Contemplating on these, I am convinced that ordinary people in the Latter Age of Degeneration commit sins more or less. Whether or not such a man can reach Buddhahood depends on not how serious his sin is but whether or not he believes in the Lotus Sūtra. As a member of a warrior family you are always faced with killing people, which is firmly prohibited in Buddhism. It makes you an evil man. If you cannot leave your family and escape from society, how can you avoid falling into the three evil realms such as hell? You had better think about it carefully.

The Lotus Sūtra preaches that ordinary people with sins and illusions can attain Buddhahood. Therefore, you too, can attain Buddhahood without changing yourself as an ordinary and evil person. T’ien-t’ai says in his Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sūtra, “Sūtras preached before the Lotus Sūtra guarantee virtuous persons to obtain Buddhahood but not evil persons; however, both virtuous and evil persons are guaranteed to attain Buddhahood in the Lotus Sūtra.” Miao lê states in his Annotations on the Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sūtra, “The perfect teaching of the Lotus Sūtra explains that the reverse can be the order as it is, but the other three teachings (piṭaka, common and distinct teachings) maintain that the reverse is the reverse, and the order is the order, clearly separating the virtuous from the evil.” You should think hard of their meaning.

Hakii Saburō-dono Go-henji, A Response to Lord Hakii Saburō, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 2, Page 188-189