Emerging from the Earth

"At first only Nichiren chanted Namu-myoho-renge-kyo, but then two, three, and a hundred followed, chanting and teaching others. Propagation will unfold this way in the future as well. Does this not signify “emerging from the earth”? At the time when the Law has spread far and wide, the entire Japanese nation will chant Namu-myoho-renge-kyo, as surely as an arrow aimed at the earth cannot miss the target." -- Nichiren