Daisaku Ikeda and his disciples

"As long as Buddhist scholars and their students remain unaware of this, even though they read and recite all the sutras and know the twelve types of scripture by heart, they will find it impossible to free themselves from the sufferings of birth and death. Although their prayers may seem to produce some signs at the beginning, they can never be effective enough to be heard by heaven and earth." (Kangyo Hachiman Sho, GZ-577)