As I observe Japan today, it is just like this. Those who support this practicer receive the merit of supporting the Lotus Sūtra. Grand Master Dengyō annotated, “Those who praise the practicer of the Lotus Sūtra accumulate merit as high as Mt. Sumeru, and those who slander the practicer commit a sin as serious as falling into the Hell of Incessant Suffering.” It is said that the person who served a meal of millet to a pratyekabuddha became the Treasure Light Buddha, and the child who offered a rice cake made of mud to a Buddha became the king of this world in the past.

If a person of meritorious deeds makes an offering against the truth, his commitment would become a great evil, not a virtue. On the contrary, even if a person is foolish in mind, if he serves even a little to a true person, his merit is great. Needless to say, if a person who has a strong will serves the True Dharma, the merit gained is immeasurable. Although the world today is corrupt, and people are powerless and without leisure, because of your good will, you sent bamboo shoots to the altar of the Lotus Sūtra on Mt. Minobu. Doesn’t it seem that you planted good seeds in a fertile field? I cannot hold back my tears.

Zui-jii Gosho, The Sūtra Preached in Accordance to [the Buddha’s] Own Mind, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Faith and Practice, Volume 4, Page 161