我が弟子、仰いでこれを見よ。これひとえに、日蓮が尊貴なるにあらず、法華経の御力の殊勝なるによるなり。身を挙ぐれば慢ずと想い、身を下せば経を蔑る。松高ければ藤長く、源深ければ流れ遠し。幸いなるかな、楽しいかな。穢土において喜楽を受くるは、ただ日蓮一人なるのみ。
My disciples, you should believe what I say and watch what happens. These things do not occur because I myself am respectworthy, but because the power of the Lotus Sutra is supreme. If I praise myself, people will think I am boastful,but if humble myself, they will despise the sutla. The taller the pine tree, the longer the wisteria vine hanging from it. The deeper the source, the longer the stream. How fortunate, how joyful! In this impure land, I alone enjoy happiness and delight.
