“Letter to Jakunichi-bo”
(“Jakunichi bo-Gosho”)
The sutra states, “Just as the sunlight or the moonlight dispels the darkness, this person will practice [Myoho-Renge-Kyo] in the world and eliminate [the fundamental] darkness of all living beings.” Carefully ponder on the meaning of these words. “This person will practice [Myoho-Renge-Kyo] in the world” means that Bodhisattva Jogyo makes his advent in the first five hundred years of the Latter Day of the Law, reveals the light of the five characters of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and illuminates fundamental darkness and the darkness of earthly desires. This is exactly why Nichiren and his followers, as envoys of Bodhisattva Jogyo, have urged all the people in Japan to accept and embrace the Lotus Sutra.
(Gosho, p. 1393)