[T]hose who keep all the passages of Myōhō Renge Kyō and make various offerings to Myōhō Renge Kyō [are great Bodhisattvas]. Medicine King, know this! They should be considered to have given up the rewards of their pure karmas and appeared in the evil world after my extinction in order to expound Myōhō Renge Kyō out of their compassion towards all living beings.
