The Law of Namu Myoho renge kyo and the Soka Gakkai

“For example, long ago, Hitomaro composed a poem that reads: “How I think of it— dim, dim in the morning mist of Akashi Bay, that boat moving out of sight beyond the islands. Ki no Shukubo, Minamoto no Shitago, and others have praised this poem, declaring it to be “the father and mother of poetry.” Now suppose someone should announce that he had composed a poem and, without changing a single syllable, should proceed to recite this poem by Hitomaro and then boast that his talent was in no way inferior to that of Hitomaro. Would anyone be likely to agree with his claim? Uneducated people such as mountain folk and fishermen might just possibly do so.”

The SGI thinks that they can change the writings and the Law and actually believe that no one will pick up on their lies and distortions. One of the most egregious examples involves the most fundamental concept in all of Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism, the Law of Namu Myoho renge kyo itself:

“Answer: Now, the Latter Day of the Law, is the time when only the seven characters of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo…” — SGI’s tranlation of How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra

The seven characters are Namu Myoho renge kyo, not the six characters of Nam Myoho renge kyo:

“And when the two characters for Namu are prefixed to Myoho-renge-kyo, or the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law, we have the formula Namu-myoho-renge-kyo.” — The Opening of the Eyes

Nichiren says one should not change even a word or a dot of the Lotus Sutra, how much less so the heart of the Lotus Sutra that is to spread in the Latter Day:

“'All that you [Shakyamuni Buddha] have expounded is the truth.’ Every single character in this sutra represents the true intention of the Buddhas, and every dot of it is a source of aid to those who repeat the cycle of birth and death. There is not a single word in it that is untrue.”

Nichiren further states:

“Where, may I ask, in all the five thousand or seven thousand volumes of sutras is there any passage that instructs us to discard the Lotus Sutra?:

“A liar never becomes a truthful person simply because one calls him honest.” — Nichiren Daishonin

No matter how much SGI members protest that their mentor and leaders are honest honorable people, delving into their teachings and behavior and comparing them to the Lotus Sutra, the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin, and the behavior of the Buddha, we see their true face.