“In both secular and religious realms, as is plain to see, good persons are rare while evil persons are numerous. Why, then, do you insist upon despising the few and favoring the many? Dirt and sand are plentiful, but rice and other grains are rare. The bark of trees is available in great quantities, but hemp and silk fabrics are hard to come by. You should put the truth of the teaching before everything else; certainly you should not base your judgment on the number of adherents.” -- Nichiren
"Certainly you should not base your judgment on the number of adherents." -- Nichiren
Excellent! It is noteworthy to consider the evidence of "number of adherents "when one is looking directly at the execs of propagating an evil doctrine, that is to say; the spiritual decline of our society and the global unrest that puts us on the brink of self destruction!
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