The Refutation of the Three Great Teachers Chapter9
Nichiren
Now you and I are joined together as teacher and lay supporter. But so long as you live, endowed with the sense organs and subject to the outflows of defilement,25 you must follow and obey the ruler of the nation. Thus you are going to face this present perilous situation, but I can hardly hold back my tears [thinking how your personal crisis will serve to relieve you of your past offenses].
In what future existence shall we meet again? I urge you to single-mindedly aspire to be reborn in the pure land of Eagle Peak [where we will meet]. Though your body must face the perils of the present crisis, your mind is one with the mind of the Buddha. And though in your present existence you must enter the realm of asuras, in your future existence you will without doubt dwell in the Buddha land.
With my deep respect,
Nichiren
The first day of the intercalary seventh month in the fourth year of Kōan [1281]
Reply to the lay priest Soya Jirō
Notes
25. “Outflows” refers to that which flows out from the six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind), i.e., earthly desires or illusions.