"Those slanderous Shakyamuni worshippers" -- Terry Ruby SGI Senior Leader
"I especially warn the priests on Mount Kiyosumi. If they treat me with less respect than they show their own parents or the three treasures, they will become wretched beggars in this life and will fall into the hell of incessant suffereing in the next. I will explain why. The villainous Tojo Saemon Kagenobu once hunted the deer and other animals kept by Seicho-ji and tried to force the priests in the various lodging temples to becomeNembutsu believers. At that time I pitted myself against Tojo and supported the lorde of the manor. I composed a fervernt oath that read, "If the two temples at Kiyosumi and Futama should come into Tojo's possession, I will discard the Lotus Sutra!" Then, I tied it to the hand of the object of worship (23), to which I prayed continuously. Within a year both temples were freed from Tojo's grasp..." -- Nichiren
"I especially warn the priests on Mount Kiyosumi. If they treat me with less respect than they show their own parents or the three treasures, they will become wretched beggars in this life and will fall into the hell of incessant suffereing in the next. I will explain why. The villainous Tojo Saemon Kagenobu once hunted the deer and other animals kept by Seicho-ji and tried to force the priests in the various lodging temples to becomeNembutsu believers. At that time I pitted myself against Tojo and supported the lorde of the manor. I composed a fervernt oath that read, "If the two temples at Kiyosumi and Futama should come into Tojo's possession, I will discard the Lotus Sutra!" Then, I tied it to the hand of the object of worship (23), to which I prayed continuously. Within a year both temples were freed from Tojo's grasp..." -- Nichiren
FOOTNOTE 23: The object of worship: A statue of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Sincerely note: Nichiren alone saved Seichoji by worshiping a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha and tying a pledge to the statue's hand but SGI members' chanting trillions of Daimoku to an SGI Gohonzon and with placards "Save the Sho Hondo" on every altar, couldn't prevent the Sho Hondo from being demolished.There is no safety in the SGI. There is safety in Nichiren Daishonin's Sangha.
ReplyDeleteThis fact alone should have Danny Nagashima and the other SGI leaders crying in vexation.
ReplyDeleteNichiren suffered persecution after persecution on account of Shakyamuni Buddha and almost lost his head. Their attitude towards Shakyamuni Buddha is slap to Nichiren's face. It is not an exaggeration to call their religion Ikedaism and their sect, the Ikeda sect. There are no benefits in the SGI. It is as if one were to go prospecting for gold in a river bed that has millions of ounces of gold, finding only a few flakes, and thinking it a great benefit. This is the SGI faith without the Master of Teachings Lord Shakya.
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