It is said that the water of the Yellow River becomes clear only once in a thousand years; a saint appears once in a thousand years, but a Buddha appears once in innumerable kalpa (aeons). Even though we may see the Buddha, it is difficult to meet with the Lotus Sūtra. Even though we may meet with the Lotus Sūtra, it is more difficult for an ordinary person in the Latter Age of Degeneration to meet a practicer of the Lotus Sūtra. For the practicer who expounds the Lotus Sūtra in the Latter Age of Degeneration is superior to more than twelve hundred Buddhas in the Flower Garland Sūtra, the Āgama sūtras, the Hōdō sūtras, the Wisdom Sūtra and the Great Sun Buddha Sūtra who do not preach the Lotus Sūtra. Grand Master Miao-lê explains in his Annotations on the Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sūtra: “The happiness and prosperity of the person who makes offerings to the practicer of the Lotus Sūtra exceed those of Buddhas, while a person who harasses the practicer will have his head broken into seven pieces.”

Nichinyo Gozen Gohenji, Response to My Lady Nichinyo, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Faith and Practice, Volume 4, Page 135-136