Morning Buddhist Thought #38, Extended Life!

You also are a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra, and your faith is like the waxing moon or the rising tide. Be deeply convinced, then, that your illness cannot possibly persist, and that your life cannot fail to be extended! Take care of yourself, and do not burden your mind with grief. (WND 656)

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. ...