Buddhist Scholars SGI employs...

[Katie Higgins]

Vice Director of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy ; Senior Research Fellow of IoP; professor of Soka University , HIROSHI KAN’NO- has written several articles on the Lotus Sutra that contradict SGI shill, Chas’ long winded discourses on Nichiren’s teachings - here on arbn.

One in particular , “The Reception of the Lotus Sutra in Japan “ is particularly instructive re: Nichiren’s concept of the ‘one Buddha vehicle’ and Nichiren’s concept of ‘the Eternal Buddha from the remotest past ‘.

Kanno talks about Nichiren’s view that Sakyamuni dominates the world , first noting that it is based on the third chapter of the Lotus Sutra, “Simile and Parable”.

“ But now this threefold world is all my domain, and all living beings in it are all my children . Now this place is beset by many pains and trials. I am the only person who can rescue and protect others.”

Kanno also writes : “ In Nichiren’s writings, we can easily comprehend Nichiren’s fervent faith I Sakyamuni of the remotest past.”

Are Hiroshi Kanno ‘s credentials close enough to home for Chas?— or does Chas believe SGI members $$ is used to employ a “ traitor “ in their most prestigious institutions ?

Maybe Chas would like to explain how it is that his SGI doctrines are so far afield from the writings of their most educated Buddhist scholars ?

Just skimming the surface of the prolific writings of a contemporary Gakkai affiliated Buddhist Scholar -/ surely Chas has heard of Hiroshi Kanno 😊

~ Katie

[Chas.]

I would defer to Nichiren Daishonin's views over those of the the good professor, Kan'no.

1. Nichiren Daishonin declared that the Gohonzon is "the supreme object of devotion in all of Jambudvipa" [1] and not statues of Shakyamuni Buddha. On the Gohonzon, Shakyamuni is prominent on the top row, but not more prominent than Many Treasures/Taho or the Four Bodhisattvas (meaning us, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth.) However, vastly more prominent on the Gohonzon is Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, which centrally dominates everything else, and Nichiren's name at the bottom as the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law, who is the one chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and manifesting the critical moment of the ceremony of the air, where the Bodhisattvas of the Earth make their Kosen Rufu vow. This is all proved by inspection of the Gohonzon.

[1]
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/40#para-16

2. Nichiren Daishonin declared that the "actual name of the entity" is "Myoho-Renge" [2], stating that name no less than sixteen times in that Gosho. This means that the "actual name" of the entity IS NOT Shakyamuni Buddha (and that we should not chant Nam-Shakyamuni-Butsu like the Nembutsu do), and that the actual name of the entity IS NOT Nichiren Daishonin (and that we should not chant Nam-Nichiren-Butsu, either,) nor ANY OTHER NAME BUT "Myoho-Renge" (which is why we chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo as our primary practice.)

[2]
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/47#para-31

3. The good professor's views are furthermore in conflict with the Lotus Sutra, where Shakyamuni Buddha himself declares that he had 15 older brothers and a father and grandfather doing exactly as he did before and concurrently with him [3, 4] and that all of his prominent disciples are predicted to do exactly as he does later, as well as the Dragon King's Daughter and his worst enemy, Devadatta (too many references to cite.) Nichiren Daishonin would never, ever hold or voice a view that was so easily refuted by Shakyamuni Buddha in so many places in the Lotus Sutra itself, the Buddha's highest teaching. Nikko Shonin and Nichimoku Shonin would have immediately pointed out his error in a pointed question, and that's the meaning of true loyalty of the disciple towards the mentor, as Nichiren Daishonin demonstrated with Dōzen-bō.

[3]
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/lsoc/Content/7#para-35
[4]
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/lsoc/Content/7#para-282

Katie refuted by Nichiren Daishonin once again.

-Chas.

[Katie Higgins]

Apparently Chas cannot fathom what a scholar who reads ALL of Nichiren writings can teach us !!

Professor Kanno refutes you, Chas-- if you have an anise with his work, you should refute him directly!

~Katie

[Chas.]

My response to him and you printed publicly above, like Martin Luther's reply to the pope on the Cathedral door, is sufficient. I don't expect a response from him, because my arguments are irrefutable.

-Chas.

[Katie Higgins]

Poor form Chas !!

This is a reputable scholar who publishes his work in affiliation with SGI- Your sophomoric display here in response to this particular scholar’s work is shameful .

Perhaps your concern for the true teachings does not extend beyond the confines of your small ego after all ?

~ Katie

[Chas.]

My response is hardly sophomoric, and your fallacious reasoning exposes your utter lack of credibility as a shill for Nichiren Shu.

My 4 points HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED BY YOU:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren/LTmXQh_gvfM/2829EsDbAwAJ

Nor will they be, there is no viable construct supporting your distortions of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra into a dehumanizing deification of Shakyamuni as God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth like Jehovah or as a man-God like Jesus Christ. Statue-worshiping idolatry IS NOT Buddhism, it is an outrageous and insupportable attack on the Lotus Sutra itself.

1. Nichiren Daishonin's Gosho refutes this idolatry directly ("Myoho-Renge" is "the actual name of the entity".)

2. The Lotus Sutra refutes this dehumanizing deification directly (In the past, 15 elder brothers, father and grandfather, and in the future his disciples and even Devadatta: all are great Buddhas just like him.)

3. The Gohonzon refutes this dehumanizing deification directly (the prominence of "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo Nichiren" over all other entities, Nichiren being the person who is chanting and raising the banner of Myoho.)

4. Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo refutes this dehumanizing deification directly (we chant neither Nam-Shakyamuni-Butsu, nor Nam-Nichiren-Butsu.)

I really do like your tactic of falsely defending an SGI academic. You and Putin's Internet Research Agency (IRA) operate similarly in your utter intellectual dishonesty. I don't really have a good opinion of the lying Commies, and those who operate similarly.

-Chas.