A calf begotten by an ox king will become an ox king; it will never become a lion king. A cub sired by a lion king will become a lion king; it will never become a human king or heavenly king. Now the votaries of the Lotus Sutra are the children of Shakyamuni Buddha, as the sutra states, "The living beings in it are all my children." It is not difficult for them to become kings of the Law just as Shakyamuni Buddha did.
Letter to Nichimyo Shonin.
In a kindling fire, three things are needed: a good piece of steel, a good flint, and good tinder. The same is true of prayer. Three things are required - a good teacher, a good believer and a good teaching - before prayers can be effective and disasters banished from the land.
How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra (WND, 880).
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