There are seventy states in India, all of which are included in the name of India. Sixty-six provinces of Japan are included in the name of Japan. The name of India includes seventy states in India and all the things in them such as people, cattle, and treasures. The name of Japan includes sixty-six provinces, wings of eagles donated from Dewa Province, gold dug out in Mutsu Province and all the treasures, human beings, cattle as well as Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Through heavenly eyes we can see in the two Chinese characters for Japan sixty-six provinces, treasures as well as human beings and cattle. Through dharma eyes we can even see human beings and cattle being born and dying here and there. Just as we can recognize the body of a man by hearing his voice, the size of an elephant by looking at its footprints, the size of a pond by seeing lotus flowers in it, the size of a dragon by seeing the rain it caused, a portion includes the whole in everything.

The title of the Āgama sūtras seem to contain everything in it, but it has only one Śākyamuni Buddha of Hinayāna Buddhism and not any other Buddha. Such sūtras as the Flower Garland Sūtra, the Sūtra of Meditation on the Buddha of Infinite Life, and the Great Sun Buddha Sūtra seem to contain everything, but they have no Eternal Śākyamuni Buddha who has attained Enlightenment in the eternal past and the doctrine of the Two Vehicles (śrāvaka and pratyekabuddha) attaining Buddhahood. These sūtras are like flowers without fruits, thunder without rain, drum without sound, eyes with out sight, women without children, and men without life or spirit.

Hōon-jō, Essay on Gratitude, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 3, Pages 52-53.