Nobody believes in me, Nichiren, who is saying that it was Grand Master Dengyō alone who read the Lotus Sūtra correctly some 700 years after the introduction of Buddhism to Japan. It is stated, however, in the Lotus Sūtra: “It is not difficult to grab Mt. Sumeru, the highest peak in the world, and throw it over to any of those numerous Buddha lands, but is difficult to preach this Lotus Sūtra in this decadent world after the death of the Buddha.” My stubborn insistence is matched by the sūtra.

Kaimoku-shō, Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 2, Page 45