A quote from Chas:
"This is inappropriate now, since the Saha World is now drastically impure, made impure by the spread of those provisional teachings..."
Shinkei:
Shinkei:
"The Sutra says this is the eternal pure land-
Chas is not Buddhist. he is a mere poser who has a severe brain disease created by erroneous 'opinions' based on an incomplete understanding of the teachings."
Mark, I will leave it to you to tie this in to the above, but, I want to quote a Minoru Harada that appeared on page 3 of the March 16th W.T...."We must not permit errant priests, traitors and those who have backslid in faith to conspire to destroy the bonds of mentor and disciple".....are we in trouble here? But, they won't permit it!....Now seriously, I received my Gohonzon while attending Rocky Mtn., College in Glenwood Springs....they came up from Denver. But later, they insisted and I obeyed to come to their Community Center to receive a knock/tap on the head by a visiting/rotating priest. Q: what was that ceremony, and who did I pledge myself to that I might question if I am a "traitor?"
ReplyDeleteA contract signed when one party is deceitful, fraudulent, or meant to confuse, is invalid. Be at ease.
ReplyDeleteGojukai was the ceremony.
ReplyDeleteNichiren shoshu/SGI is one big misrepresentation of Nichiren's Lotus Sutra Buddhism.
ReplyDelete....."are we in trouble here? But they won't permit it!"....I was being facetious here, for I would ask Harada when he says "we must not permit..."...uh, what are you going to do about it? The Gojukai, is it a vow? Your circa 1975, did you go through that ceremony or did they drop it by that time? Did the Priest's appearance add more intensity/ spiritual uplift to the event?
ReplyDeleteI knew you were being facetious but for the sake of others I wrote that. Likewise, the bottom line is that trillions of Daimoku chanted to preserve the SHO Hondo and it was unceremoniously destroyed.
DeleteNichiren alone chanted to keep the temple from being taken over by the Lord of the manor and succeeded.
DeleteYes, i went through that ceremony. Even though they all did it, SGI, Nichiren Shoshu and Nichiren Shu, i don't believe Nichiren taught to perform the ceremony. Will ask Shinkei.
DeleteWe all thought the priests were special with unbelievable fortune (before the split).
DeleteNow I Know that they are nothing but dirty slanderers.
DeleteLowest of the low, on the par with top SGI japanese senior leaders.
DeleteIn japan, they might have thrown us out the window like they did that female journalist.
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