Nothing is more fearsome in a human being than disloyalty. Since your elder brother and your younger brother have of their own accord become enemies of the Lotus Sutra, and cut themselves off from you, they are the disloyal ones, and you are not to blame. But failing to protect their wives will certainly be seen as disloyalty. If your fief is enlarged, provide for them out of your own stores, sparing no effort to support them. So long as you do this, your deceased parents will protect you without fail, and Nichiren’s prayers will be answered at last. No matter how much your brothers’ wives may be to blame, pretend not to notice. In view of this situation, it appears to me that, if you simply conduct yourself as I have advised, your lands will be increased still further and people’s trust in you will be restored.
As I have often mentioned before, it is said that, where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward. Your fellow samurai all slandered you to your lord, and he also has wondered if it was true, but because you have for some years now honestly maintained a strong desire for your lord’s welfare in his next life, you received a blessing like this. This is just the beginning; be confident that the great reward also is sure to come.
Again, you must be on good terms with those who believe in this teaching, neither seeing, hearing, nor pointing out anything about them that may displease you. Calmly continue to offer prayers. What I mentioned above is not a matter of personal opinion. I have extracted and written down the main points of the three thousand volumes of non-Buddhist writings and the five thousand volumes of Buddhist scriptures.
Source: Writings of Nichiren Daishonin -1, Pg. 907
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