Bodhisattva Never Disparaging of old said that all people have the Buddha nature and that, if they embrace the Lotus Sutra, they will never fail to attain Buddhahood. He further stated that to slight a person is to slight the Buddha himself. Thus, his practice was to revere all people. He revered even those who did not embrace the Lotus Sutra because they too had the Buddha nature and might someday believe in the sutra. (WND. 756)
Buddhist Morning Thought #40, Enlightenment
This teaching was not propagated in the Former or Middle Day of the Law because the other sutras had not yet lost their power of benefit. ...
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