Letter to Jakunichi-bo

(Monthly Gosho Passage May 2008)

It is extremely rare to be born as a human being.  Not only are you endowed with human life, but you have had the rare fortune to encounter Buddhism.  Moreover, out of the Buddha's many teachings, you have found the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra and become its votary.  Truly you have served tens of billions of Buddhas in your past existences!

(MW1-235)