The “Teacher of the Dharma” chapter in the fourth fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra also states: “Bodhisattva Medicine-King, I am telling you that the Lotus Sūtra is the best of all the sūtras I have preached.” In the chapter on “Peaceful Practices” in the fifth fascicle, it declares: “Mañjuśrī, the Lotus Sūtra is the secret storehouse of all Buddhas. It is supreme of all sūtras.” The “Medicine-King Bodhisattva” chapter in the seventh fascicle states: “This Lotus Sūtra is supreme of all the sūtras” and “It is most brilliant and revered.”

These statements in the sūtra are not my own creation. They are the true words of the Buddha; there cannot be any mistake about them.

Ueno-dono Haha-ama Gozen Gohenji, A Response to My Lady the Nun, Mother of Lord Ueno, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Faith and Practice, Volume 4, Page 178