It is preached in the “Teacher of the Dharma” chapter of the Lotus Sūtra, “Of all the Buddhist scriptures, the Lotus Sūtra is the foremost;” in the “Medicine King Bodhisattva” chapter, “Likewise, those who uphold this sūtra are the foremost among all sentient beings;” and in the “Teacher of the Dharma” chapter, “Those who adore the upholders of the Lotus Sūtra after the death of the Buddha will gain happiness and benefit more than those who praise the Buddha.” Grand Master Miao-lê states in his Annotations on the Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sūtra, “He who torments a preacher of the Lotus Sūtra will have his head split into seven pieces, while he who gives offering to him will gain happiness and benefit more than the ten epithets for the Buddha.” Grand Master Dengyō also states in his Effects of T’ien-t’ai on Buddhist Schools, “He who adores the Lotus Sūtra piles up happiness and benefits as high as Mt. Sumeru while he who abuses the Lotus Sūtra commits the sin of falling into the Hell of Incessant Suffering.” And the Annotations on the Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sūtra, fascicle 10, states, “The merit of a bodhisattva on the highest stage in an expedient teaching does not amount to the merit of the fiftieth person who heard the true teaching of the Lotus Sūtra orally transmitted from one person to another.”

Toki-dono Gohenji, A Reply to Lord Toki, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Followers I, Volume 6, Page 21-22