I heard that your elder brother, Ikegami Munenaka, was recently disowned again by your father. I told your wife when she was here in Minobu, “Lord Ikegami Munenaka is certain to be disowned again. When this happens I am not sure how it will effect Lord Munenaga, so you, as the wife of Munenaga, must have a firm faith.” I am afraid that you will give up your faith in the Lotus Sūtra. I do not intend to reproach you at all if you lose your faith. However, do not bear a grudge against me, Nichiren, for falling into hell, as I do not know what to do for you then. It is true that a bale of karukaya grass saved for 1,000 years burns to ashes in a flash and the merits of achievement gained in one hundred years can be wasted in one word.

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