When we dedicate our lives to kosen-rufu, overcoming painful suffering and perseveringin faith, we, too, can actualize the principle of casting off the transient and revealing the true. As ordinary people, we can bring forth the same life state of Buddhahood as Nichiren Daishonin.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 155
Daisaku Ikeda