"Last night one of the SGI WD members called my wife and started describing all the "wonderful activities" that are going on such as World Tribune collections, Human Revolution study sessions, etc. She went on for fifteen minutes without rest while my wife politely listened and nodded her head. At the end of the conversation my wife said: "Kathy (not her real name) I remember you mentioning in the past that you wanted to come over and take a look at the Nichiren Gohonozon. Come over, we'll talk, relax and you can see the Gohonzon?"
The reply was: "You...you... don't you try to do this to me!!! I am not interested!!! I am happy with my practice !!!"....and hung up.
In the past I extended an invitation to anyone from SGI who would like to come over any time and discuss Buddhism, SGI or whatever else - there were a few visits. The common closing argument by SGI members was "SGI is changing...." and their main argument is always "SGI is good non-SGI is bad"
The cult makes people lose their common sense and become unthinking humans and sooner or later vicious and hostile towards any differing opinion with a pathological need to defend any and all criticism towards their organization without any regard for objectivity.
On the other hand, I feel very happy and encouraged by having met wonderful and sincere people (most, if not all, are former SGI members) who are genuinely concerned with Nichiren Buddhism and its propagation in this country - but in a healthy way (no leaders, no central organization, parades, uniforms, politics and authoritarianism). The emphasis is only on Buddhist practice and mutual support." -- Bo Fugen
Sokka Gakkai International promotes P.Ikeda and organisation worship not Nichiren Daishonin's teachings and Gohonzon in the tradition of Nichiren Shoshu but only partial truths now and then, when and where it suits them.
ReplyDeleteI came to this Buddhism over 25 years ago because I liked Nichirens teachings about the eternity of life.. when the organization pays wages to leaders who are against his teachings, this equates to 'slander' that the sokka gakkai doesn't want to talk about...so much for dialogue that they are always harping on about
A very important issue regarding the embodiment of 'three thousand realms in a moment of life' in the Gohonzon is of paramount importance in our faith as it an analysis of who we really are and how we relate to the world
Since the Gohonzon is the embodiment of 'three thousand realms in a moment of life' it is important to understand the theory of 'three thousand realms in a moment of life' correctly.
Ri (theory) ichinen sanzen should match up to Ji (theory manifested in the material body, which is Gohonzon) ichinen sanzen.
I think that if we choose to believe in erroneous views and distort doctrines, we are not really practicing Nichiren Buddhism and are setting ourselves up for some heavy karmic retribution. Many times through out the Gosho Nichiren warns us of this, but those in the Sokka Gakkai who don't believe in karma and that their is accountability in this life, the death stage and future lives will only laugh at this, as I have already experienced from leaders that were being paid by the SGI Headquarters and still are
They have such an arrogant attitude with no respect for Nichiren's teachings They think that they know better than him and are ashamed of his behaviour and parts of what he said.
I feel like I'm witnessing the sinking of the Titanic. Maybe this message is like telling the passengers that the ship that they are on is going down
Come back to the Law to cross the sea of suffering
I see that you have confronted the top SGI leaders about their attitude towards Nichiren and his teachings. It is like water on a lacquered surface. Too bad for them and especially their members.
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