All too often we forget that because we live in this time, an age so far removed from Shakyamuni Buddha, that somehow we are unable to have a connection to the Buddha. We may sometimes think it is beyond our capacity to understand the Buddha or to understand this Lotus Sutra. Yet simply by our protection of the sutra, our daily practice and praise of the sutra and our genuine efforts to share this sutra with others we are automatically in the presence of Many Treasures Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha and all the other Buddhas and replica Buddhas. You all have heard me say something like this many times, and I can’t stress enough how true this is and how important this promise is.