Both the sun and moon are still in the sky, Mt. Sumeru still exists, the tides of the sea still rises and ebbs, and four seasons come and go in order. Why is it then that no one comes to help the practicer of the Lotus? This doubt of mine grows greater and greater.

Kaimoku-shō, Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 2, Page 64