Scholars today … are confused with the time and capacity of people to understand and believe the teaching. As a result, some scholars spread the Hinayāna teaching, others preach the provisional Mahāyāna doctrines, while still others expound the One Vehicle doctrine of the Lotus Sūtra. They do not seem to understand the reason why the seed of Buddhahood should be planted with the five characters of the daimoku.

Soya Nyūdō-dono-gari Gosho, A Letter to Lay Priest Lord Soya, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 3, Pages 151.