The good men or women who keep, read, recite expound or copy Myōhō Renge Kyō after my extinction, will be able to obtain twelve hundred merits of the mind. When they hear even a gāthā or a phrase of Myōhō Renge Kyō with their pure minds, they will be able to understand the innumerable meanings of Myōhō Renge Kyō. When they understand the meanings of Myōhō Renge Kyō and expound even a phrase or a gāthā of Myōhō Renge Kyō for a month, four months, or a year, their teachings will be consistent with the meanings of Myōhō Renge Kyō, and not against the reality of all things.
