A new SGI member told me that her leaders required her to pass the SGI beginners exam before they would give her a Gohonzon. I told her that taking an exam, especially an exam tangential to True Buddhism [one based on Ikedaism], was not the criteria that Nichiren used in bestowing Gohonzon: Chant morning and evening; keep a clean altar; and study the Lotus Sutra and the writings of Nichiren. Then, I would bestow upon her a copy of a Nichiren Gohonzon rather than an SGI knockoff.
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