To propagate the authentic teachings of Nichiren (what Nichiren actually taught); to warn people about fake Gosho; to awaken people to the difference between Soka Gakkai Buddhism and Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism; to teach the importance of the Eternal Buddha and Gohonzon; to proclaim the Eternal Buddha and Nichiren mentors without peer.
I am trying to follow your statements. Can you explain those differences for people like me that is actually considering to enter the SGI
ReplyDelete1). There is no such thing as a guru in Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism. Dead or alive whether implicit or implied, Daisaku Ikeda is the SGI guru. You are your own guru in Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism. We take as our teacher, the object of worship, the Gohonzon and the Lotus Sutra and the authentic writings of Nichiren. The writings too can be considered our gurus or teachers. Nichiren and the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha are our teachers. They are teachers without peer. The Lotus Sutra and Nichiren teach thus.
ReplyDelete2).Nichiren wrote several hundreds of his writings. 193??? have his signature and stamp. a hundred or so have no signature or stamp and fifty or so have been determined by scholars and priests to be fake. The SGI and Nichiren Shoshu, both called the Fuji School, rely heavily on the Gosho considered to be fake.
2 continued... Another thing which SGI and to a lesser extent the Nichiren Shoshu is in error is that they rely heavily on the earlier writings of Nichiren. They fail to follow Nichiren who explicitly stated that his writings before his exile to Sado (1271) were his provisional teachings [with the exception of his major writing, The Establishment of the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land] (1261). An example is, the SGI relies heavily on Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime, an earlier work, at the expense of the Five Major Writings. Besides, they rely more on their guru Ikeda's commentary on the writings then the writings themselves.
ReplyDeleteWe can come to realize which writings are true and which are fake through a correct faith and practice and diligent study.
3) SGI has taken as their banner of propagation, the Gohonzon of Nichikan. They call him, "The Great Restorer of Buddhism". I call him, "The Great Destroyer of Buddhism" for the following reasons: He calls Shakyamuni Buddha a "husk Buddha" rather than the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni of the 16th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra, as taught by Nichiren. Nichikan asserted that Nichiren rather than Shakyamuni Buddha was the True Original Eternal Buddha. Nichikan taught that the There are Three Lotus Sutras: The Lotus Sutra of the Former Day of the Law, the 28 Chapter Lotus Sutra; The Lotus Sutra of the Middle Day of the Law, The Great Concentration and Insight of Tientai the Great; and the Lotus Sutra of this age, or Namu Myoho renge kyo. He taught that the 28 Chapter Lotus Sutra is no longer applicable and, "we recite the Daimoku to smash the Juryo (16th) Chapter of the Lotus Sutra; we recite the Juryo Chapter to smash the Hoben Chapter of the Lotus Sutra; and we recite the Hoben (2nd) chapter to smash the provisional teachings. Nichiren stated that we can not discard merely a character of the Lotus Sutra.
DeleteThere are two parts to the Lotus Sutra. The first fourteen chapters are considered the Theoretical Teachings and the latter fourteen chapters are considered the Essential Teachings. The Essential teachings were taught by Nichiren to be more profound. However, Nichiren stated that we can not discard even the Theoretical Teachings. One of his statements that really opened my eyes was that The vast difference between the Theoretical Teachings of the Lotus Sutra and the provisional teachings of the Buddha (the greater difference in profundity) is nothing compared to to the vast difference between the Essential Teachings of the Lotus Sutra and the Theoretical Teachings.
The Theoretical Teachings are that every single person is capable of attaining Buddhahood. The most imortant aspects of the Essential Teachings are: The Eternal Lifespan (Namu Myoho renge kyo) of the Tathagata, the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha is found in Chapter 16; the Gohonzon is found within the Eight Chapters from the 15th Chapter to the 22nd Chapter; and the doctrine of three thousand worlds in a moment of existence is finally completed in Chapter 16,
I know this is complex but you will come to see that what i say is true
One other caveat, please also study Nichiren Shu's translations of Nichiren'swritings. They derive, for the most part, from the original writings of Nichiren, the Showa Tehon collection of writings. The SGI's traslations derive from the modern Japanese collection of his writings, the Gosho Zenshu.
ReplyDeleteSGI is self serving. They state, "you can only use and benefit from our copies of a Nichikan Gohonzon. The Nichiren Gohonzon is worthless because it doesn't derive from us." This is a great slander of Nichiren and all those who chant to a Nichiren Gohonzon. The Nichikan Gohonzon, the SGI's banner of propagation, was inscribed by the slanderer Nichikan who threw out and deprecated the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni and misunderstood and deprecated the Lotus Sutra.
ReplyDeleteOne last thing. The Nichikan Gohonzon is a Six World Gohonzon. The most common Nichiren Gohonzon is a Ten World Gohonzon inscribed in the Koan Era, from 1277-1281. The Ten World Gohonzons are the culmination of Nichiren's teachings. Having chosen a Nichikan Six World Gohonzon for his members, demonstrates perfectly that Daisaku Ikeda, the guru of SGI, is deluded and not Enlightened.
ReplyDeleteI will be happy to answer any other questions you might have.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this ones. I'll appreciate to be in touch as well, this is being interesting.
ReplyDeleteI had btw the same comclusions about "the ikedaism" which is inherent of the org.
Thanks a lot again