四条金吾殿御返事(石虎将軍御書)
General Stone Tiger
Reply to Shijō Kingo
弘安元年閏十月一日 五十七歳御作
October 22, 1278, an Intercalary Month(Age: 57)
法華経の御信心強盛なれば大難もかねて消え候か。
Your resolute faith in the Lotus Sutra has forestalled great dangers before they could begin.
If one’s faith in the Lotus Sutra is firm and strong, great hardships and obstacles will disappear.
是につけても能く能く御信心あるべし。
Realizing this, you must strengthen your faith more than ever.
Thus, one resolutely must strive further in one’s practice.
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