Will it be too late for SGI members?

"But the scholars of our time cling to distorted views. Even though they may be wise men who have mastered all the eighty thousand doctrines of Buddhism and committed to memory the twelve divisions of the scriptures, and who strictly observe all the Mahayana and Hinayana precepts, if they turn their backs on this principle*, then one should know that they cannot avoid falling into the evil paths."

*This principle was the debt of gratitude owed to Shakyamuni Buddha

It was too late for Shan-wu-wei to correct his errors.