OK Chris. I'm game.
Show it to us. Show us the big non-gak historian's view.
Now go study Daisaku's poem.
Craig
"We all know people going through a bad divorce, or with evil parents, who
chanted for them to die. They never did, there is no easy way to get rid of
evil ex-spouses, parents, or evil High Priests...I might have chanted for
Nikken to die if I had thought it would do any good."
Chris Holte SGI-USA
"Based on the amount of needless hostility that has arrisen between the Gakkai and the Temple over some clearly self
serving dogmas that needed to be jettisoned by both organizations, I can understand
that members should just chant that he would "die or something". I still wish I could
lock Nikken on Sado in a temple in a graveyard for about one year, while
Nembutsu believers wait in ambush and the snow comes in through the walls."
Chris Holte
"You may pile up dung and call it sandalwood, but when
you burn it, it will give off only the fragrance of dung."
Chris Holte
"The Gakkai has not tried to "destroy Nichiren Shoshu". Every discussion
of the issues involves defeating the "Nikken Sect"."
Chris Holte
"SGI has a top down organization that was created by Toda, who was influenced by people
such as Mao Tse Tung and Lenin" Chris Holte
"Toda was influenced by the apparant success of the
communist party. There is very little democratic in the structure of
the Gakkai." Chris Holte
"We are chanting to defeat the "evil Nikken Sect".
Chris Holte, assistant Voodoo, Volcano div.
"SGI is a Mosh Pit. That's why I like it. Mosh pits are fun!"
Chris Holte
"one of my fondest memories was singing that song and having
Mr Williams with his immense confidence, explain it to us. Gongyo,
Shakubuku, Discussion meetings, each with the Sensei refrain;
"As shining eyes call to you; Sensei, Sensei, Forever Sensei", and you
know what, he was actually pointing to the Gohonzon as we sang those
words."
...
"Actually like all classics, with typical Japanese Indirection it means
what it says; "Sensei Sensei forever Sensei". What that means is up
to you. But truth is, Ikeda is a sensei, and not a bad one either."
Chris Holte
"You Jilted me at the altar
I love you no more!
My guns are now all loaded
and I am standing at the door!
I can't see a thing but red,
I've completely lost my head.
My love all twisted up inside
would rather see you dead."
Chris Holte SGI member
(Give This Guy an Electroshcok Treatment)
"I can do without wooden Gohonzons and lovely temples and
ceremonies. I've got plenty of bald heads around me."
Chris Holte, SGI-USA member
"Many of my fellow SGI members have become
anti priest as paid-professional-position,
but we all understand the need for
good scholars and practitioners of the Way."
Chris Holte, SGI-USA member
"If only lightning would strike, Fuji Erupt,
a hail of storming fury strike them down.
It would be to their benefit if it woke them from
the rule of the king devil
>>>
We were friends, And now declared as enemies, declared as demons of destruction,
the king devil and his freinds move with the wrecking ball
>>>
The King devil possessed the High Priest. and now he can dance on his throne.
With Wrecking balls gleefully flying."
...
"I want to save king leering Nikken
and also to save the bonny prince Ikeda from your swords
your swords are aimed at my heart
and at the spirit of our Master
I cannot let you kill me
so I strike with the flat of my magic sword
and parry with the blade"
Chris Holte, Proud SGI member (Get this guy a bottle of prozac)
"I don't really care whether PI is as perverse as his detractors claim...
So meditate deeply on your outrage at the martial words used by SGI members."
"I like most of the stuff I'm seeing from the Kempon folks."
Chris Holte
"Parasites can infest even brains if undetected"
Chris Holte
Wow. I hope you plan on staying around here a while. Great writing.
Jim Celer
OK Chris. I'm game.
Show it to us. Show us the big non-gak historian's view.
Now go study Daisaku's poem.
Craig
http://www.cebunet.com/sgi/<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
And Chris....? When you want to learn Buddhist history your best bet,
although still not the greatest of choices I know, is to talk to someone who
had the Buddhist experience of recapitualting the past, present and future,
that way you get first hand knowledge, even if it is second hand.
You might ask, "How can someone recapitulate the future.....much less
recapitulate the past?......but the simple truth is, our mind itself is the
actual fabric of the space-time continuum and all the matter within it. So
it is an easy matter of tracing it all backwards or even going into the
future. All the information is stored along the Middle Path and it is easy
to see once you stop your mind and the flow of thoughts.
It's not reincarnation by the way, it is non-linear, multisensual,
holographic, biodigital awareness.
So please give us the "Big Non-Gak historians view...!"
dc