Kempon Hokke

Even a One Eyed Turtle Swimming in the Open Sea Sometimes Happens on a Perfect Log Raft

"Trying to develop faith without a correct teacher such as Shakyamuni Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin is also futile." -- Dave Baldshun SGI Vice Study Department Chief

OOPS.. My bad... He didn't say Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin. He said Daisaku Ikeda.

Kempon Hokke

Namu Myoho renge kyo, Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha of the Original Doctrine [Gohonzon], Sangha led by Nichiren Daishonin.

Bylaws:

Chant Namu Myoho renge kyo to the Gohonzon until the last moment of life

Soka Gakkai Rules and Regulations [Eternal Foundations: Nichiren as True Buddha and the Daigohonzon as Eternal Object of Devotion]

The following article titled “Soka Gakkai Rules and Regulations” appeared on page 3 in the June 7, 2002, World Tribune:

Soka Gakkai Rules and Regulations

Revised April 1, 2002

Preamble

Spectrum Group International [SGI]

An SGI front group [collectibles, especially gold bullion] and way to launder cash? Greg Martin of Irvine [Soka Gakkai's Greg Martin?] runs an arm of the company. Just a coincidence? Barking up the wrong crooked tree?

Some SGI salaried leaders you may have never heard of

Adin Straus -- Santa Monica
George Odano -- Santa Monica
Michael Bynum -- Santa Monica

Probably, like David Miscavige's crew, these brainwashed Ikedabots make minimum wage, maybe even clean toilets with toothbrushes if they are bad.

"Daimoku is not Enough" -- Greg Martin

"Read President Ikeda‟s guidance, and get guidance from your seniors. All of this functions to point you at the root cause of your suffering. An example of this is when you read President Ikeda‟s guidance, not out of formality, but with the attitude, “President Ikeda, I have a problem. I need wisdom.” You start reading. Suddenly some passage will pop out and you‟ll say, “He‟s talking about me!” Stop right there and do it. That‟s wisdom. The wisdom came from your mentor; your teacher. Then you will find you have a personal relationship with President Ikeda. You will find out that he is giving you instruction on how to win. He is teaching you the rules...

.....Human revolution Volume, volume 10, President Ikeda asks if daimoku is enough. His conclusion is no. Daimoku is the basis of everything, but by itself it's not enough...

...There is no voice that says, “Watch out! You‟re about to look outside of yourself”! It creeps up on you from behind. Before you know it, your daimoku is losing its power. The joy is not there anymore. You may begin to think, “Maybe I never did get benefit before. Maybe this practice never did work for me.” Doubts begin to appear. This is how our faith gets bent. This is why we need guidance. Our organisation is an organisation for guiding people in correct faith so they can straighten out their prayer, get rid of all the non-Buddhist stuff and focus their prayer on daimoku for their human revolution. Immediately after that kind of guidance, people get benefit.... "

SGI Double Speak

"... You know what the conclusion will be when you receive guidance. The person giving the guidance knows what the conclusion will be. So why go to receive guidance? The reason is because the daimoku you're currently chanting is not reaching the Gohonzon. Something's gone amiss and you're frustrated. You need someone to point to you and say, “Ah, your view has become non-Buddhist. You‟ve lost the correct spirit and you're chanting for the wrong reason.” The power of guidance is to redirect our prayer to the Gohonzon so we can get the benefit to start flowing again. When we lose the Buddhist perspective and we start looking outside ourselves..." -- Greg Martin

Look to someone outside of ourselves to find the answer within ourselves. What self-serving nonsense. Nichiren Daishonin teaches we should chant to find the mind of the ancient Buddha within. The Kempon Hokke teaches that the mind of the Buddha is the Lotus Sutra Gohonzon. The topsy turvy Soka Gakkai is the teaching for following persons rather than the Law and the Buddha that exists within.

Greg Martin: "We do not take an exclusivist position." [only in regards to other Nichiren sects but not in regards to Christianity, Islam, Zen Buddhism, Pure Land...]

"Second, we do not intend to take a refutational approach to Christianity. We see no necessity or value in attempting to undermine a religious tradition that is both widely accepted and demonstrably valuable.'

"Finally, we do not take an exclusivist position - that Nichiren Buddhism is the only vehicle capable of carrying its adherents to the pinnacles of truth and the shores of happiness."

Kathy Ruby Self Proclaimed "Gosho Expert" Censored by SGI

http://www.nichiren-shoshu.org/study.html

She was censored because she is so radical and hateful towards the priests and SGI's critics. Scroll down and attempt to access her essays. The only ones you will now find are her fluff pieces. How sad. Kathy was a great resource for the Nichiren Shu and the Kempon Hokke.

How Can You in All Conscience...

Rock the Era for Sensei or make a donation to the Soka Gakkai of even one dollar after reading the prior entry, SGI's Bible of Shakabuku (1951) and Commentary or "The family which believes in the so-called Nichiren-shu will have children who have deformities, mental retardation, or madness." (page 321, The Bible of Shakubuku)?

SGI's Bible of Shakabuku (1951) and Commentary or "The family which believes in the so-called Nichiren-shu will have children who have deformities, mental retardation, or madness." (page 321, The Bible of Shakubuku)

The SGI Bible of Shakubuku (1951), supervised by Daisaku Ikeda,
was published by the Soka Gakkai to train believers. The Soka
Gakkai no longer publishes the Bible of Shakubuku because it
promotes the Nichiren-Shoshu. Nevertheless, SGI's fundamental
doctrines have not changed with the exception of denying the
that the heritage of the law is transmitted through the person of
High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu. Now they claim that the heritage
is only transmitted through the Successive Presidents of the Soka
Gakkai.

The Sleeping Bear is Awake

That man is 6'5" and weighs 290 lbs.

SGI as ATM

Certainly for Ikeda and his top lieutenants, SGI is an ATM, a never ending supply of tax-free cash and salaries commensurate with the highest paid corporate executives. "Peace" and a new car or girlfriend sells quite well. Shakabuku practice while encountering the Three Obstacles and Four Devils, doesn't sell so well. That is why the Kempon Hokke, despite our superb faith and practice that leads to Buddhahood in one hundred out of one hundred instances, remains poor like our Master, Nichiren Daishonin. In this muddied age, the Dharma is free and those who exploit the Dharma for personal gain will fall into hell.

But Ikeda is for Piece

The SGI Top Salaried Senior Leaders Must be Working Very Hard for Kosen Rufu While You Territory and Zone Leaders Are All Idlers, Shirkers, and Deceivers

"He continued: "Among leaders in the organization, there are
likely to be those who exert themselves wholeheartedly, as
well as those who perhaps neglect their responsibilities or try
to get away withthe least amount of effort. However, irrespective
of what other people do, you yourself will receive benefit and good
fortune in direct proportion to your hard work and efforts for the
sake of kosen-rufu. This is a principle of Buddhism. Even if you
manage to deceive others, you can never deceive the strict law
of cause and effect taught in Nichiren Buddhism." -- New Human
Revolution

What? You Territory and Zone Leaders aren't earning mid six figure salaries for your efforts for Kosen Rufu? You must all be shirkers, idlers, and deceivers because your mentor says you will receive benefit and good fortune in direct proportion to your hard work and efforts. The SGI top salaried senior leaders must be working ten million, ten billion, an infinite times harder than you because you receive ZERO remuneration and they receive HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS every year.

In Commemoration of March 16th SGI Kosen Rufu Day.

"We should rather eliminate (this one sided teaching of Soka) than perform ten thousand prayers." -- On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land

Stop Giving Alms To All Bad Priests

"If the four kinds of devotees of all the countries of the world stop making offerings to the bad priests and take refuge in the Good Law, no calamity will take place." --On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land

Nichiren's Practice is the Kempon Hokke's Practice

"I will not satisfy myself with the pleasure of believing the Right Law. I will lead others by correcting their mistakes." -- On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land

Letter to Hiroyuki Sakurai SGI NGO Chief

"This is indeed an accursed time to live in this land! However, the Buddha has commanded me to be born in this age, and it is impossible for me to go against the decree of the Dharma King. And so, as the sutra dictates, I have launched the battle between the provisional and the true teachings. Donning the armor of endurance and girding myself with the sword of the wonderful teaching, I have raised the banner of the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo, the heart of the entire eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra. Then, drawing the bow of the Buddha’s declaration, “I have not yet revealed the truth,” and notching the arrow of “honestly discarding the provisional teachings,” I have mounted the carriage drawn by the great white ox6 and battered down the gates of the provisional teachings. Attacking first one and then another, I have refuted opponents from the eight and ten schools, such as the Nembutsu, True Word, Zen, and Precepts. Some have fled headlong while others have retreated, and still others have been captured to become my disciples. I continue to repulse their attacks and to defeat them, but legions of enemies exist who oppose the single Dharma King and the handful who follow him. So the battle goes on even today.

“The Lotus Sutra is the teaching of shakubuku, the refutation of the provisional doctrines.” True to the letter of this golden saying, in the end, every last one of the believers of the provisional teachings and schools will be defeated and join the retinue of the Dharma King. The time will come when all people will abandon the various kinds of vehicles and take up the single vehicle of Buddhahood, and the Mystic Law alone will flourish throughout the land. When the people all chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the wind will no longer buffet the branches, and the rain will no longer break the clods of soil. The world will become as it was in the ages of Fu Hsi and Shen Nung. In their present existence the people will be freed from misfortune and disasters and learn the art of living long. Realize that the time will come when the truth will be revealed that both the person and the Law are unaging and eternal. There cannot be the slightest doubt about the sutra’s promise of “peace and security in their present existence.” -- On Practicing According to the Teachings

When can we expect to see shakabuku from the SGI towards the Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Christians and Provisional Buddhists? When will SGI submit a modern Rissho Ankoku Ron to the heads of state of the degenerate leaders in this Age of Decay? The sun will become a red giant before the Soka Gakkai stands up as true disciples of Nichiren Daishonin. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Sincerely;

Mark Rogow Disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin

Sgi Cult Singapore...An Experience.

Not being a researcher on Buddhism, I am not going to analyze this further. smile However, I do know that quite a few of my Singaporean friends do practice Nichiren Buddhism. By the way, let me share one story....

Back to my first and second year, I had one close Singaporean friend who practiced Nichiren Buddhism. We got to know each other when we were in the same project group, and through some teraction I started to know that he also practiced Buddhism like me. During the first few days, he introduced me to various activities, which, he assured me, helped me, practice and enhance my knowledge about Buddhism. Only after 1 month did he tell me that all activities I went for are organized by Soka Gakkai International (SGI).

Thera Sutta: "Even Famous Teachers Can Have Wrong Views" Translated by Piya Tan

Even famous teachers can have wrong views

2.1 (AHITĀYA) THERA SUTTA (A 5.88). An elder monk who has these five qualities is not beneficial to the many, not for the happiness of the many, not for the good of the masses; but for the loss and pain of gods and humans, that is to say:

(1) The elder is of long standing, long gone forth. He is well known, famous, with a following of great crowds of householders and renunciants.

He is a recipient of robes, almsfood, lodging, and support for the sick and medical requisites.

He is deeply learned, an expert, a store of learning.

Those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end, both in the spirit and the letter [both in meaning and phrasing], that affirms the holy life fully complete and pure—such teachings he has learned much, remembered, recited verbally, investigated with the mind, and penetrated
well by view.

But he is of wrong view and deviant vision. Having made the masses turn away from true Dharma, he establishes them in what is not true Dharma.

(2) Thinking, “The elder monk is of long standing, long gone forth,” they come to hold this wrong view, too.

(3) Thinking, “The elder monk is well known, famous, with a great following of householders and renunciants,” they come to hold this wrong view, too.

(4) Thinking, “The elder monk is a recipient of robes, almsfood, lodging and medicine and medication,” they come to hold this wrong view, too.

(5) Thinking, “The elder monk is learned, an expert, a store of learning,” they come to hold this wrong view, too.

Bhikshus, the conduct [the way] of an elder, accomplished in these five qualities, is not beneficial for the many, not for the good of the many, not for the happiness of the many: it is for the loss and suffering of gods and humans.

Such an elder with right view, on the contrary, benefits the masses, both the gods and humans.

The Slanderous Patriarchal Transmission Through Current Masters

Follow the Law not the person. The Lotus Sutra states: "This Sutra is that which can save all the living." Again and again, the Lotus Sutra states, 'This Sutra." In the one place it says, "This man", it is referring to Nichiren Daishonin.

The transmission in the Latter Day is chanting Namu Myoho renge kyo with faith in the Gohonzon. Nichiren doesn't advocate for the Latter Day a model based on "The Patriarchal Transmission", "The Patriarchal Transmission of the Golden Mouthed Ones", or " The Patriarchal Transmission Through Current Masters."

The DaiGohonzon is False

In general, the arguments put forth by Nittatsu and Toda for the authenticity of the DaiGohonzon are very weak. Although hardly a learned man, I would like to take the opportunity to scrutinize their refutation of Bentetsu Yasui's book, The Wooden Gohonzon is a Fabrication.

Allegation 1: Mandalas written on boards of this type are typical of the Hokke
fraternities and Hokke Halls of the Muromachi Period (post 1333).

Dear Marcel

You da man!

The Buddhism of the Sowing and of the Harvest

Taisekaji translation: "The essential teaching of the Lotus Sutra and
true Buddhism are both pure teachings that lead directly to Buddhahood.
However, Shakyamuni's is the Buddhism of the harvest, and this is the
Buddhism of sowing. The core of his teachings is one chapter and two
halves, and for me is Myoho-renge-kyo alone." (MW vol I Kanjin No Honzon
Sho,p. 72)

Nichiren Shu translation #1: "It is evident that the Revelation of Eternity was preached for the sake of those who live at the beginning of the period of Deprivation. In this respect, we are as fortunate as those who heard the Buddha in person, the difference is, they brought to fruition Buddhahood by hearing the 'One Chapter and Two Halves', while we are endowed with the seeds of Buddhahood by receiving the Five Words." (Five Major Writings of Nichiren, Kanjin No Honzon Sho, NOPPA pg 37)

Nichiren shu translation # 2: "The teaching of the essential section during the lifetime of Sakyamuni Buddha and that which would spread in the beginning of the Latter Age are likewise absolutely perfect. However the former is for attaining enlightenment, whereas the latter is for sowing the seed of Buddhahood. While the former is crystallized in the sixteenth chapter, 'Duration of the Life of the Buddha', with half a chapter each preceding and following it, the latter is solely embodied in the five characters of Myo, Ho, Ren, Ge, and Kyo, the title of the Lotus Sutra." Kanjin Honzon Sho, Nichiren Shu (NOPPA 1991) pp 120 - 122;

Will SGI leaders be splendidly composed?

"Still, since he believed deeply in Shakyamuni Buddha and the Lotus Sutra, in
his last moment he was splendidly composed." -- Nichiren Daishonin

Baloney Sandwiches and Kool-Aid for the SGI Worker Bees, Lots and Lots of Kool-Aid, While the Kings and Queens of Soka Eat Kobe Steak and Drink Fine Wine

EXTRA Whole Life Wasted Shilling for SGI President Ikeda and His Lieutenants Only to Have One Million Regrets

To all SGI Territory and Zone leaders. Shilling for Ikeda and his lieutenants who line their pockets with the members donations. Your fate, even if in denial, is to die with one million regrets. Join the Kempon Hokke and return to Buddhism.

EXTRA EXTRA Pot Wearing Monk Gains Benefit Though Not SGI

http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/421.pdf

SGI Clown?

"The bottom line is, if you really want to make a change, then you have to be ready to die. And I can honestly tell you that right now, I am not. Although many things irritate and disgust me, I'm enjoying life way too much to even consider dying to try and save a group of people that, for the most part, should'nt really exist. And let me state that I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT ANYONE DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. I'd never advocate that any one do any thing, much less something that I myself don't have the balls to do, unlike some people on this forum. And, no offence, but I would'nt really call posting some news stories and unpopular opinions anonymously on the internet "fighting"'

No. Nazi blogger.

Plotinus

To these the solid universe appeared
A veil translucent to the strenuous gaze
Of Wisdom, pierced by coruscating rays
From some far source in dazzling light ensphered.
Thou wert as one who, when the mists had cleared,
Saw oversea the snow-clad mountains raise
Their peaks with dawn's effulgent hues ablaze,
And knew at once the land for which he steered.

Beyond that veil celestial shapes were seen
On works of awe and mystery intent,
Holding their course, majestic and serene --
Archetypes of beauty and the eternal Mind
Which in supernal rapture soared, and leant
On Love supreme, and thence their task divined.

Dear Robby:

Interesting and good work! I'm not sure if it is a glaring ommission or outside the realm of your investigations, what about the Law as Master?

Anthony Amp Elmore [Proud Black Buddhist] Agrees With Me. He Says the Nichiren Shoshu Priests, as well as the SGI Japanese Senior Leaders, are Racist.

http://www.proudblackbuddhist.org/Japanese_Are_Racist__A_Lecture/index.html

The Conditioned and the Unconditioned, two Separate Realities?

The unconditioned functions though the aggregates. Ultimate reality is manifest in temporary phenomena. The Buddha sees noumena in phenomena.

SGI UK Report

From bloominpuff

How Odd!

IRG limps back to life and some posts appear.

THEN.... I'm Contacted!

It seems that any and all posts on here are subject to monitoring. Thankfully it was a Benign Stalker - but still it is an odd development!

I am advised that the SGI language being used on this side of the pond has not changed - and in fact it is still littered with "Victory", "Victorious" , "Absolute".. .. all the usual suspects. The only glaring absence in publications is that old Priesthood issue which seems to have been consigned to the Historical and Hysterical Dustbin of abuse Psychology - well, at least in public anyway!

I have even been advised that the M&D thing is bigger than ever - and Taplow now have a room dedicated to it. Apparently anyone who had doubts on the M&D thing can be taken there, locked in and made to listed to recordings of the Big M's Poetry until they repent their ways and get with the program. Upon release many are seen to be smiling broadly - and they are reported to stay this way for many months.

It seems that this has cut down on the need for dialogue and the business travel of SGI-UK leaders as they dash about the UK quelling revolt, thereby cutting carbon emissions and meeting with the SGI professed aim of saving the planet. Seems like some think it has been a good investment, leaving the management to enjoy the delights of the Ivory Tower.

It seems that the endless repetitious playing of the DVD on Ghandi, King Ikeda is finally over and has been replaced with a new Title - The Life of Mrs Ikeda. This has prompted an outpouring of affection for the big M's spouse, who is now receiving birthday cards form may UK members - who celebrate the birthday of someone they have never met - and yet they don't do that for the birthday of our own Beloved Queen! References to the big M's interests in the future of Europe and the UK are receiving scrutiny from the Secret Service.

The giving and receiving of dubious qualifications is still ongoing and it seems that Queen's University Belfast have fallen for the bait. Well Done SK of Belfast - you did say ten years ago that you aimed to make sure that the Big M got an honorary degree from Belfast and you did it. Pity so many of the SGI-UK delegation were not allowed to go to Tokyo for the big event - being banned because of swine flu just shows how their Ichinin was not up to the trip.

I am also advised that The Tireless advance of SGI may be reaching nearer than I think - and there have been sightings of Activity within 50 miles of my home! Yikes! I may be forced to attend a public event and ask some impertinent questions. >8^)

SGI. Reformed? No! Re-Branded? Yes!

SGI 2. Coming to a public venue near you!

"Shakyamuni Buddha, [is] our real sovereign, parent, and enlightened teacher."

Nichiren writes:

"Since numberless major world system dust particle kalpas ago, this saha world has been the domain of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings. Of the vast earth, the skies, the mountains and seas, the plants and trees, there is not a single portion that belongs to any other Buddha. And all the living beings within it are likewise the children of Shakyamuni Buddha.

For example, it is said that at the beginning of a kalpa of formation one of the Brahma kings descended from the heavens and gave birth to the various beings who inhabit the six paths. Just as Brahma is then the parent of all those beings, in the same way Shakyamuni Buddha is parent to all living beings in this world. Shakyamuni is the enlightened teacher for all the living beings in this country of ours as well. It is thanks to our teacher that we can know who our parents are; it is owing to Shakyamuni Buddha that we can distinguish black from white.

Yet, following the words of men like Shan-tao and Honen, who have been possessed by the heavenly devil, people proceed to build Amida halls throughout the country. They build Amida halls in each district, each village, and each hamlet. Ordinary citizens build Amida halls in their own houses, and people make painted or wooden images of Amida Buddha to put up in their homes and dwellings. The name of Amida is on everyone’s lips, some chanting it in a loud voice, some chanting it ten thousand times, some chanting it sixty thousand times a day. And persons with a degree of wisdom make haste to encourage others in these practices. This is like adding dried grass to a fire, or loosing winds to blow upon and stir up the waters.

Of the inhabitants of this country, there is not one who is not a disciple and subject of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings. If a person does not paint or carve a single image of Amida or of any Buddha other than Shakyamuni, or does not chant Amida’s name, then, although he may be an evil person, he still has not clearly shown that he has rejected Shakyamuni Buddha. But all those people who worship Amida Buddha exclusively have already clearly shown that they have rejected Shakyamuni Buddha. Those who chant the futile formula of the Nembutsu— they are the truly evil ones.

They treat this Buddha who is neither father nor mother, neither sovereign nor teacher to them with the kind of tenderness one might show to a beloved wife. At the same time, they cast aside Shakyamuni Buddha, our real sovereign, parent, and enlightened teacher, and fail to open their mouths to recite the Lotus Sutra, which is like a wet nurse to us all. How can they be called anything but unfilial?

These unfilial persons number not just one or two, a hundred or a thousand; they include not just the inhabitants of one or two provinces. From the ruler on down to the common people, everyone in the entire land of Japan, without a single exception, is guilty of committing the three cardinal sins!" (Letter to Ichinosawa)

Many have abandoned Shakyamuni Buddha asserting that the Dharma Body (Namu Myoho renge kyo or the Enlightenment of the Buddhas of the Three Existences) is Shakyamuni Buddha himself. They are no different than the True Word believers who replace Shakyamuni Buddha with Dainichi Buddha. Others assert that the the Reward Body is Shakyamuni Buddha. They are no different than the Nembutsu believers. No one could cultivate or realize the mind of the Buddha were it not for Shakyamuni Buddha.

SGI Calls Me the Glenn Beck of Nichiren Buddhism

Because I am successful at rooting out the SGI's erroneous practices and fallacies, they liken me to the politically incorrect carnival barker, Glen Beck. One thing I have in common with Glen Beck, I am successful at what I do. Shakyamuni bestows upon me Supreme and Perfect Enlightenment and Nichiren, his kind words of praise. I am a rich man indeed and their jealousy seethes forth.

My Reading of Nichiren's View of Shakyamuni Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha is the father and Namu Myoho renge kyo is the mother. Original Buddha or Original Teacher means that no matter how eminent, wise, or knowledgeable one may be, no matter how diligent one is in carrying out the Six Paramitas (Six Perfections) and no matter how long one practices the Six Paramitas, there is no way that one could come up with, let alone reveal, Myoho renge kyo independently of Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha, in the history of the universe, was the one unique individual capable of doing so. Nichiren realized this, taught this, and reverenced Shakyamuni Buddha for His astronomical feat of autonomous self-practice. That is why He, rather than any other individual, is worshipped as the person of the Gohonzon. We owe our very Enlightenment to this Buddha and this Buddha alone. I know this sounds bombastic, but I think if you examine Nichiren Daishonin's writings carefully, this is Nichiren's view [from one perspective of the teachings of the Lotus Sutra]. The other perspective [also from Nichiren's view based on the Lotus Sutra], the one that is the most difficult to believe and the most difficult to understand should not be brought up except in formal debate. I have brought it up too many times already in common discourse and have suffered the consequences. It is enough to know and hope for the opportunity to reveal it in all its glory. Those in the Latter Day who reveal it [at the opportune time] are hated by priests, nuns, laymen and laywomen, their lives placed in imminent danger. Truly, one becomes a Bodhisattva Fukyo and a Nichiren Daishonin. It is not clear to me whether this is an inviolate eternal principle or only universally applicable in the Latter Day. Nichiren does speak about propagating the Lotus Sutra under the protection of devout rulers but none exist today. One must cultivate one's faith and completely immerse oneself in practice in order to be ready should the time arrive. Still, it is always wise to be humble and to have deep gratitude for our teachers, is it not?

Animality

"As for being an endorsement for my mentor, I save that for my family, close
friends, my work and the immediate society in which I live. My reputation in
those areas is sterling, even phenomenal. This board isn't my favorite activity,
but it is like a playground for me." -- Don Gropp SGI member

Don is a modern day Kishimojin before she encountered the Lotus Sutra, feeding other's babies to her own. This is the World of Hunger and Animality.

Liars Get Caught in Lies

'The concluding part of this work makes clear that the Buddha of the Latter Day is none other than Nichiren Daishonin himself, and that the Buddhism he teaches comprises the Three Great Secret Laws." -- backgri\ound of Repaying Debts of Gratitude

According to SGI, every SGI member is a Buddha of the Latter Day. Here they state, Nichiren Daishoninin is the Buddha of the Latter Day. Were there many buddhas in the Latter Day, they should state, 'a" Buddha of the Latter day.

But the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren teach that Shakyamuni Buddha is the Buddha who is always here preaching the Law, has done so since the infinite past, and will continue to do so for twice as long.

"All the people in Japan as well as the rest of the whole world should revere Lord Buddha Shakyamuni (Original and Eternal Buddha) revealed in the essential section (honmon) of the Lotus Sutra as the object of worship (honzon)." [P. 198] -- Repaying Debts of Gratitude

Be the First On Your Block to Start a Kempon Hokke Group

Required: One Copy of the Lotus Sutra; one copy of the Gosho; two to several thousand Kempon Hokke Sutra Books.

We will help you get started with the Kempon Hokke Sutra books.

Quitting the SGI? Then Leave the Nichiren Shu Alone. It Would be Best to Join the Kempon Hokke.

Nichren-shu expands and develops for the sake of the Nichiren Shu not for the sake of the Buddhahood of each Nichiren Shu member. The Nichiren Shu raison d'etre [like that of the Soka Gakka] is for the sake of the Nichiren Shu. "Big-sect prosperity" is the goal and not Buddhahood for each individual member. Therefore, they embrace many wrong doctrines [like the SGI] in order to be attractive to the widest possible array of people, most of whom, in Mappo are steeped in the Three Poisons and attached to the Five Desires. Attempting to be everything to everyone they end up being nothing to nobody.

Nichiren-shu [as the SGI] uses inauthentic and forged writings to prove the validity of their fictitious imaginary doctrines and perverted practices. For example, there are no sentences in Nichiren's authentic writings that form the basis of the following Nichiren Shu doctrines:

Nichiren-shu teaches, as the SGI, that human beings are essentially Buddhas but Nichiren Daishonin teaches that we live with the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni in our mind.

Nichiren-shu says that the universe itself is the eternal Buddha but Nichiren Shonin teaches that there is no difference between your mind and the universe.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches that Honmon, which explains the Eternal Buddha, is superior to Shakumon but Nichiren-shu says that Honmon and Shakumon are equally valid.

Nichiren Daishonin says that the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni is the only one we should worship but Nichiren-shu teaches that you should worship many deities and various Bodhisattvas for your benefits.

Nichiren Shonin teaches that fortune-telling and incantations are not the right way of practice but because the people like magic, the Nichiren-shu says that they are ways of leading people to the truth.

Ultimately, the Nichiren Shu is based on the teachings of Arai Nissatsu and Udana-in Nichiki, the founders of the modern Nichiren Shu. These men were the products of the most degenerate age in the history of Japanese Buddhism, the Tokugawa period. They changed the teachings of the Daishonin almost as drastically as the Soka Gakkai. For example, the Daishonin teaches, the Four Dictums: "Nembutsu is hell; Zen is a devil; Shingon is the nation's ruin; Ritsu is treason." Nissatsu changed the Four Dictums to: "Because we contemplate the Buddha, ceaselessly devils are quieted; because our words are true, traitors who would destroy the nation are subdued." Nichiki and Nissatsu changed, even more fundamentally, Shakyamuni Buddha's and Nichiren Daishonin's teachings on Shoju and Shakabuku and renounced the importance of debate in order to arrive at the truths of Buddhism.

This is but a very short summary of why you, those who are leaving the Gakkai, should think twice about joining the Nichiren Shu. You should join the Kempon Hokke, especially if you believe that Nichiren Daishonin's teachings on the Lotus Sutra is the road map to Supreme and Perfect Enlightenment. The Kempon Hokke follows Nichiren Daishonin as closely as a calf follows its mother or as faithfully as the earth revolves about the sun.

Ikeda Sensei, The Seven Step Snake

http://kalyan-city.blogspot.com/2008/07/worlds-top-10-most-poisonous-venomous.html

The moment you take the seventh step, you are in Avici.

Transference of Merit

"And these blessings enjoyed by the Buddha can be transferred BY HIM to people who put their faith in the Lotus Sutra. It is like the food eaten by a loving mother, which turns into milk for the nourishment of her baby. For the Buddha has said, “Now this threefold world is all my domain, and the living beings in it are all my children."

Shakyamuni, the lord of teachings, takes these blessings and, in the form of the words that make up the Lotus Sutra, brings them to the mouths of all living beings for them to taste. A baby does not know the difference between water and fire, and cannot distinguish medicine from poison. But when the baby sucks milk, its life is nourished and sustained. Although one may not be versed in the Agama sutras the way Shariputra was, although one does not have the understanding of the Flower Garland Sutra that Bodhisattva Moon of Deliverance had, and although one has not committed to memory all the sacred teachings set forth by the Buddha in the course of his lifetime, as had Bodhisattva Manjushri, if one listens to even one character or one phrase of the Lotus Sutra, one cannot fail to attain Buddhahood." -- Letter To Horen

SGIunofficial and True SGI Believers.

First I'd like to say that despite my disagreements with some of the members there in the past, you should be proud of yourselves for fighting the good fight. For example, SGI is now using the weak fear based Deist argument of Pascal to support the SGI principle of M/D relationship. Not so sure you will ever turn the unthinking true believers over there. At least most true SGI believer's don't realize the untruth of their untenable positions. It is the leaders who are the evil men who know the truth but who teach contrary to the truth. Let me rather use the Buddhist fear based argument, it is their leaders who are going straight to Avici hell.

Final Reply to Pass the Doobie

Me:

Question: "Is Kempon Hokke the one true Nichiren faith?"

Answer: It is difficult to believe and difficult to accept that the Kempon Hokke is the One True Nichiren Faith. If it were easy to believe and easy to accept, it wouldn't be the One True Nichiren faith.

To be a true disciple and believer of Nichiren one must necessarily,

1). Chant Namu Myoho renge kyo to the Honzon of the Three Great Secret laws.

2). Believe exclusively in the Lotus Sutra.

3). Believe exclusively in Shakyamuni Buddha of the 16th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra.

4). Tells others to do the same.

5). Base one's practice [shakabuku] on the Rissho Ankoku Ron.

Note to Pass the Doobie

After finishing up this latest series of replies to you, I will let you get in the last word, if you so desire. The next SGI member I debate will be a top salaried senior leader or none at all. Fact is, there are many people involved in your responses, a committee perhaps? To some small extent, I know how Nichiren felt:

"Some have fled headlong while others have retreated, and still others have been captured to become my disciples. I continue to repulse their attacks and to defeat them, but legions of enemies exist who oppose the single Dharma King and the handful who follow him. So the battle goes on even today."

Kempon Hokke

Reply To Pass the Doobie Part 6

PTD:

Rogow says he doesn’t know what happened to Lamont (their “Professor of Buddhism)!!! Is he an idiot? Lamont obviously couldn’t stand him! (And he knew Rogow’s arrogance will be the downfall of all who embrace him!)

Me:

Mr. Lamont disappeared after being reproached by Reverend Tsuchiya [fact]. I never took sides. I never even commented nor did I discuss it with either of them. We are not like the SGI. There will be a lot of infighting after Ikeda falls into hell. If I were you, I would worry more about what will happen to the SGI after Ikeda's journey than what will happen after Lamont, Tsuchiya, or I die. We follow the Law anyway. No one is above the Law of the simultaneity of cause and effect. No one is a greater Mentor than Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin. Do you really think that those who chant Namu Myoho renge kyo in the SGI are incapable of slandering the Dharma? Do you think that all those who chanted the Daimoku, even when Nichiren was alive, were faithful to the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren? You had better get your nose out of the World Tribune and the Human Revolution and into the Lotus Sutra and Gosho.

Reply To Pass the Doobie Part 5

Let me begin, that your wife, is not a reliable source of affirming your attainment. Only utilizing the Lotus Sutra and the writings of Nichiren Daishonin can we determine who is and who isn't a Buddha.

SGI Stoops to Christian Evangelical-like Fear Theology. UGH

SGI member Don Gropp on SGI Unofficial:

"On this one, I'm going with Blaise Pascal's probabliliy theory. He is well known for his intellectual proclivities and he discusses the matter of life after death in terms of a wagering theory. He asserts that intelligence cannot provide an answer to the question of whether there is an afterlife. This was also the conclusion reached by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). On this premise, Pascal says that if people gamble their lives on the chance that there is life after death, then,,even if they are wrong and the reality is that there isn't, they haven't lost anything. On the other hand, if they gamble their life on the chance that there is no afterlife [no need for a mentor], and it turns out that in fact there is, then they are powerless to do anything to alter the course they have taken. Even if at that point they wish to have done more good things while alive for the sake of the hereafter, it is too late.

Therefore, I'm gambling on a belief that the need for a mentor brings fortune if you win and costs nothing if you lose.

Losing a wager on the opposite belief, however, leaves one helpless and empty-handed. It makes the most sense to lay one's stakes on the belief that there is a need for an outstanding mentor, and that this is the choice that any rational person would make."

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UGH, I think I'm going to vomit. Maybe not but reading this did make me nauseous. Buddhism is not based on chance. It is based on knowing [strong faith in the Lotus Sutra leading to wisdom]. Were one to utilize a western argument for a Buddhist principle, it should be a non-deist argument, something along the lines of Descarte's. Buddhism says that through faith in the Lotus Sutra we will come to know. I have come to know that the SGI Mentor Disciple teaching is hogwash. One should take the Law and those who embody the Law as Master. Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin embody the law. Taking the Law, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Nichiren Daishonin as Masters, one is firmly grounded in certitude [pure faith which leads to infinite wisdom].

Pure Gold in the Dirty Bag

Namu Myoho renge kyo is "The Sublime [or Wonderful] Dharma of the Lotus Flower Sutra". It is the finest diamond tipped scalpel for excising delusion. Yet, this very same scalpel, in the hands of the faithless, unwise, malevolent, or selfish, can be used to create delusion and ultimately, misery. Similarly, a scalpel in the hands of skilled neurosurgeon can remove a highly malignant brain tumor while in the hands of a desperate prisoner, it can be used to cut his cellmate's throat. Nichiren teaches that the Daimoku is like gold. It is the same gold in the hands of a fool as in the hands of a wiseman. Yet of course, Nichiren never advocated one to be foolish. The SGI has taken the diamond scalpel and pure gold of the Lotus Sutra, creating misery and squandering the true benefits of the Sublime Dharma.

Nichiren also teaches, do not give up your gold just because the bag is dirty. We who have thrown away the dirty bag of the Soka Gakkai and who have retained the gold of the Lotus Sutra, are joyful and at peace.

Silent Killers

There are many diseases that are known as silent killers. The most well known of these is hypertension which is known as "the silent killer". Not everyone who has hypertension is symptom free. In these rare individuals, even the earliest stages of the disease manifests as headaches, for example. Other examples of silent killers are arteriosclerosis or the buildup of fatty deposits on the walls of arteries laden with calcium [hardening of the arteries], and pancreatic cancer. Still, even in the silent killer of pancreatic cancer, some rare individuals develop a warning sign called Trusseau's sign or leg cramps associated with the smallest possible pancreatic tumor. Most people are asymptomatic until it is too late. Hypertension is the classic example, the person is asymptomatic until suffering often irreversible damage to the kidneys or eyes or has had a stroke. That is why everyone who goes to a doctor's office has their blood pressure taken.

Now let me talk about the Soka Gakkai, the distorted and twisted permutation of Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism. It too functions like one of the silent killer diseases. Most people feel good even for decades and then their lives quickly unravel, their dreams, good fortune, energy and hope dissipating in a matter of days or months, sometimes at the moment of death. I consider myself fortunate because I was one of the few who developed symptoms before the terminal or preterminal event[s]. The symptoms manifested as nagging doubts about the SGI mentor disciple relationship. The symptoms worsened as I tried to reconcile the Lotus Sutra and the writings of the Daishonin with the teachings of the Soka Gakkai.

I then sought help from the Excellent Physician, Lord Shakya of the Original Doctrine. Now I no longer have doubts about the teachings and my faith is strong and nearly doubt free. Day by day the water of wisdom is beginning to gush forth like an inexhaustible stream. I hope you too may come to know the infinite favors of the Law and Shakyamuni Buddha. The Kempon Hokke is the sangha of believers who share the same faith as Nichiren Daishonin.

SGIBuddhism.org

There certainly are some arrogant and bombastic SGI leaders giving guidance there, self-inflated types. Here on the Kempon Hokke blog there is always a forum for them to refute our allegations and make their case. I eagerly await their courageous action.

"Strict Training" for the Vast Majority of Members and Even Leaders, is an Erroneous SGI Cult Practice

Warm encouragement of other disciples and believers is almost invariably the proper practice. Wherefore? Because the correct practice of the Lotus Sutra is strict training in and of itself.

Toyota and Kempon Hokke, a few thoughts

The US lawyers and insurance companies fangs have come out. Nearly every last accident involving a Toyota will be attributed to an acceleration problem or some other mechanical or engineering defect. It will cost Toyota many tens of billions of dollars more than the many tens of billions of dollars already spent on the recalls, especially if the reports are true that the initial recall and repair of the faulty electronics, never really fixed the problem.

The SGI can't even bring peace and happiness to Japan but they claim that wherever they spread, peace and happiness follows.

The real reality is that the only thing preventing the collapse of the Japanese nation is the Kempon Hokke, the defenders of the True Law.

SGI and the End of Japan or the Nightmare of Ikeda Daisaku [Edited]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/234574
This entire essay is taken entirely, sometimes verbatim and sometimes reworded from the Newsweek article, Toyota and the End of Japan by Devin Stewart

SGI remained special, the largest and virtually the last remaining face of Japanese religious innovation. With $175 billion in assets, it remains Japan's wealthiest religion and the world's largest new age cult. But the hemorrhaging of members has now exposed problems there, too. Mimicking the catholic Church, their "big brother", it has suffered from an insularity, parochialism, and a hierarchical structure that discourages input from others. Chris Holte of Georgetown University and expert in Nichiren Buddhist cultic studies says that all the core leaders are Japanese and the religion's affiliates, such as the Boston Research Center and the Institute for Oriental Philosophy, are actually part of SGI's vertical structure thus limiting connections with others [especially the orthodox Nichiren sects, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Nichiren Daishonin]. Their public-relations response has been plagued by Japanese cultural tendencies to dodge controversy and conflict. They deny each and every proven allegation and charge of heresy, like sticking acceler... err, like the handling of donations, secrecy, lauding it over worker bee members, and denying the heritage through the scrolls of the Sutra.

The optimistic view is that SGI's travails will spur SGI, finally, to become less insular and more open to new ideas. Initially, many in SGI denied the problem, calling the controversies, "machination of slanderers" and they concocted conspiracy theories about the Kempon Hokke, Nichiren Shu, Nichiren Shoshu, Independent Nichirenists, and the King Devil of the Sixth heaven, claiming, everyone is trying to sabotage the SGI to boost their own memberships and to destroy "The one true unified body of believers." Now, however, with the loss of Komeito's power and influence, even some top seniors are delicately moving to push change on Ikeda in ways unimaginable to their predecessors. Vice President Fujiwara has not missed a chance to berate his juniors, accusing them of failing to both listen to the member's complaints and more importantly, failing to promote strongly enough the May Contribution Campaign. The mainstream media is also taking off the gloves, with some of the biggest newspapers saying that SGI has embarrassed Japan in the world, and that SGI must radically change to regain the trust of its custom... err members.

The less rosy scenario is that the Soka Gakkai, now exposed for their slanders and heresies, will retreat deeper into its shell. The SGI is beginning to adversely effect the well being of Japan. Since Koizumi's term ended in September 2006, three prime ministers have had to step down within a year. The top SGI leaders understand the problems SGI and Japan face but the cultural shift required to confront them may just be too great, says Robin Beck, a New York University Japan scholar. Rather than, for example, competing with the Nichiren Shu for the leadership role in Asia, it is quite likely that the SGI will cede ground while feeling sorry for themselves, says Beck. In other words, SGI members faith will continue to weaken and dry up while blaming its limitations on slanders and slanderers and the changing international balance of Nichiren sect power, all the while, trying to maintain its false sweet and smiley face. In this bleak view, the SGI will return to their non-Buddhist heart of shoganai (nothing can be done). Indeed, it seems that SGI's decline may not be accelerating, but the prevailing sentiment is that nothing can be done to apply the brakes and they are sure to take Japan with them unless they awaken from their nightmare called Ikeda Daisaku.

More Protect the Mentor

In order to fight against the three powerful enemies, we should protect our mentor, SGI President Ikeda at all times.

A Real Knee Slapper

"After the announcement of his resignation, Daisaku Ikeda did not go home. He went straight to the brand new Kanagawa Culture Center and reflected upon the significance of Daishonin’s persecution. He took a brush with ink and wrote the calligraphy “Justice,” and in the margin he added “I will carry the banner of justice alone.”

Ikeda asked to resign his position, equal to the Daishonin''s persecutions. I shouldn't be laughing but I can't help myself. That's a real knee slapper!

Quit College For the Sake of the SGI Mentor and You Too Will Garner Two Hundred and Fifty Academic Honors

"Mr. Ikeda described this time as a period of "unimaginable hardship," and declared that his success at keeping his mentor safe remains his greatest pride and honor.

To fully support Mr. Toda, Mr. Ikeda quit his college classes. In return, Mr. Toda pledged to tutor him privately in a broad range of subjects. Mr. Ikeda remarked, "As a graduate of what I fondly call 'Toda University,' I have received close to 250 academic honors from universities and other institutions of higher learning across the globe." This, he confirmed, is the result of his unswerving commitment to the path of mentor and disciple. "Buddhism is a matter of proof," he said, quoting Mr. Toda. "Without proof, it's just abstract theory."

Are There Not Any True Disciples of Daisaku Ikeda Besides Pass the Doobie?

"In a similar context, Mr. Toda once declared: 'We have to establish a
tradition of defeating powerful enemies at a crucial moment. To do this,
we need to apply ourselves with a sense of dedication and responsibility.
We can accumulate trememdous good fortune when we denounce
malicious and destructive attacks, and do our utmost to support our
mentor in faith. That is how we create causes for the future growth of
the Soka Gakkai.'" -- Daisaku Ikeda

Inauthentic Gosho versus The Opening of the Eyes and the Gift of Rice

"The mind is like a skilled painter, who creates various forms made up of the
five components. Thus of all the phenomena throughout the entire world, there
is not a single one that is not created by the mind."

(The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences regarding theClassification of the Teachings and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld -The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 844) Selection source: "Myoji noGen", Seikyo Shimbun, March 2nd, 2010

"From the beginning the Flower Garland and True Word schools were both provisional schools based upon provisional sutras. But the Tripitaka masters Shan-wu-wei and Chin-kang-chih [who introduced the esoteric True Word teachings to China] usurped the T’ien-t’ai doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life and made it the core of the teachings of their school, adding the practice of mudras and mantras and convincing themselves that their teachings surpassed T’ien-t’ai’s. As a result, students of Buddhism, unaware of the real facts, came to believe that the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life was to be found in the Mahavairochana Sutra that had been brought from India. Similarly, in the time of the Flower Garland patriarch Ch’eng-kuan, the T’ien-t’ai doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life was surreptitiously incorporated and used to interpret the passage in the Flower Garland Sutra that reads, “The mind is like a skilled painter.” People were unaware that this was what had happened." -- Opening of the Eyes

The seed of enlightenment for the various Buddhas described in the Flower Garland Sutra, the Mahavairochana Sutra, and the other various Mahayana sutras is the one doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life. And the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai Chih-che was the only person who was capable of perceiving the truth of this doctrine. Ch’eng-kuan of the Flower Garland school usurped the doctrine and made it the soul of the passage in the Flower Garland Sutra that reads, “The mind is like a skilled painter.” -- [Ibid]

Nichiren would never praise the Flower Garland or principle of Consciouness Only over the Lotus Sutra nor would he ever use the Doctrine of Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life to interpret this passage of the Flower Garland Sutra.

"The essence of the sutras preached before the Lotus Sutra is that all phenomena arise from the mind. To illustrate, they say that the mind is like the great earth, while the grasses and trees are like all phenomena. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It teaches that the mind itself is the great earth, and that the great earth itself is the grasses and trees. The meaning of the earlier sutras is that clarity of mind is like the moon, and that purity of mind is like a flower. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It is the teaching that the moon itself is mind, and the flower itself is mind. You should realize from this that polished rice is not polished rice; it is life itself.'" -- The Gift of Rice

The SGI covets inauthentic Gosho so please be very careful and very studious.

Hertz, Avis, Enterprise, and the Kempon Hokke?

I have rented cars from nearly ever major car company, from compact cars to Cadillacs. By far my best car rental experience came from Enterprise. I arrived at the desk and the first thing the lady asked me, "Do you want to upgrade?" I said, "How much". She said no charge. Go out and pick the car you want from any car on the lot. I picked out a Mustang with one thousand miles. I drove that car hard for 14 days. It was muddy. I returned it and the one processing my return was so pleasant. He noted that I must have really enjoyed my car. I said yes and thanked him. When I returned to the desk to pay my bill, the very same lady said, all the extra fees had been waved. I said, "WOW" you are all so nice and you have an excellent rental car company. She thanked me for my business.

The Kempon Hokke is the Enterprise Company of Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism. We aim to please. E-mail me for our Essential Services Sutra book and I will send you several. We thank you for your Buddha business.

Reply To Pass the Doobie Part 4

Pass the Doobie quotes passages from Persecutions by Sword and Staff, The Teaching that Accords With the Buddha's Mind, King Rinda, The Treasure of a Filial Child, The Doctrine of Attaining Buddhahood in One's Present Form, and White Horses and White Swans. All these passages teach that only through the Lotus Sutra CAN one attain Buddhahood in their present form. They are snipped for brevity. Does he think that the Kempon Hokke believes otherwise? We have been teaching the same doctrines for more than 600 years. The Kalama Sutra states:

Brian E.

My first Kempon Hokke shakabuku, Brian E., motorcycle mechanic extraordinaire, found me today after almost twelve years. He still has his Kempon Hokke Gohonzon to which he chants the Daimoku. Today is a most joyous day. I think I will Rock the Era for Shakyamuni Buddha.

Reply To Pass the Doobie Part 3

Pass the Doobie;

The Opening of the Eyes

When the sutras of the Flower Garland and True Word schools assert that their followers will enter the first stage of development in this lifetime and achieve Buddhahood in their present form, they are putting forth the teachings of the provisional sutras alone, teachings that conceal [the seeds sowed in] the past. [No.30, Page 258, col 2, paragraph 195, Content]

Me;

No thought whatsoever went into PTD's presentation. What we find is slander and cut and paste, cut and paste and slander. To make a case for Buddhahood in this very existence based on the writings of Nichiren would not be difficult at all but PTD makes such a weak argument that it is an embarrassment to the Lotus Sutra and the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin. Therefore, I refute that he is as yet a Buddha and that Buddhahood develops in the Soka Gakkai. The Kempon Hokke Essential Services reads: "Adoration Be to the Original Buddhas and Manifestation Buddhas of Our Own World and Other Quarters." Of course our Patriarch Nichiren Daishonin is a Buddha. He is not however the Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra, the Original Eternal Buddha. That right is reserved for Shakyamuni Buddha. Since you cite the Opening of the Eyes, let's see what the Opening of the Eyes says about Buddhas and Buddhahood:

Reply To Pass the Doobie Part 2

Pass The Doobie:

...Such arrogant slander has nothing to do with differences in doctrine! He demeans. His “shakubuku” is not borne of compassion, but instead of animality. He is a great discredit to the beautiful humanism of the Daishonin’s teachings. I really don’t want to waste my time taking a stand against this guy, but somebody has to. I HOPE NONE OF YOU EVER TAKE THIS SLANDERER SERIOUSLY!

Me:

Here's what Nichiren says, maybe you will take him seriously:

"It also states: “The Buddha replied: ‘[Bodhisattva] Kashyapa, it is because I was a defender of the correct teaching that I have been able to attain this diamond-like body. . . . Good man, defenders of the correct teaching need not observe the five precepts or practice the rules of proper behavior. Rather they should carry knives and swords, bows and arrows, halberds and lances.'' -- Rissho Ankoku Ron

My compassion is born of the Lotus and Nirvana Sutras, not the New New Human Revolution. You couldn't possibly fathom it.

Reply To Pass the Doobie Part 1

Like a true son of the Gakkai, Pass the Doobie reveres "coins" more than the Eternal Buddha.

Pass the Doobie writes [34 Gosho quotes of the Daishonin thanking his followers for offerings snipped]:

Above are 34 different Gosho—not counting what may be evidenced in Volume Two of the WND—in which the Daishonin acknowledges receiving money, for himself, from his followers. In fact, based on these above Gosho, where the number is given, the amount received was in excess of 65,000 coins! The point is that all of these offerings were legitimate and sincere gifts to support the work that the Daishonin was doing."

Me:

Equating the coins donated to the Votary of the Lotus Sutra who was struggling to survive, one winter after another, with the billions donated to the billionaire Devedatta of the modern age and his millionaire SS [Soka Spirit] lieutenants is proof that the poison has penetrated deeply. Unlike the SGI conmen beggars, Nichiren rarely asked his disciples and believers for a dime.

"To support the work that the Daishonin was doing..."

No. The donations were to keep the Daishonin alive. 65000 medieval Japanese coins over 29 years, couldn't buy a temple even if he wanted one [unlike Ikeda who wants thousands and all with his name affixed].

Pass the Doobie's Been Smoking Too Much Gakkai Paraquat

Equating the coins donated to the Votary of the Lotus Sutra who was struggling to survive one winter after another with the billions donated to the billionaire Devedatta of the modern age and his millionaire SS [Soka Spirit] lieutenants, is proof that the poison has penetrated deeply.

Response to Etoro

Etoro

"Mark you do make some very odius comments. You are literally wasting your life away on a fruitless pursuit (attacking SGI members); a pursuit that is utterly empty of all substance and truth and fraught with failure right out the box."

Me:

What could be more truthful than the words of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren Daishonin and your seniors? I have citations for my claims. You, on the other hand, are performing damage control.

On Anger

Rarely do I anger to the point of rage and I can't remember the last time I have. I run away to a safe distance [sometimes internally] and chant for the Buddhahood of the offender and tell the offender that he will attain Buddhahood. This is my practice of Bodhisattva Neverdespise. I teach this practice [and Namu Myoho renge kyo, of course], particularly to those who have spent significant time in prison. These people, when slighted, tend to lash out and I don't want them to return to prison.

Visiting SGI Cult Blogs

I have visited about two dozen SGI cult blogs this evening. The majority have no comment section and those that do are moderated before they are published. I am very proud that well over 90% of the comments on this blog are published unmoderated. Those few unfortunates who have been moderated have been so because of their redundant postings, failure to stay on topic, or being nasty. The real nasty ones I keep for all to see as a badge of honor.

Kempon Hokke Challenge to Those Interested in the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin

Do the Essential Services of the Kempon Hokke for thirty days. Do the Soka Gakkai Practice for thirty Days. Do the Nichiren Shu practice for thirty days.

You may go to every SGI meeting, seek guidance, read their literature, whatever, but you must do their service and chant Nam Myoho renge kyo morning and night.

You may go to the Nichiren Shu temple, speak to the priests, read their literature but you must do their service and chant Namu Myoho renge kyo morning and night.

You may read the Lotus Sutra and any or all other authenticated writings of Nichiren Daishonin but you must do the Kempon Hokke Essential Services and chant Namu Myoho renge kyo morning and evening.

If you are really adventurous and sincerely seeking Supreme and Perfect Enlightenment and want to be sure of the correct path, you may sincerely do their practices and receive their objects of worship and after the ninety days, make your choice as to the faith and group that best embodies the teachings of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin. I will supply you with a Nichiren Shu Gohonzon because it will take more than thirty days to receive one.

Every Year They Start Earlier and Earlier [Now, For All Intents and Purposes, Encompassing 1/3 of the Year]

DATE: February 25, 2010 MEMO NO: ORG－012
DISTRIBUTE TO: District through Territory Leaders
FROM: Organization Center—Kaz Hatakeyama
SUBJECT: 2010 May Commemorative Contribution
606 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Voice: (310) 260-8900 Fax: (310) 260-8917

There Is No Transmission Outside the Sutra

"All the people throughout Japan have been led astray by the wild assertions of... ...the Zen school, which declares its teaching to be 'a separate transmission outside the sutras.'” -- Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins.

The Kempon Hokke restates Nichiren, "The Transmission is Through the Scrolls of the Sutra." Only those who live the Transmission Through the Scrolls of the Sutra can be called disciples and believers of Nichiren. This is true equanimity. There is no equanimity in the Nichiren Shoshu and, even though the SGI now too claims to believe as we, their behavior belies their beliefs.

How to spot a Buddhist cult

How to spot a Buddhist cult
By Upasaka HL Wai, The Buddhist Channel, July 2, 2007

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Like any other major religions in the world, Buddhism also has its fair share of cults. Whether the leader is called Guru Rinpoche, Sifu or Bhante, as long as there is tendency to use and abuse the Dharma for personal gain, such as in getting followers to feed on the leader's ego or eccentricity, cultist will always exist. Cults will also thrive as long as there are followers who willingly or have been unwittingly misled.

"Obtaining Nuclear Weapons is our Religious Imperative" -- Ali Khamenei

Of all the Holy Books, only the Lotus Sutra eschews killing. The Q'uran embraces killing to an even greater extent than the Old Testament and even the Vedas. The violence in the Muslim, Christian, and Hindu worlds, is due to two factors, the inability to overcome The Three Poisons of Greed, Anger, and Animality, and the exhortations to kill in the Muslim, Christian, and Hindu Holy Books.

ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN JAPANESE

High priest of Kempon Hokke, beautiful Gongyo and Daimoku. E-mail me and I will send you the entire service.

Open Your Eyes With The Kempon Hokke

Everything the SGI Says is True

"Until it Decides to tell its members something different" -- Tsukimoto

Matsuoka, Domei Priest and Brains Behind Soka's Post Split Doctrines

Thanks to Jerry, I received a copy today of:

The Myths of Nichiren Shoshu
By Mikio Matsuoka
Published by Ronsosha Publishing Company

So scary to the Nichiren Shoshu that within three years of receiving a copy they wrote four books in rebuttal. So scary to the Kempon Hokke that after reading it, I took a nap and changed the kitty litter.

Maybe someone in the SGI Study Department would like to debate it's merits. Nichigyo, Nichiu, Nichiei, Nichikan, Nichiko, Yukai, Matsuoka, Greg Martin versus the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren, and Rogowdoc?? It would be close.......NOT. I would open up a can of woopass on them [if I could keep my eyes open].

Kempon Hokke Perspective

From the perspective of the Kempon Hokke, the SGI Gohonzons are invalid because all Nichiren Shoshu Gohonzons are invalid. From our perspective, the SGI is the crooked shadow of the crooked tree. Choosing a Nichikan Gohonzon was the SGI's biggest mistake because Nichikan's faith so fundamentally deviates from Nichiren's faith. The Nichiren Shoshu and the SGI both call Nichikan "The Great Restorer of the Fuji sect". We call Nichikan the Great Destroyer of Buddhism [for taking Shakyamuni Buddha out of the religion which he founded and for denigrating the Lotus Sutra as no longer valid]. Nichikan called Shakyamuni Buddha a "husk Buddha" and he taught that, "We chant the Juryo-hon to smash the Hoben-pon and we chant the Daimoku to smash the Juryo-hon." Proof of the Soka Gakkai's [Ikeda's] delusion [lack of Enlightenment] is that they chose the Nichikan Gohonzon rather than a Nichiren Gohonzon for their banner of propagation [not to mention all those other things discussed here]. Some further thoughts from the perspective of the Kempon Hokke:

We look upon Daisaku Ikeda as the Devedatta of the modern age and the third of the Three Powerful Enemies described in the Exhortation to Hold Firm Chapter [13] of the Lotus Sutra. Nichiren Daishonin teaches in the Opening of the Eyes, one of his two most important writings:

“However, they do not look like those referred to in the sutra: ‘monks who wear robes and stay in tranquility.’ People do not suppose that they are ‘revered by the people as though they were arhats with Six Superhuman Powers.’ Or, should I say that they are those who are “more cunning and less likely to reveal their faults?” — Opening of the Eyes

Who could be more cunning than a monk who states, “I am not a monk, I am a layman.”? At this time, it is the business suited president of the SGI, who is looked upon by his disciples and the ignorant non-Buddhists with whom he holds dialogues as a living Buddha or one having superhuman powers ["He could read my thoughts"; "Rainbows follow him wherever he goes"; "How could anyone but a living Buddha collect so many awards and honors?"; Who but a Buddha could write so many hundreds of books?"]. He is the third of the Three Powerful enemies.

Regarding the Soka Gakkai:

“…Then, as laymen, they work to destroy the teachings of Buddhism. Men of this kind steal and usurp the correct teachings of Buddhism and use them to supplement and bolster the erroneous writings…” — Opening of the Eyes

The Soka Gakkai steals and usurps the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra to supplement and bolster the non-Buddhist SGI teachings of Human Revolution and Oneness of Mentor and Disciple. They [Daisaku Ikeda and his high paid lieutenants] steal and usurp Namu Myoho renge kyo to enrich themselves.

Egyptian Tourist Massacres

World

Egyptian tourist massacre

Wounded were flown to military hospitals in Cairo

More than sixty people are reported to have been killed in an attack on a group of foreign tourists visiting a temple in southern Egypt.

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The Behavior of the SGI Salaried Senior Leaders and the Behavior of the Kempon Hokke Body of Believers

"...But if we examine the behavior of the priests of today who supposedly observe the precepts, we find that they hoard silks, wealth, and jewels, and concern themselves with lending money at interest. Since their doctrines and their practices differ so greatly, who would think of putting any faith in them?..." -- RAK

We may rightfully consider the top salaried SGI senior leaders to be priests. They have no jobs other than to teach and spread the Soka philosophy. They claim that one's behavior as a human being [observing the precepts] is the way to measure one's attainments. Then let us look at their behavior. They hoard wealth, receiving exorbitant salaries and benefits to to do the Buddha's work that Shakyamuni and Nichiren did for free. They [SGI] are the Mitsubitchi bank's biggest customer, their money invested, lent with interest. They are also Mitsubitchi Banks partner in the cemetary business. They dress in silk and worsted suits and buy their wives expensive jewels.

The SGI then levels criticisms on the Kempon Hokke [and me in particular] for being impolite, stating, "how could you be enlightened exhibiting such poor behavior." In the very same Rissho Ankoku Ron, we read:

It also states: “The Buddha replied: ‘[Bodhisattva] Kashyapa, it is because I was a defender of the correct teaching that I have been able to attain this diamond-like body. . . . Good man, defenders of the correct teaching need not observe the five precepts or practice the rules of proper behavior. Rather they should carry knives and swords, bows and arrows, halberds and lances.'

We are the modern day defenders of the True Dharma. In light of the Buddhas of the Ten Directions and our masters Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin, our behavior is that of the supremely and perfectly enlightened [in conduct]. The SGI who would turn the sublime teachings of the Lotus Flower Sutra into a new age provisional teaching based on precepts, Zen, and Shingon, are the vilest of men.

This Too is the Kempon Hokke

Attention! Those Who Don't Hate Priests

Of all the priests I have ever met, Catholic, Nichiren Shoshu, Nichiren Shu, and Shoshinkai, Reverend Shamon Tsuchiya of the Kempon Hokke, is both the kindest and coolest.

Honest, Upright, Brutally Truthful, Caring, and Compassionate

This is the Kempon Hokke.

We of the Kempon Hokke Call This Being Two Faced. What Do You Call It?

"Religious strife must be avoided at all cost; under no circumstances should it
be allowed. People may hold different religious beliefs, but the bottom line is
that we are all human beings. We all seek happiness and desire peace. Religion
should bring people together. It should unite the potential for good in people's
hearts toward benefiting society and humanity and creating a better future." -- Daisaku Ikeda

WT Express, August 10, 2002
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In his message to a nationwide prefecture leaders conference held at the Soka
Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo on May 22, SGI President Ikeda says:

"In his treatise 'On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
Land,'" Nichiren Daishonin says, 'Rather than offering up ten thousand prayers
for remedy, it would be better simply to outlaw this one evil' (The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, 15). He is saying that rather than offering many kinds of
prayers to eliminate various sufferings from the world, one should instead
concentrate on removing the fundamental cause of society's misery.

"'One evil' means the fundamental evil. It is because of the distorted
spiritual foundation of human beings and society that all well-intentioned
actions and strategies are futile.

"What, then, is this fundamental evil? The Daishonin clarifies that it is
slander of the true Law and correct teaching. It is a force that tries to
destroy kosen-rufu, which is the great wish of the Buddha. It is jealousy
toward, and betrayal of, the fundamental good that causes the infinitely noble
lives of all people to shine, that inspires them to realize a peaceful society
based on the principle of the sanctity of life.

"Acting in league with those in power, people affected by such negative forces
trample on the true teaching and persecute people of justice. This devilish
function is itself the one evil, the fundamental evil. In the modern age, the
slanderous actions of Nichiren Shoshu are a case in point.

"The Daishonin declares that if this one evil is simply ignored, the calamities
of internal strife and foreign invasion are bound to occur. In other words,
this one evil will ultimately drag the country down the path of war, which
causes the greatest suffering to the people. For this reason, the Daishonin
strictly admonishes that this one evil *** must be eliminated."***

Trillions of Daimoku and Tears

Despite the deep significance of the Sho Hondo to Ikeda and the SGI, the trillions of Daimoku and tears that went into the building, maintaining, and saving the supposed High Sanctuary of "True" Buddhism, it was unceremoniously demolished.

Question: Why, if the Soka Gakkai members chant the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra which promises that, "this Sutra fulfills all wishes like a cool clear pond satisfies the thirsty",was the Soka Gakkai punished?

Answer: The Daimoku they chant is not the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra. Having abandoned the Lotus Sutra and Shakyamuni Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha and the Lotus Sutra abandoned the SGI.

You should leave the Soka Gakkai before your Buddha seeds are scorched and join the Kempon Hokke where even scorched seeds sprout, blossom, and bear fruit.

The SGI Steals and Usurps the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra

"...Then, as laymen, they work to destroy the teachings of Buddhism. Men of this kind steal and usurp the correct teachings of Buddhism and use them to supplement and bolster the erroneous writings..." -- Opening of the Eyes

In the case of the Soka Gakkai, they steal and usurp the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra to supplement and bolster the non-Buddhist teachings of Human Revolution and Oneness of Mentor and Disciple.

SGI Gulf [Dubai]

http://www.sgigulf.org/sgi/index.html

One million times zero is zero

"The Intellectual Level of Israr Ahmad who is Considered to be One of the Most Learned and Broad Minded Muslim Scholars"

http://207.244.155.2:8090/video/misc/m_w_o_384.wmv

Capital Punishment for Apostates

http://207.244.155.2:8090/video/misc/zakir_apostate.wmv

Real Islam

http://www.real-islam.org/audio/

http://freethoughtnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=309:pakistani-muslims-killing-an-infidel-is-not-a-sin&catid=36:islam

Regal Doggie

"I Pledge Even Greater Loyalty To His Excellency"

"In accordance with the spirit of our first president, Mr. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, and the second president, our teacher, Josei Toda, who had loyally dedicated themselves to the head temple, I, representing the entire membership of our organization, pledge even greater loyalty to His Excellency. Soka Gakkai is the greatest ally of the masses. Our enemies are the evil religions. Evil religions drive people to hell. True Buddhism makes Buddhas out of all people. Nichiren Daishonin said the source of all unhappiness and misfortunes of people is evil religion. It was our teacher, Mr. Josei Toda, who repeated this great saying. With the great spirit of this teacher of ours for destroying the evil religions, we, his pupils must once again fiercely attack them". -- Daisaku Ikeda

As we see, SGI is capable of doing an about face. It took, literally a moment to reject the NST doctrine of the Living Master in the Seat of the Law doctrine. The problem is, they replaced the NST doctrine of the Living Master in the Seat of the Law with the SGI doctrine of the Living Master in the Seat of the Law. Their about face was an about face in name only. The top leaders know well the true and orthodox doctrines of the Daishonin. It is power, money, and ego that drives these men to continue their folly at the expense of theirs and their members Buddhahood. They are an extremely evil organization.

Islamic Crusades and the Occupation of Constantinople

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZYZ5CqT1Q

Phil's Not a Real Noodler...He's Wearing a Glove

http://www.playazball.com/archives/001318.html

Shakabuku and Noodling

For the sake of shakabuku I would noodle a catfish.

Tears Rolling

Happiness from ten thousand miles afar.

Venerating Shakyamuni Buddha in Person

Shugo kokka ron by Nichiren Daishonin

'Again, it is written, “Whosoever receives and keeps this Lotus Sutra, reads it, correctly bears it in mind, practices it, writes and copies it, let it be known that such a person beholds Sakyamuni Buddha face to face, and hears the words of this sutra directly from the Buddha’s mouth. Such a one thus, also venerates Sakyamuni Buddha in person.”

This passage means that the Lotus Sutra and Sakyamuni Buddha are one. Those who fail to believe in the Lotus Sutra believe that Sakyamuni Buddha has gone into extinction and is no longer present. But to those who believe in the Sutra, even though it is said that he has gone into extinction, the Buddha is present.

Failing To Enter the Deep Valleys and High Mountains of the Teachings, the SGI Can Only Slander

SGI leader, wrote

"Mark, it is very obvious that you are not well. What is worse is the fact that such an illness can even manifest from within the ranks of the followers of Nichiren. It just seems so twisted. Reality doesn't really work this way. Reality is governed by an abiding law and the true nature of things always comes to the surface eventually.

The degree of confusion you offer the world is mind boggling. If we were to rely upon theoretical teachings alone we would have some serious problems explaining away this degree of confusion you present. You literally twist things around on their head. Thank goodness there is also documentary and actual proof. But there is no excusing the fact that you are seriously slandering Nichiren's teaching and our spiritual movement by twisting around their true intentions for human happiness. And the fact that we have been successful at it makes your comments even all the more egregious.

You are confusing the Japanese social politics of the last 700 years with the teachings of true BUddhism.

You should not be allowed to carry on the way you do. It appears that the moderators here are simply not doing a good job in letting such frothy and slathery slander go unchecked.

I hope you are able to recover in this lifetime. But is definitely not going to be easy.

Response:

"You are sick", "you are psychologically imbalanced", "you are a liar'", "You should be silenced", 'You are a racist', 'You are a misogynist", "Why don't the moderators do something", "You confuse this and you confuse that", "That was then and this is now", "Nichiren said this but meant that", "You would be better off dead"... For twelve years I have heard it all from the SGI members and leaders, slander upon slander, criticism upon criticism but there is one thing I never heard, a reasoned refutation of the points I raise. The SGI is not the place to go to enter the deep valleys and high mountains of the teachings of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin. These SGI leaders must think that Nichiren wrote those hundreds of letters and dozens of treatises just for his contemporaries. He was among the greatest prophets in the history of Buddhism. He knew that there would be those who would misunderstand his teachings and those who would bring misery to themselves and others. I was born here and at this time to point out the errors of the SGI and the Nichiren Shoshu. They refuse to debate and they refuse to enter into an actual proof challenge. They are cowardly individuals who appeal to the authorities to fight their battles for them or make veiled threats in an effort to silence me. This is predicted in the Lotus Sutra and is the actual proof of Nichiren and his followers.

Cris Roman Delusional Ex-gakkai Leader and Architect of SGI Doctrines [edited and complete]

In his most important essay, Ethics and Morality in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, Cris Roman, one of the most important architects of SGI doctrines, restates his fictions and fallacies. His writings and particularly this one are extremely detrimental to the understanding and flourishing of True Buddhism. He, as a matter of course, mixes the clean with the unclean, the correct with the mistaken. Is there any wonder why the SGI members are confused? It is because of men like Cris, Greg Martin, and Dave Baldschun that the SGI members are confused.

Cris:

Not Even Nichiren Can Save the Soka Gakkai Believers

"Above all, be sure to follow your original teacher so that you are able to attain Buddhahood. Shakyamuni Buddha is the original teacher for all people, and moreover, he is endowed with the virtues of sovereign and parent. Because I have expounded this teaching, I have been exiled and almost killed. As the saying goes, “Good advice grates on the ear.” But still I am not discouraged. The Lotus Sutra is like the seed, the Buddha like the sower, and the people like the field. If you deviate from these principles, not even I can save you in your next life."

Dave Baldschun and SGI are Drunk on Arrogance

“Soka Spirit” has a “featured article of the month” by Dave Baldschun (SGI-USA Study Dept) entitled: "Are All Gohonzons the same?” In that article, Baldschun asserts, “At a time when copies of Gohonzon, some inscribed in Nichiren Daishonin’s own hand, are available over the counter or from the Internet, these examples offer a valuable lesson. Even though a Gohonzon is a Gohonzon, the source is important. We should be aware of those offering Gohonzon and teachings under the guise of Nichiren Buddhism but who are, in fact, propagating views that distort Daishonin’s teachings. In Letter to the Lay Priest Ichinosawa, the Daishonin states, 'If the source is muddy, the stream will not flow clear...'”

Nichiren Daishonin is the source of the Nichiren Gohonzon. Since Nichiren's mind was clear, lucid, and free of slander, his Gohonzon is clear, lucid, and free of slander. Nichikan is the source of the Nichikan Gohonzon. Since he taught contrary to the Lotus Sutra, his mind was muddy, dark, and full of slander and therefore, so is his Gohonzon. Worshipping the Nichikan Gohonzon, the SGI believer cultivates the Three Poisons of Anger, Avarice and Stupidity. One need look no further than the effects and false statements of those who worship the Nichikan Gohonzon.

In the April 30th 2001 memo, “Distribution of Gohonzons”, the the very same Dave Baldschun teaches that distribution of Gohonzon by any means outside of SGI (for example, through the Nichiren Shu and the Kempon Hokke) goes against the true spirit of Nichiren which is only found within the SGI. Dave Baldshun and SGI, drunk on arrogance, asserts that receiving, revering, and chanting to a non- SGI Gohonzon “would only create confusion and disharmony within SGI’s community of believers and thus may serve to undermine one’s own faith and that of others.” He then states “The only legitimate conferral of Gohonzon is through the SGI, the only correct body of believers upholding the Daishonin’s teaching. We do not support or condone the distribution, receipt, or reproduction of any Gohonzon in any other manner.”

Dave Baldshun is correct about one thing, not all Gohonzons are equal. The Nichikan Gohonzon is flotsum on the sea of suffering, an offering of offal to the Buddha, and the Great Direct Way to the Hell of Incessant Suffering while The Gohonzon for the Transmission of the Dharma perfectly reflects and manifests the World of the Eternal Buddha.

What is Your Family Religion?

Mr. A: What is your family religion?

Mr. B: Ikeda Soka Gakkai

Mr. A: Very wonderful

Peaceful Soka Gakkai Takes To the Streets For Ikeda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtJ-M31e-Ak&NR=1

Soka Gakkai Security Guardss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzr-K0pM2Rg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjOXuclwzc&NR=1

Cult Coaster Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8dtie4jlrM&NR=1

Nikken Heaven Video

Crooked Shadow [SGI] of the crooked tree [NST].

This is what they have done to the Sublime Dharma of the Lotus Flower Sutra;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993cyrwdiAE&feature=related

Mental Illness, Mood Disorder, and Anger

I have a shakabuku. He is an angry young man of twenty four years and knows literally, nothing about Buddhism. But when he chants Namu Myoho renge kyo for ten or fifteen minutes he is calm for an hour or two. Today he came to see me after punching a wall and trashing his house, his wife then taking his four children and moving out. He asked me why the feeling of chanting doesn't last all day? I told him, until his faith is strong, the beneficence of the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra is experienced as a transient calmness and joy because we have made many bad causes, as Braveheart warriors, as machine gunners, and as worse, so he should ceaselessly chant the Daimoku. I also told him of his infinite good causes he made as a son and loving father to have been able to encounter the Daimoku. I assured him that one day, thanks to his strong faith, he will be able to chant for a few minutes and the boundless benefits of the Law will well up from the depths of his life and he will experience calm throughout the day. I also told him about the Great Object of Worship, and through its contemplation, his transformation will be sealed.

The Rissho Kosei Kai Fails To Recognize the Supreme Votary of the Lotus Sutra

How can we trust them about anything else they teach? For example, Sammai practice, likening recitation of the Lotus Sutra to chanting the Nembutsu, Zen meditation, "and some kind of dances" and then their practitioners think that they can instruct the disciples of Nichiren on the Lotus Sutra, those who actually live the Sutra.

Its Not What the Buddha Can Do For You its What You Can Do For The Buddha

Rissho Kosei Kai:

"We become aware of the Buddha's calling us and working for us."

Lotus Sutra Chapter 13:

"We will protect and uphold what the Buddha has entrusted to us".

Kempon Hokke:

We gladly do the Buddha's work joyfully and selflessly, without expecting anything in return, because we have found the supreme jewel without seeking it.

SGI More Arrogant Than Toyota?

President of Toyota responds:

"It is clear to me that in recent years we didn't listen as carefully as we should — or respond as quickly as we must — to our customers' concerns," wrote Akio Toyoda

AFTER, of course , the subpoenas were handed down:

SGI President never listens and never responds despite their rhetoric of "listening and responding" to the members. Several dozen people probably died because of Toyota's arrogance. In the case of SGI, hundreds of thousands of American members abandoned the Lotus Sutra. We of the Kempon Hokke attribute the American tragedy to arrogance and the SGI doctrine of the Oneness of Mentor and Disciple.

What is the purpose of the Kempon Hokke?

Unifying the Nichiren sects is the purpose of the Kempon Hokke. He who will unify the Nichiren sects will come from the Kempon Hokke.

Response to Clown

"Thanks for proving to the world that you don't have the slightest idea of wnat actual proof means. Your ignorance knows no bounds. For you to live is for you to continue along an evil path if you had a friend they would kill you. I'm not that good friend but in telling you what I have told you I have done more for you than your parents. You hated me before, you can hate me now. I don't care about that. My concern is for the truth. Truth your real enemy that you hate. You will gleefully spread more lies and jump up and down for joy, a perverse happiness befitting your demoniac nature."

I never hated you Philip nor will I ever hate you. It is difficult to hate one you remember in your prayers. Truth? Apparently you can't handle the truth. You will come to see the truth. The Lotus Sutra guarantees that you will be truth incarnate. In this lifetime? That depends on you.

Why the Kempon Hokke?

It is your life, your Enlightenment, your happiness and your joy. Only the Lotus Sutra and the writings of Nichiren are your road map. Your faith and your practice will determine when and how you are going to attain Buddhahood. I may point something out to you based on my faith and understanding and you may point something out to me. If it makes sense based on the Lotus Sutra and the writings of Nichiren use it, if not, forget it. This is what I do. I take to heart all the best you have to offer and discard the rest. No judgements, no grudges, and no duplicity will you find in those who practice as the Lotus Sutra teaches. Above all, no external pressure. The pressure of the Three Obstacles and Three Devils we are bound to encounter is enough, don't you think? There are no artificial constructs or tangential trainings in The Kempon Hokke. Our training manual is the Lotus Sutra, Gosho, and our own experiences since time without beginning.

Nichiju

The founder of the modern day [Jumonryu] Kempon Hokke Sect, Nichi-ju Shonin (from now on, I'll call him "the Master") was born on April 28th of the third year of Seiwa (1314), in the thirty-third year after the death of Nichiren Shonin. He was born at Kurokawa (Aizu-Wakamatsu), in the province of Aizu [Fukushima Prefecture], Oshu (north eastern region of Honshu). His childhood name was Tamachiyo-maru. His father was lshido Masatomo and his mother was Kiyotamahime, the daughter of the Lord of Aizu Castle, Ashina Shiro Mori-mune.

Friendly Feudalism The Tibet Myth

http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html

A Refutation of SGI's Attempt To Rewrite History

A refutation by John Petry:

His usual twisting a dodging nonsense.

Baloney is indeed what I would call Chas' accusations. Chas has
posted uncounted words here over the past few months, none of which
support his accusations that Nichiren Temple priests [whether Nichiren
Shu, Nichiren Shoshu or other Nichiren sects] participated in the
atrocities described in the book, the Rape of Nanking. When
challenged on this accusation he has now modified it to say that they
"sent chaplains to join it the holocaust actions, just like the other
war criminals", again without any proof of such activity. Now he
wants me to prove otherwise as if I am somehow responsible for
disproving his accusations rather than he proving them with solid
evidence.

Steve Wunder Mid-Atlantic MD Zone Leader

That is funny...not his name but sycophant termed "leader" is an oxymoron. One of the reasons he was made a top leader is precisely because he sucks up to those of higher position, for example Ian McIlraith. Mr Wunder will always tell you what you want to hear. He is extremely dangerous to your Buddhist faith and not at all trustworthy. He is another "sweet and smiley" SGI devil.

Preparations are underway for the New SGI Ikeda Oneness of Mentor and Disciple Exhibit

Guy McCloskey inspects one of the touring statues of the Three SGI Mentors.

From faroutworld.bogspot.com

Kinder Gentler SGI?

Guy McCloskey, the seething, mean, vile, lawyer leader of the Soka Gakkai in the midwest and member of the SGI board of directors, is purported to have apologized for one vague incident of disrespecting a member some 15 years or so ago. Don't believe this bunk, even for a minute. The SGI-USA is hemorrhaging. He is a mighty stupid lawyer if he believes this insincere bandaid of an apology, for his years of animality and anger [that I have seen first hand] directed towards the members, will stop the bleeding. Fact is, the top leaders will say and do anything to maintain their positions and the facade of a gentle SGI. This is not my opinion, it is a fact confirmed by the Buddhas of the Ten Directions.

When You Point a Finger three Fingers Point Back At You

"...the Gohonzons that we receive are also the living flesh
of the Original Buddha whose eyes have been opened according
to the principles of the actual Ichinen Sanzen in the passages
depths of the Juryo Chapter and the true attainment of Buddhahood
by plants and trees. Why would this very Gohonzon not be
the true aspect of the eye opening of wooden and painted images?
This is absolutely not found in the heretical sects outside of
Nichiren Shoshu, and is a profoundly secret doctrine which only
Nichiren Shoshu possesses." -- Daisaku Ikeda Soka Gakkai Daibyaku Renge

"Members of the Minobu school of the Nichiren sect chant daimoku. They have the Gosho. Their recitation of the sutra also includes the Hoben and Juryo chapters. And, in the Shoshinkai, which consists of ex-priests of Nichiren Shoshu, the portions of the sutra they recite and the daimoku that they chant are identical to the practice we observe. Though their religion may seem the same as ours, they lack the single, unbroken Heritage of the Law recieved directly from Nichiren Daishonin. If one's faith is not based on this line of inheritance, it is worthless to embrace any Gohonzon, for no benefit will be forthcoming. That is to say, 'Without the lifeblood of faith, it would be useless to embrace the Lotus Sutra.'" -- Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhism in Action, vol. 3, p. 254

The Third Powerful Enemy

"Nichiren writes,

"However, they do not look like those referred to in the sutra: 'monks who wear robes and stay in tranquility.' People do not suppose that they are 'revered by the people as though they were arhats with Six Superhuman Powers.' Or, should I say that they are those who are "more cunning and less likely to reveal their faults?"

Better to Convert One Person to the Kempon Hokke Than ten Million to the Soka Gakkai

"Some people criticize me, saying, 'Nichiren does not understand the capacities of the people of the time, but goes around preaching in a harsh manner—that is why he meets with difficulties.' Other people say, 'The practices described in the "Encouraging Devotion" chapter are for bodhisattvas who are far advanced in practice; [Nichiren ought to follow the practices of] the "Peaceful Practices" chapter, yet he fails to do so.' Others say, 'I, too, know the Lotus Sutra is supreme, but I say nothing about it.' Still others complain that I give all my attention to doctrinal teachings. I am well aware of all these criticisms against me. But I recall the case of Pien Ho, who had his legs cut off at the knee, and of Kiyomaro (Pure Man), who was dubbed Kegaremaro (Filthy Man) and almost put to death. All the people of the time laughed at them with scorn, but unlike those two men, those who laughed left no good name behind them. And all the people who level unjust criticisms at me will meet with a similar fate. The 'Encouraging Devotion' chapter says, 'There will be many ignorant people who will curse and speak ill of us.' I observe my own situation in this passage. Why should it not apply to all of you as well? 'They will attack us with swords and staves,' the passage continues. I have experienced this passage from the sutra with my own body. Why do you, my disciples, not do likewise?" (pg. 209)

More on the The Birds and Beasts of the Fuji School

"Because there are disputes in Buddhism, there arise disputes in the secular world. Mount Hiei has lost its calmness and a lot of troubles have been occurring in Kyoto." (The Way To Argue Buddhist Doctrines)

Pure Land, True Word, Zen, Precepts School, Soka Gakkai, Nichiren Shoshu Members... No Different Than Birds and Beasts

"Nevertheless, the schools of Buddhism other than Tendai have gone astray concerning the true object of devotion. The Dharma Analysis Treasury, Establishment of Truth, and Precepts schools take as their object of devotion the Shakyamuni Buddha who eliminated illusions and attained the way by practicing thirty-four kinds of spiritual purification. This is comparable to a situation in which the heir apparent of the supreme ruler of a state mistakenly believes himself to be the son of a commoner. The four schools of Flower Garland, True Word, Three Treatises, and Dharma Characteristics are all Mahayana schools of Buddhism. Among them the Dharma Characteristics and Three Treatises schools honor a Buddha who is comparable to the Buddha of the superior manifested body. This is like the heir of the supreme ruler supposing that his father was a member of the warrior class. The Flower Garland and True Word schools look down upon Shakyamuni Buddha and declare the Buddha Vairochana and the Buddha Mahavairochana to be their respective objects of devotion. This is like the heir looking down upon his own father, the supreme ruler, and paying honor to one who is of obscure origin simply because that person pretends to be the sovereign who abides by the principles of righteousness. The Pure Land school considers itself to be most closely related to the Buddha Amida, who is an emanation of Shakyamuni, and abandons Shakyamuni himself who is the lord of teachings. The Zen school behaves like a person of low birth who makes much of his small achievements and despises his father and mother. Thus the Zen school looks down upon both the Buddha and the sutras. All of these schools are misled concerning the true object of devotion. They are like the people who lived in the age before the Three Sovereigns of ancient China and did not know who their own fathers were. In that respect, the people of that time were no different from birds and beasts." (Opening of the Eyes)

I Will Be Dead Soon Enough My Dear Clown

"I am convinced Mark Rogow has no understanding of dharma what so ever and slanders it regularly. That he is a creator of dissention among believers. That he regularly slanders other believers. If he had superior ideas or doctrines he could present them but he never does. He is a liar and a scam. Certainly it would be better for him and people in general were he to cease to live. What is the argument in favor of his continued existence? We would all be better off if some accident or disease were to take his life. I truly believe killing him would incur no sin."

Shakyamuni Buddha, Namu Myoho renge kyo, and the Lotus Sutra, lives today and will continue to exist throughout eternity, long after the Soka Gakkai and Ikedaism is but a footnote in history.

Bodily Reading

A bodily reading of the Lotus Sutra is something scholars can not even imagine and something SGI and NST practitioners fail to accomplish. Leaving aside for a moment, the depravity of the SGI faith and practice and attributing to Makiguchi and Toda a small degree of illumination, still the experience of these men is not reproducible in the lives of the SGI members. The greatness of Nichiren Daishonin and his teachings is that his experience is reproducible, not only in extraordinary persons such as Toda and Makiguchi, but in the most ordinary of people, the Atsuhara farmers for example. The Kempon Hokke follows in the footsteps of Nichiren because our faith allows each individual to live the sutra, not just priests or extraordinary individuals, but the most ordinary among us.

"The dharma is the product of argument and debate" -- Gombrich

Perhaps, that is why the Soka Gakkai is stagnant, moribund, and fetid. There is no debate in SGI "Buddhism", only the assertions of the mentor. What a horrible way to practice Buddhism. What a terrible way to live!

Shocking! Next Time You [and you know who you are] Try and Trump the Lotus Sutra with the Nikayas Remember This

Modern editors of the Pali Canon have generally contented themselves with trying to establish a textus receptus or ‘received text’. Let me explain. Most of our physical evidence for the Pali Canon is astonishingly recent, far more recent than our physical evidence for the western classical and biblical texts. While talking of this, I want to take the opportunity to correct a mistake in something I published earlier this year. In Professor K. R. Norman’s splendid revision of Geiger’s Pali Grammar, published by the Pali Text Society (Geiger, 1994), I wrote an introduction called ‘What is Pali?’ (Gombrich, 1994a). In that I wrote (p. xxv) that a Kathmandu manuscript of c.800 A.D. is ‘the oldest substantial piece of written Pali to survive’ if we except the inscriptions from Devnimori and Ratnagiri, which differ somewhat in phonetics from standard Pali. This is wrong. One can quibble about what ‘substantial’ means; but it must surely include a set of twenty gold leaves found in the Khin Ba Gôn trove near Sri Ksetra, Burma, by Duroiselle in 1926-7. The leaves are inscribed with eight excerpts from the Pali Canon. Professor Harry Falk has now dated them, on paleographic grounds, to the second half of the fifth century A.D., which makes them by far the earliest physical evidence for the Pali canonical texts (Stargardt, 1995). -- Richard F. Gombrich

From How Buddhism Began

http://www.eng.mbu.ac.th/pdf/How%20Buddhism%20Began%20chp%201.pdf

Actual Proof that the Nichikan Gohonzon is Demon Infested

Phillip Brett, faithful SGI member:

Mark,
"Strict guidance"? What could be more strict than telling someone he should have his head burried in shit and his balls burnt off, or that everything he holds sacred should be burried in shit, you can't say my reproval of you was not severe. Not to say it wasn't justified by the imensity of your depravity.

Understanding or not understanding the nature of one's life has nothing to do with your condemnations and I wouldn't be so foolish as to try and discuss a topic like that with you. For me the real line in the sand was when you said that other people's gohonzon's were demon infested and seeing that you were so attached as to never be able to give up that false view I have to think it would be better for you to not be alive than continue living as you are."

Me:

We will continue criticizing the Soka Gakkai and the Nichikan Gohonzon which turns Bodhisattvas into seething napalm spewing serpents.

"The Soka Gakkai, with me in the lead, has won in every struggle of words." -- Daisaku Ikeda

Then why do the YMD Soka "lions" run like barking dogs or foxes when the Kempon Hokke appeals for a debate? This is not Otaru or the Coal Miner's incident, nor are we Nichiren Shu or the secular authorities. We are Kempon Hokke, disciples of the lions Shakya and Nichiren.

Don't Say a Word, a U.N. resolution seeks to criminalize opinions that differ with the Islamic faith. -- Christopher Hitchins...Daisaku Ikeda Disagrees

http://www.slate.com/id/2212662/

"Religious strife must be avoided at all cost; under no circumstances should it
be allowed. People may hold different religious beliefs, but the bottom line is
that we are all human beings. We all seek happiness and desire peace. Religion
should bring people together. It should unite the potential for good in people's
hearts toward benefiting society and humanity and creating a better future." -- Daisaku Ikeda

Namu Myoho renge kyo

Infinite benefit. Even more so chanting Namu Myoho renge kyo to the Kempon Hokke Gohonzon for the Transmission of the Law. I gave out another one today and twenty Sutra books to two separate individuals. The Lotus Sutra speaks of the benefit to the fiftieth person. Each and everyone who receives a Kempon Hokke Gohonzon may bestow them upon their family members and friends who have faith in the Lotus Sutra and Shakyamuni Buddha. It will not be long at all to realize one thousand converts. I feel good:

I FEEL GOOD
James Brown

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I got you

Whoa! I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

{ sax, two licks to bridge }

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love won't do you no harm

and I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

{ sax, two licks to bridge }

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm

and I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, I got you
So good, so good, I got you
So good, so good, I got you
HEY!

I feel good
da da da da da da da
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo,
da da da da da da da

I feel fine
da da da da da da da
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
da da da da da da da

HEY HEY HO
NAMU MYO HO REN GE KYO

HEY HEY HO
NAMU MYO HO REN GE KYO.

The SGI is Stagnant, Moribund, and Sleepy

Someone wrote, "Sakyamuni reveals that his present body is the mask and thru him the voice of the Eternal Buddha speaks. This happens after the alignment of three Buddhas takes place in him. Nichiren, a Japanese monk, is also a mask. At times he speaks in the context of a 13th century monk living in a violent, brutal and suffering society where death is common and Buddhism is in a state of chaos. At other times, the Eternal Buddha is speaking."

Reply:

SGI Worms Born of the Lion's Body

“ ‘The monks [whom you are speaking of] preach various teachings, but still they are not able to utter “the lion’s roar.” . . . Nor are they able to refute and convert evil persons who go against the correct teaching. Monks of this kind can bring no benefit either to themselves or to the populace. You should realize that they are in fact shirkers and idlers. Though they are careful in observing the precepts and maintain spotless conduct, you should realize that they cannot achieve anything. [Then a monk raises “the lion’s roar.” . . .] Those who break the precepts, upon listening to his preaching, are all enraged to the point where they attack him. This preacher of the Law, though he may in the end lose his life, is still worthy of being called a person who observes the precepts and brings benefits to both himself and others.’ ”

"Question: When you berate the followers of the Nembutsu and Zen schools and arouse their enmity, what merit does that bring?