Katie: you are a hoot! there aren't heady doctrinal discussions at sgi activities! there aren't any more buddhist scholar types in sgi than there are here on your blog, where you censure anyone who has studied extensively!
Mark: No. I censure you for your slander. However, I have thoroughly refuted the few comments of yours that I have highlighted in my posts. Everyday, 7 days a week, you send me comment after comment, sometimes to the tune of twenty comments a day. Do you really think I will devote the many hours a day, day in and day out, to refute your every repetitive slanderous comment. You are an angry woman who resides in the Lower 4 worlds. Your defense of the indefensible SGI who would destroy the noble teachings of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren, the Three Great Secret Laws, and the Three Treasures of Buddhism is slander of Shakyamuni Buddha, Nichiren, and all Buddha's and Bodhisattvas of the Universe. Though you are one who proclaims that "I am one who has studied extensively", you belie your assertion in supporting the SGI's transgression regarding the The Three Great Secret Laws and Three Treasures.
Katie: in this non buddhist country of ours, simply chanting the daimoku has become the only teaching accessible and comprehensible to all members...
Mark: Nichiren writes:
"...Be sure to strengthen your faith, and receive the protection of Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, and the Buddhas of the ten directions. Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase. Namu-myoho-renge-kyo, Namu-myoho-renge-kyo."
Two questions for you: Do you believe that extensive study of the Human Revolution Novel constitutes Buddhist study? Do you believe that the Nichiren faith revolves around faith in the "eternal mentor", Daisaku Ikeda?
Katie: "and since being a buddhist scholar can be more of a hinderance than an asset (thinking shari hotsu),
Mark: I see. Now you are adopting one of SGI's talking points, "Sharihotsu". By the way, Sharihotsu is a personal name and should be capitalized (snicker). I would remind you that Shakyamuni, upon relinquishing wisdom for faith in the Lotus Sutra, predicted Buddhahood for Sharihotsu. I too dance with joy knowing my fate. SGI members fate is not so certain having abandoned Shakyamuni Buddha, if we are to believe Nichiren, regardless of how many truncated Daimoku they chant.
Katie: it stands to reason that the LACK of focus on esoteric, arcane, buddhist concepts and teachings are NOT the mainstay of the sgi.-- nor should they be.
Mark: I see, the exoteric teachings of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren are now "esoterica" and the esoteric Shingon-like (Guru Yoga) teachings of the Human Revolution are exoterica. Please also remember that the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren teach "the exclusive faith and practice of the Lotus Sutra. SGI teaches interfaith. Yet, you support them. Are you not complicit in their slander? I will let the readers judge.
Katie: full stop.
Mark: Yet, you go on.
Katie: see what happens when someone with an axe to grind, foments animosity towards a group based on gossip?
Mark: You are talking nonsense again. I criticize all those who claim to be the ONLY true disciples and believers of Nichiren and those who pick and choose Nichiren like a Chinese buffet.
I speak for no but myself in claiming to be a disciple and believer of Nichiren. That is for the Buddha and Nichiren to decide (through their writings) and no one else, least of all the slanderers of the Lotus Sutra.
Katie: mark has no contact/relationships with anyone who disagrees with him.. and equally, no real information about what his opponents are thinking, saying, doing. that's bells and whistles-- this is a disinformation site, full stop.
Mark: I will not sit down for tea and dainties with you but I will discuss the reasons that you fail to follow the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin by supporting the slanderers of the Lotus Sutra while slandering one of its votaries.
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