In Chapter 15 of the Lotus Sutra, the Bodhisattvas from Underground appear. The description is as follows: “Each one of these bodhisattvas was the leader of his own great assembly, and each brought with him a retinue equal in number to the sands of sixty thousand Ganges. To say nothing of those who brought retinues [...]

Considering that Buddhism in America is a vastly minority religion, and the Nichiren sect is a tiny minority in THAT minority group; why can’t Nichiren sect members and independents get along, or at least find some common ground?