, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 7, Followers II, Page 66