The Reconstruction of HachimanShrine Chapter3
The reason is that on the twelfth day of the fourth month in the eleventh year of Bun’ei [1274], a great wind blew, a sign that there would be an attack from another land that very year. The wind is an emissary of heaven and earth. This means that when the country is ill governed, the wind blows as a gale.
Again, this year, on the twenty-eighth day of the fourth month, this gale raged. Moreover, I heard that the framework for Hachiman Shrine was set up on the twenty-sixth day of the fourth month. So there can be no doubt that the gale blew within three days of the event. If you brothers, who people say are the emissaries of the Mongols, had built Hachiman Shrine and this gale blew, people would certainly have laughed and said things.
I strongly urge you to adopt a genial attitude and avoid any appearance of ill will or resentment. Dress inconspicuously and leave your retinue behind. Don’t ride fine horses either. Be sure to carry your saw and hammer in your hands or hook them at your waist, and always wear a smile. Should you fail to follow through with even one of these points, you may not only meet with ruin in this existence, but fall into the evil paths in your next one. Never, ever, hold a grudge against the Lotus Sutra.
With my deep respect,
Nichiren
The twenty-sixth day of the fifth month
To
Tayū no Sakan
Hyōe no Sakan