"Just quit the Bharat Soka Gakkai- Soka Gakkai in India-what a relief!
u/saumyasharmapoo
Hi guys, I am so grateful to all of you for penning your experiences. Just a couple of days ago I made the decision to quit BSG- Soka Gakkai's Indian chapter and I think its the best decision I have made. There are many MANY reasons that I quit. It was fine when I was a member- just chanting and attending study, but suddenly I was made a leader and forced to fight for their stupid "campaigns" to repay my "debt of gratitude" to a self-proclaimed "Sensei" I believe India is one of the highest growing chapters for SGI Japan at the moment. Daisaku Ikeda is also "investing" in India, as elite Indians now have good purchasing and economic power. As a whole, Indian society is undergoing a change. There are plenty of young people who have left their homes to live in cities and struggle in unfamiliar, trying circumstances. These are the kind of youth that BSG leaders prey on to "shakubuku" as members. They say India has 111,111 members now, but as a former leader I can attest that these numbers are a blatant lie- they don't update their MDS(Member Database System), the definition of a "member" keeps changing. Today, even a casual attendee is a member. People who haven't attended a meeting for 5 years are also "members"- and we have to pray that they attend meetings! We are just expected to accept such stupid ways of recruiting,expected to keep following up and calling members who are pretty happy without the practice. As many of you have described, the Ikeda worship as an "eternal mentor" is extremely nauseating and suffocating. Even at the height of my "practice" it was difficult for me to stomach. If he is such a mentor, why doesn't he come forward and show his face?They keep playing clips from 1992. I anyway find his so called "guidance" repetitive and self-serving. Incidentally, the members in India are concentrated in the Indian capital-Delhi"
hello anonymous..... run from them as fast as u can. they lie about almost everything (numbers) etc. ikeda is sick or dead.
most importantly they are not real buddhism.
u can study the teachings here and u can chant NAMU MYOHO RENGE KYO and follow nichiren without their games and money grabbing bullshit. stick around. cheers !
Hi Saumyasharmapoo. To further separate from Gakkai and their way of thinking, chant the seven character Daimoku in six or seven beats. Study the teachings without the insipid SGI footnotes that state or intimate, "Nichiren said that but meant this". You van write me for a Kempon HokkebSutra book. Its not perfect but better than the Gakkai's.
BS minor because its actually very sad....because those who sing it most likely are headed for the (avichi)unrelenting hell.
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ReplyDelete"Just quit the Bharat Soka Gakkai- Soka Gakkai in India-what a relief!
u/saumyasharmapoo
Hi guys, I am so grateful to all of you for penning your experiences. Just a couple of days ago I made the decision to quit BSG- Soka Gakkai's Indian chapter and I think its the best decision I have made. There are many MANY reasons that I quit. It was fine when I was a member- just chanting and attending study, but suddenly I was made a leader and forced to fight for their stupid "campaigns" to repay my "debt of gratitude" to a self-proclaimed "Sensei" I believe India is one of the highest growing chapters for SGI Japan at the moment. Daisaku Ikeda is also "investing" in India, as elite Indians now have good purchasing and economic power. As a whole, Indian society is undergoing a change. There are plenty of young people who have left their homes to live in cities and struggle in unfamiliar, trying circumstances. These are the kind of youth that BSG leaders prey on to "shakubuku" as members. They say India has 111,111 members now, but as a former leader I can attest that these numbers are a blatant lie- they don't update their MDS(Member Database System), the definition of a "member" keeps changing. Today, even a casual attendee is a member. People who haven't attended a meeting for 5 years are also "members"- and we have to pray that they attend meetings! We are just expected to accept such stupid ways of recruiting,expected to keep following up and calling members who are pretty happy without the practice. As many of you have described, the Ikeda worship as an "eternal mentor" is extremely nauseating and suffocating. Even at the height of my "practice" it was difficult for me to stomach. If he is such a mentor, why doesn't he come forward and show his face?They keep playing clips from 1992. I anyway find his so called "guidance" repetitive and self-serving. Incidentally, the members in India are concentrated in the Indian capital-Delhi"
hello anonymous..... run from them as fast as u can. they lie about almost everything (numbers) etc. ikeda is sick or dead.
Deletemost importantly they are not real buddhism.
u can study the teachings here and u can chant NAMU MYOHO RENGE KYO and follow nichiren without their games and money grabbing bullshit. stick around. cheers !
Hi Saumyasharmapoo. To further separate from Gakkai and their way of thinking, chant the seven character Daimoku in six or seven beats. Study the teachings without the insipid SGI footnotes that state or intimate, "Nichiren said that but meant this". You van write me for a Kempon HokkebSutra book. Its not perfect but better than the Gakkai's.
DeleteMy e-mail is illarraza@yahoo.com
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