Grand Master T’ien-t’ai interprets the five Chinese characters of myō, hō, ren, ge, and kyō in his Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sūtra, 10 fascicles. The first fascicle of this Profound Meaning roughly explains the general meaning of the five characters while the six fascicles from the second to the seventh fascicles explain in detail the one character of myō. The eighth and ninth fascicles interpret the three characters of hō, ren, and ge, and the last fascicle expounds the one character of kyō. T’ien-t’ai thus maintains that the one character of kyō is equipped with all the Buddhist scriptures such as the Flower Garland Sūtra, Āgama sūtras, Hōdō sūtras, Wisdom Sūtra, and Nirvana Sūtra. The two characters of myō and hō, according to the Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sūtra, are equipped with the doctrines of “100 realms and 1,000 aspects of existence” and the equality of mind, Buddha, and sentient beings. The Great Concentration and Insight in ten fascicles states that the doctrines of “3,000 existences contained in one thought,” “100 realms and 1,000 aspects of existence,” “3,000 modes of existence,” and “equality of mind, Buddha, and sentient beings” are contained in the two characters of myō and hō. Namely, this writing maintains that everything including the causes and effects of all Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and those in the ten realms, and insentient beings such as grasses, plants, tiles, and pebbles are included in the two characters of myō and hō without exception.

Shō Hokke Daimoku-shō, Treastise on Chanting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sūtra, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Faith and Practice, Volume 4, Page 20