Letter to Niike
(Monthly Gosho Passage August 2009)
Everyone appears to believe sincerely when he first embraces the Lotus Sutra, but as time passes, he tends to become less devout; he no longer reveres nor serves the priest and arrogantly forms distorted views. This is most frightening. Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets.
(Gosho, p.1457; MW Vol.1, p.254)