Gosho-P10- Selection of the Time

In closing this letter, Nichiren reiterates from the texts of Shakyamuni's teachings the relative position of various schools and leaders and the supreme position of the Lotus Sutra as the culminating and in fact the actual goal of the Buddha's teaching or Dharma. Nichiren points to quotes from the Lotus that indicate ordinary people with no scholarship in Buddhism who fervently practice the Lotus teachings of MyoHoRenGeKyo as the one vehicle path to Buddhahood are in fact superior in knowledge and practice than all the Bodhisattvas and leaders of temples and schools that do not recognize the lotus teachings as preeminent.