(Sastra text.)
Myō-hō-kyō-riki-soku-shin-jō-butsu!
Even this body [of flesh] by the virtue of the Sutra of the Excellent Law, enters into Buddhahood.
II.—Sotoba of the Nichiren Sect.
(Invocation.)
Hail to the Sutra of the Lotos of the Good Law!
(Commemorative text.)
The rite of feeding the hungry spirits having been fulfilled, and the service for the dead having been performed, this sotoba is set up in commemoration of the service and the offerings made with prayer for the salvation of Buddha on behalf of—(kaimyō follows).
(Prayer—with English translation.)