[In the Shodaigyo practice], Kie is recited: “With this Body, Until I attain Buddhahood, I will uphold my faith in the Lotus Sutra.”

This brief, but heartfelt, pledge profoundly expresses the following silent vow:

“We vow to attain the supreme life of Buddha just as we are, even though our circumstances are that of a common mortal. Though we may transmigrate throughout eternity, we will nonetheless continue to bear possession of this Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō and nothing more. Though unworthy of such, our wish is to live in the realm of the Buddha with the Buddha, that is to become a Buddha ourselves. As we can only achieve this aspiration through the five and seven characters of Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, we sincerely renew this vow but once again.”