Just like when you are hungry and crave food, or thirsty and want water, or madly in love and eager to see someone, or you are sick and beg for medicine or just as a woman applies lipstick and makeup to further beautify herself, in the same way, be diligent in your faith in the Lotus Sutra.
If you don’t have yearning for the Buddha, you will regret it.Letter to Ueno-dono, April 20, 1278
