"Unless one who has grasped the essence of the Lotus Sutra conducts the eye-opening ceremony for a wooden or painted image, it will be as if a masterless house were to be occupied by a thief or as if, upon a person's death, a demon were to enter his body. When, in present-day Japan, eye-opening ceremonies for the Buddha images are conducted according to the Shingon rite, demons occupy them and deprive people of their lives, for a demon is also known as a "robber of life." Moreover, devils enter those images and deprive people of benefits, and another name for a devil is a "robber of benefit." -- Nichiren Daishonin (Opening the Eyes of Wooden and Painted Images)
Since Nichiren Daishonin grasped the essence of the Lotus Sutra, then it follows that his Gohonzon, original or a copy, is best.
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