Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna comments: “It is possible for an excellent physician to turn deadly poison into medicine.” Grand Master Miao-lê states: “How can we find the land of eternally tranquil light outside Buddhagayā in this Sahā world? There is no pure land anywhere except in the Sahā world.” He also declares: “Reality is certainly the true entity of all phenomena; the true entity of all phenomena is certainly the true entity of ten factors of life; the ten factors of life are certainly seen in all phenomena of ten realms; and the ten realms certainly exist in our body and land where we live.” The second chapter of the Lotus Sūtra affirms: “No one but the Buddha can see the true entity of all phenomena, that is, appearance, nature, substance, power, function, primary and the secondary causes, main and environmental effects, and their consistency from the beginning to the end.” The sixteenth chapter of the Lotus Sutra, “The Duration of the Life of the Buddha,” asserts: “Innumerable aeons have passed since I attained Buddhahood.” “I” in this sūtra means “we” in the ten realms. We live in the pure land because we are Buddhas who live in the ten realms. The second chapter of the Lotus Sūtra observes, “This is the abode of the Dharma and the position of the Law. The reality of the world is permanent as it is.” This means that both life and death are everlasting. By the laws of this world, matters of life or death are unchangeable through past, present, and future. This is nothing to lament or to be surprised about. The character “sō” (appearance) means “hassā” (eight phases in the life of a Buddha), which cannot exist without the two characters for life and death. Therefore, practicers of the Lotus Sūtra who realize this important doctrine immediately attain Buddhahood with the present body.

Ueno-dono Goke-ama Go-henji, A Response to the Nun, Widow of Lord Ueno, Nyonin Gosho, Letters Addressed to Female Followers, Page 52-54