"We worship the essential life state of the Buddha, not the Buddha himself." -- deluded SGI member

This is no different than the worship of Dainichi Buddha [if it were true that they worship the life state of the Buddha]. Who they really worship is the flesh and blood Daisaku Ikeda. Shakyamuni Buddha of the Original Doctrine, the Three Bodied Tathagata, too is flesh and blood but, unlike Daisaku Ikeda, he is one with the Law.