Now it seems your father, Lord Ikegami Yasumitsu, has become an enemy of the Lotus Sūtra while your elder brother, Lord Ikegami Munenaka, has become a practicer of the Lotus Sūtra. You will probably take your father’s side, considering the reality in life, and the disillusioned will praise you.

Taira no Munemori followed the evil acts of his father, Lay Priest Kiyomori, and was beheaded in the end at Shinohara. His elder brother Shigemori, on the other hand, did not follow his father and passed away before his father. Which of the two do you think was a filial son? If you follow your father, who has now become an enemy of the Lotus Sūtra, and abandon your elder brother, practicer of the One Vehicle teaching of the Lotus Sūtra, will you become a filial son in the true sense of the word? In the final analysis, make up your mind to accomplish the Buddhist Way just as your elder brother did.

Hyōesakan-dono Gohenji, Answer to Lord Ikegami Munenaga, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Followers I, Volume 6, Page 92