It is a great pleasure to be able to be born a human being, though difficult as it is, and moreover to encounter the teaching of the Buddha, which is difficult to come across. My body is five feet tall and my face is one foot in length. Two eyes measuring 3.5 inches (sic) wide each sit in the face. I’ve seen many things during the 60 years since I was born. Among all of them, the most delightful was when I came across the scriptural statement that the Lotus Sūtra was supreme among all the sūtras (in “The Previous Life of Medicine King Bodhisattva” chapter, et al. of the Lotus Sūtra).

Jikaku Daishi no Koto, Concerning Grand Master Jikaku, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 3, Pages 215-216.