Although the time is ripe for the Lotus Sūtra to convert everyone, teachers who propagate it are ordinary teachers while their disciples are wicked and sickened by the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance. They avoid teachers who preach the True Dharma, befriending teachers who preach false dharma. Is it not natural then that he who practices the Lotus Sūtra, the true teaching of the Buddha, and his disciples and lay followers are persecuted more severely by the three kinds of enemies?

Nyosetsu Shugyō-shō, True Way of Practicing the Teaching of the Buddha, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Faith and Practice, Volume 4, Page 82