Both SGI and Chas In Their Death Throws?

[markr...@gmail.com]

Two slanderous [and obnoxious in the case of Chas] entities convulsing awake only to end [we hope soon] into the long slumber of the dark night. Certainly Ikeda is in his death throws, a pitiful sight, the emperor's head broken into seven pieces. Good Night Chas. Good Night Daisaku Ikeda

[High Priest Nikken: ''Gohonzon in sanctuary is fake.'' Kawabe Journal p. 51, 2-7-78]

You have made a very bad decision to jump in on the Nichiren Shu side
of this discussion. avoiding Avichi Hell should be uppermost on your
mind, these icchantika have already dug countless miserable graves and
cannot avoid their fate. Don't join them.

-Chas.

[OT]

On May 27, 10:11 am, markrogo...@gmail.com wrote:
> Two slanderous [and obnoxious in the case of Chas] entities convulsing awake only to end [we hope soon] into the long slumber of the dark night. Certainly Ikeda is in his death throws, a pitiful sight, the emperor's head broken into seven pieces. Good Night Chas. Good Night Daisaku Ikeda

Mr. Rogowdoc here is a WAKE UP CALL for you. Lets talk about
Shakyamuni shall we? Tahoe Buddha, Shakyamuni and Nichiren
are all ON the Gohonzon!

Here is my question; why do you folks have a Shakyamuni Buddha
statue on your altar, and why do you call Nichiren Daishoinin a
saint?
Isn't that confusing where Nichiren Daishonin was very clear about
his
intentions to clarify this Buddhism, so everyday people could learn
it?

Never seek the Gohonzon outside yourself? The Gohonzon is within
the ordinary people who chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo? Also. saying
that Nichiren was a saint? I believe this confuses many people
because
Catholics have saints, many of whom are pagan Gods, if you did some
homework, so this is very confusing!!

OT

[Judy Scobee]

How old is Ikeda, now?

=Judy=

[Alias]

On 5/31/2012 9:53 PM, Judy Scobee wrote:
> How old is Ikeda, now?
>
> =Judy=
>

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Daisaku+Ikeda

--
Alias

[Alex Beauroy]

Judy Scobee wrote:
> How old is Ikeda, now?
>
> =Judy=
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisaku_Ikeda

Enjoy
@lex

[Judy Scobee]

@lex, Thanks = interesting!

=Judy=

[carlg...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, May 27, 2012 12:11:54 PM UTC-5, Mark Rogow wrote:
> Two slanderous [and obnoxious in the case of Chas] entities convulsing awake only to end [we hope soon] into the long slumber of the dark night. Certainly Ikeda is in his death throws, a pitiful sight, the emperor's head broken into seven pieces. Good Night Chas. Good Night Daisaku Ikeda

The whole Nichirenist thing died a decade ago

[Alias]

This newsgroup died a little over a decade ago but Nichiren Buddhism
is spreading far and wide.

--
Alias

The only real problems are avarice, anger and stupidity.

[Mark Rogow]

Yes. Lets talk:

The Identity of the Original Eternal Buddha

The following passages of proof demonstrate the identity of the Original Buddha as the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni; Nichiren’s reverence for this Buddha; and by believing in the Three Bodied Tathagata Shakyamuni as the Original Buddha and our original teacher, we become equal to Shakyamuni Buddha.

“Now , when the Eternal Buddha was revealed in the essential section of the Lotus Sutra, this world of endurance (Saha-world) became the Eternal Pure Land, indestructible even by the three calamities of conflagration, flooding, and strong winds, which are said to destroy the world. It transcends the four periods of cosmic change: the kalpa of construction, continuance, destruction and emptiness. Sakyamuni Buddha, the Lord-preacher of this pure land, has never died in the past, nor will He be born in the future. He exists forever throughout the past present and future. All those who receive His GUIDANCE are one with this Eternal Buddha.” -- The True Object of Worship

“Since Sakyamuni Buddha is eternal and all other Buddhas in the universe are his manifestations, then those great bodhisattvas converted by manifested Buddhas are also disciples of Lord Sakyamuni Buddha. If the “Life Span of the Buddha” chapter had not been expounded, it would be like the sky without the sun and moon, a country without a king, mountains and rivers without gems, or a man without a soul. nevertheless, seemingly knowledgeable men of such provisional schools of Buddhism as Ch’eng-kuan of the Hua-yen, Chia-hsiang of the San-lun, Tz’u-en of the Fa-hsiang, and Kobo of the shingon tried to extoltheir own canons by stating: “The Lord of the Flower Garland Sutra represents the reward-body (hojin) of the Buddha wheras that of the Lotus Sutra the accomodative body (ojin);” or “the Buddha in the sixteenth chapter of the Lotus is an Illusion; it is the great Sun Buddha who is enlightened.” clouds cover the moon and slanderers hide wise men. When people slander, ordinary yellow rocks appear to be of gold and slanderers seem to be wise. Scholars in this age of decay, blinded by slanderous words, do not see the value of a gold in the “Lifespan of the Buddha” chapter. Even among men of the Tendai school some are fooled into taking a yellow rock for gold. They should know that if Sakyamuni had not been the Eternal Buddha, there could not have been so many who received GUIDANCE from Him.” -- The Opening of the Eyes

“Thus it was revealed that Shakyamuni had long been the Buddha since the eternal past and it became clear that various Buddhas in other worlds were all manifestations of Shakyamuni Buddha. Now, however, as Shakyamuni was proved to be the Eternal Buddha, those Buddhas in the Flower Garland Sutra, or Buddhas in the Hodo, Hannya, or Great Sun Buddha sutras all became subordinates of Shakyamuni Buddha.” (Kaimoku Sho, p. 174, translated byKyotsu Hori, 1987)

BTW, here’s the same quote, as translated by NSIC. Please note the subtle differences:

“When Shakyamuni Buddha revealed that he had gained enlightenment in the far distant past and had since then been constantly in the world, it became apparent that all the other Buddhas were emanations of Shakyamuni… now it becomes apparent that Vairocana Buddha of the Kegon Sutra and various Buddhas of the Hodo, Hannya and Dainichi sutras are in fact all followers of Shakyamuni Buddha.” (MW V.2, p.149)

And again, Nichiren says:

“Since Shakyamuni Buddha is eternal and all other Buddhas in the universe are His manifestations…” (Kaimoku Sho, translated by Kyotsu Hori, p.176).
NSIC translates this as :

“Since the Buddha of the Juryo chapter is revealed as the eternal Buddha…” (the part about the manifestation Buddhas is left out altogether!) [MW V. 2, p.150]

Once again, from the Kaimoku Sho, translated by Kyotsu Hori, p.180:

“But now since it has been revealed that Shakyamuni is the Eternal Buddha…”

“But now that it has become apparent that Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment countless aeons ago,…etc. (MW V.2, p. 151)

“Since Sakyamuni Buddha is eternal and all other Buddhas in the universe are His manifestations, then those great bodhisattvas converted by manifested Buddhas are also disciples of Lord Sakyamuni Buddha. If the 'Life Span of the Buddha' chapter had not been expounded, it would be like the sky without the sun and moon, a country without a king, mountains and rivers without gems, or a man without a soul.” -- The Opening of the Eyes

In the Kanjin Honzon Sho, (translated by Kyotsu Hori) there is not a single sentence where Nichiren even suggests that he is somehow this Eternal Buddha that is found in the Juryo Chapter. Instead, Nichiren says:

“…Shakyamuni Buddha, within our minds, is an ancient Buddha without beginning, manifesting Himself in three bodies and attained Buddhahood in the eternal past.. (ibid. P.94)

“…the Bodhisattvas (who sprang from underneath the ground), as described in the 15th chapter, are followers of the Original Buddha Shakaymuni who resides within our minds.” (p.94)

“Shakyamuni Buddha, the Lord-preacher of this pure land, has never died in the past, nor will he be born in the future. He exists forever, throughout the past, present and future.” (P.100)

“The “honzon” at the scene of this transmission of “Namu Myo Ho Renge Kyo” from the Eternal Buddha to His Original Disciples is… suspended in the sky above the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni’s Saha-world is a stupa of treasures, in which Shakyamuni Buddha and Taho sit to the left and right of “Myo Ho Renge Kyo”. (P.102)

“Many wooden statues and portraits were made of Shakyamuni Buddha as He preached Hinayana and quasi-Mahayana sutras, but statues and portraits of the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha revealed in the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra were never made. Now, in the beginning of Mappo, is it not the time that such statues and portraits are made?” (P.104)

And, from the Ho’on Jo (translated by Taikyo Yajima):

“All the people in Japan as well as the rest of the whole world should revere the 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]

Kanjin Honzon-Sho (NOPPA) page 56:

“In fact Sakyamuni began to preach, planting the seed of Buddhahood in the eternal past… Sakyamuni Buddha continued to guide His disciples until they were all sure to attain Buddhahood during the preaching of the Lotus Sutra in His present life, completing the series of His preaching which began in the eternal past.”

Kanjin Honzon-Sho (NOPPA) page 86:

“This means that Sakyamuni Buddha, Taho Buddha, and all the Buddhas in manifestation are in our minds, and that we, upholders of the Lotus Sutra, will follow in their steps and inherit all the merits of those Buddhas.”

and somewhat further along:

“In the same chapter, another passage reads: ‘The duration of My Life, which I obtained through the practice of the bodhisattva way, has not yet expired. It is twice as long as the length of time stated above: 500 dust-particle kalpa.’ This reveals the bodhisattva-realm within our minds. The bodhisattvas described in the fifteenth chapter, ‘Appearance of Bodhisattvas from Under- ground,’ who have sprung out of the great earth, as numerous as the number of dust-particles of 1,000 worlds, are followers of the Original Buddha Sakyamuni who resides within our minds.”

“How lucky I am to be able to go to the Pure Land of Mt. Sacred Eagle and extinguish within one life my sin of slandering the true dharma ever since the eternal past! How glad I feel to be able to go to the Pure Land of Mt. Sacred Eagle and wait on Lord Sakyamuni Buddha, whom I have never seen yet! May I guide first of all those rulers of this land who have persecuted me. May I tell Sakyamuni Buddha about my disciples who have assisted me. may I present this great merit to my parents, who gave birth to me, before I die.”

“Present within our lives is the Lord Shalyamuni who obtained the three enlightened properties of life before gohyaku-jintengo, the Original Buddha since time without begining.” (MW vol 1, The True Object of Worship, pg 65)

“Demonstrating ten great mystic powers the Buddha (Shakyamuni) transferred Namu Myoho renge Kyo to the four great bodhisattvas” (Ibid pg 77)

“Shakyamuni is the original teacher for all people as well as their sovereign and their parent” (MW vol 1, Admonitions Against Slander, pg 166)

“It is the object of worship which perfectly depicts Lord Shakyamuni in the Treasure Tower” (MW vol 1, The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon, pg 212)

“Shakyamuni is the father, sovereign and teacher of all other Buddhas and all gods, of the whole assembly of men and heavenly beings and of all sentient beings.” (MW vol 1, Letter to Nikke, pg 257)

“But because of this book by Honen, this Senchaku Shu, the Lord Buddha Shakyamuni is forgotten.” (MW vol 2, Rissho Ankoku Ron, pg 23)

“The Lord Shakyamuni who declared ‘I alone can save them,’ at a time even more distant than gohyaku-jintengo, is none other than each of us.” (MW vol 2, I2U Exile, pg 55)

“One should know that the Enlightened One, the Buddha, is a Great Teacher for all living beings, a Great Eye for them, a Great Pillar, a Great Helmsman, a Great Field of Plenty.” (MW vol 2, Opening of the Eyes, pg 77)

“The doctrines that the Buddha taught over a period of fifty years number eighty thousand…The eight years during which he preached the Lotus Sutra he called the time when he ‘now must reveal the truth’. Thus Taho Buddha came forth from the earth to testify that ‘All that you have expounded is the truth,’ and the Buddhas that are emanations of the Original Buddha gathered together and extended their tongues up to the Brahma-heaven in testimony.” (MW vol 2, Ibid, pg 79)

“The Buddhas of the ten directionss gathered in assembly, Shakyamuni Buddha announced that ‘all of these are emanations of my being.” (MW vol 2, Ibid, pg 141)

“When Shakyamuni Buddha revealed that he had gained enlightenment in the far distant past and had since then been constantly in the world, it became apparent that all the other Buddhas were emanations of Shakyamuni.” (MW vol 2, Ibid, pg 149)

“Since the Buddha of the Juryo chapter is revealed as the eternal Buddha, it follows that the great bodisattvas such as Monju and Miroku and the great bodisattvas from other realms are in fact disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha.” (MW vol 2, Ibid, pg 150)

“All these beings are discples of Shakyamuni Buddha. Since the various Buddhas themselves are emanations of Shakyamuni Buddha, it goes without saying that their disciples must be disciples of Shakyamuni. And of course the various decties of the sun, moon and stars, who have dwelt in the world from countless ages in the past must likewise be disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha.” (MW vol 2, Ibid, pg 152)

“The Lotus Sutra is nothing other than a scripture that reveals that Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment at a time even more distant than gohyaku-jintengo.” (MW vol 2, Letter to the Priests of Seicho-ji, pg 268)

“…but Shakyamuni [by bestowing upon us the character myo] has granted us as many benefits as if we ourselves had fulfilled all the practices of the six paramitas. This precisely accords with his statement, “Now this threefold world is all my domain, the living beings in it are all my children.” (MW vol 3, Letter to Nichimyo Shonin, pg 48-49)

“Now the votaries of the Lotus Sutra are the children of Shakyamuni Buddha.” (MW vol 3, Ibid, pg 49)

“All that you (Shakyamuni Buddha) have expounded is the truth.” (MW vol 3, Ibid pg 51)

“The Lord Shakyamuni assembled Taho Buddha as well as the other Buddhas, who were his own emanations, from throughout ten directions and left one great medicine, the five characters of Myoho renge Kyo-for the people of the Latter Day.” (MW vol 3, The Munadala of the Mystic Law, pg 58)

“Lord Shakyamuni treasured this Gohonzon in mind… He revealed it in the Juryo chapter…” (MW vol 3, Reply to Nii-Ama, pgs 64-65)

In the Selection of the Time, directly under the title, it is written:

“Nichiren, disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha”.

“Yet it was not I, Nichiren who made these important pronouncements. Rather it was in all cases the spirit of Shakyamuni Buddha that had entered into my body. And at having personally experienced this I am beside myself with joy.” (MW vol 3, Ibid, pg 171)

“Shakyamuni Buddha, the World Honored One, declared, ‘I am the foremost throughout the threefold world.’” (MW vol 3, Ibid, pg 176)

“When I was about to be beheaded, the Lord Buddha Shakyamuni took my place.” (MW vol 3, The Supremacy of the Law, pg 199).

“However, they are alike in that they all abandoned Shakyamuni Buddha,” and in the next paragraph it states, “If there is anyone among my followers who is weak in faith and goes against what I, Nichiren, say, he will meet the same fate as did the Soga family.” (MW vol 3, The Supreme Leader of the World, pg 237)

“I have been ceaselessly praying for your sake to the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha and the gods of the sun and moon.” (MW vol 3, Ibid)

“Our teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha.” (MW vol 4, The Learned Shan-wu-wei, pg 64)

“They are monks and nuns by virtue of the Lord Shakyamuni.” (Ibid, pg 65)
“There are three reasons why Shakyamuni Buddha rather than any of the other Buddhas has a relationship with all the people of the world of the saha world. First of all, he is the World Honored One, the soverign of all the people of this saha world…

The second reason is that Shakyamuni Buddha is the father and mother of all the persons in the saha world. It is proper that we should first of all pay filial respect to our own father and mother…

The third reason is that Shakyamuni is the original teacher of all persons in the saha world.” (Ibid, pgs 65-66)

“Yet Shakyamuni Buddha entered this saha world of ours with the title Nonin, ‘He Who Can Forbear.’ He is so called because he does not berate its people for the slanders they all commit but shows forbearance toward them.

“These, then, are the special qualities possesed by Shakyamuni Buddha, qualities that the other Buddhas lack,” (Ibid, pg 68)

“I [Shakyamuni] alone can save them.” (Ibid, pg 69)

“For this reason, all the persons in this saha world of ours, if they detest the sufferings of birth and death and wish to have an object of veneration to which they can pay respect, should first of all fashion images of Shakyamuni Buddha… and make these their object of worship.” (Ibid, pg 69)

“Shakyamuni Buddha our father and mother, who is endowed with the three virtues of soverign, teacher and parent, is the very one who encourages us, the people driven out by all the other Buddhas, saying, ‘I alone can save them’. The debt of gratitude we owe him is deeper than the ocean, weightier than the earth, vaster than the sky. Though we were to pluck out our two eyes and place them before him as an offering until there were more eyes there than stars in the sky, though we were to strip off our skins and spread them out by the hundreds of ten thousands until they blanketed the ceiling of heaven, though we were to give him our tears as offerings of water and present him with flowers for the space of a hundred billion kalpas, though we were to offer him our flesh and blood for innumerable kalpas, until our flesh piled up like mountains and our blood overflowed like vast seas, we could never repay a fraction of the debt we owe to this Buddha!” (Ibid, pg 71-72)

“I, Nichiren have indeed written it by letting my soul (tamashii) dipped in ink flow forth. The very intention (heart) of the Buddha is the Lotus Sutra; the soul of Nichiren is nothing other than Namu Myoho renge kyo. Chan-jan explains, ‘It takes [the Buddha] of Far-reaching Lifespan revealed as the Original Buddha to be its life’ For Lady kyoo, misfortunes will into fortune. By all meansput forth your mind of faith and pray to and think on this Gohonzon. What can not be accomplished? There can be no doubt that ‘fulfilling those vows will be like a clear, cool pond satisfying the thirsty’ and there will be ‘peace and security in the present world and a good place in the next.” — Reply to Kyoo [KHK Translation]

“All that you [Shakyamuni Buddha] have expounded is the truth.” (MW vol 4, Teaching, Practice and Proof, pg 120)

“Answer: One: Japan and so on to the whole of Jambudvipa should uniformly take the Master of Teachings Lord Shakya of the Original Doctrine as the Object of Worship.” — Repaying Debts of Gratitude [KHK Translation]

“Our merciful father, Lord Shakyamuni, said ‘Rely on the Law and not upon persons.” (MW vol 5, A Sage and an Unenlightened Man, pg 65)

“In the same volume in the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha says, ‘for the sake of the Buddha way I have in countless different lands from the begining until now widely preached various sutras, but among them this Sutra is foremost.’ This passage means that Shakyamuni Buddha has appeared in countless lands, taking different names and assuming varying life spans.” (Ibid, pg 77)

“I have dedicated my life to Shakyamuni Buddha and the Lotus Sutra, extending compassion to all living beings and rebuking slanders of the Law.” (MW vol 5, A Sage and an Unenlightened Man, pg 107)

“When Shakyamuni Buddha in the clouds above the Sacred Mountain, in the mists of Eagle peak, summed up the essence of the doctrine and entrusted it to the bodhisattvas of the earth, what do you suppose that teaching was? It was nothing other than these five characters, the essential law;” (Ibid, pg 110)

“I Nichiren, humble person though I am, have recieved Lord Shakyamuni’s royal command and come to this country of Japan.” (MW vol 5, The Pure and Far Reaching Voice, pg 143)

“Shakyamuni Buddha is the lord of all buddhist teachings, the leader and teacher of all human beings.” (Ibid, pg 143)

“And among the Sutras, the Lotus Sutra is a manifestation in writing of Shakyamuni Buddha’s intent; it is his voice set down in written word.” (Ibid, pg 147)

“Shakyamuni Buddha and the written words of the Lotus Sutra are two different things but their heart is one. Therefore, when you cast your eyes upon the words of the Lotus Sutra you should consider that you are beholding the living body of the Buddha Shakyamuni.” (Ibid, pg 147)

“However the Buddha recognizes each character as a golden Lord Shakyamuni. This is the meaning of the statement that ‘[one who is able to hold this Sutra] thereby holds the Buddha’s body’. Those who practice Buddhism but adhere to distorted views destroy this loftiest of Sutras.” (MW vol 5, Reply to Soya Nyudo, pg 164)

“‘The Son of Heaven utters not a single word in vain’ and ‘the words of the Dharma King contain no falsehood’. A wise ruler will never lie, even if it should bring about his ruin. How much less would Shakyamuni Buddha ever speak falsely!” (MW vol 5, Good Fortune in This Life, pg 185)

“Only the Lotus Sutra represents the wonderful teaching preached directly from the golden mouth of Shakyamuni Buddha, who is perfectly endowed with the three bodies.” (MW vol 5, Letter to Myomitsu Shonin, pg 196)

“Shakyamuni, the Lord of Teachings, is the foremost sage in the saha world.” (Ibid, pg 199)

“As we see from these passages of scripture, Shakyamuni, with his Buddha eye, observed the situation that would prevail at the begining of the Latter Day of the Law. If, when the age has arrived, there were to be no persons of the type the Buddha describes then the World-Honored One would be guilty of false and baseless talk. [And if that were to be the case, then] who would put faith in the theoretical and essential teaching of the Lotus Sutra, and in the doctrine of the eternally inherent Buddha Nature.” (MW vol 6, Reply to Lord Hakiri Saburo, pg 40)

“In this way, Shakyamuni Buddha cited his own practice in the past to encourage and hearten (The Votary of the Lotus Sutra).” [Ibid pg 42]

“Shakyamuni summoned the four bodhisattvas and entrusted them with the five characters of Myoho renge Kyo.” (MW vol 6, Rebuking Slander of the Law, pg 60)

“We see from the Sutra that only these four bodhisattvas had been the disciples of Shakyamuni, the Lord of Teachings, since the remote past.” (Ibid, pg 62)

Nichiren quotes Miao-lo, referring to the relationship of the bodhisattvas of the Earth to Shakyamuni as follows;

“The sons will disseminate the Law of the Father.” (Ibid, pg 62)

“The Shakyamuni of the Juryo Chapter has never been depicted in any mountain temple or monastery anywhere.” (Ibid, pg 63)

“The nation of Japan today has turned its back on the Lotus Sutra and cast aside Shakyamuni Buddha.”
(MW vol 6, Letter To Ichinosana Nyudo, pg 99)

“Shakyamuni Buddha is the Parent of all living beings in this world.” (Ibid, pg 100)

“The Lord Buddha Shakyamuni is the enlightened teacher for all living beings in the country of ours. It is thanks to our teacher that we can understand who our parents are. It is owing to Shayamuni that we can distinguish black from white.” (Ibid, pg 100)

“It will be hard indeed to find anyone who can preach the Lotus Sutra just as it teaches in the Latter Day of the Law of Shakyamuni Buddha.” (MW vol 6, Three Tripitaka Masters, pg 118)

“The Tathagata Shakyamuni, seated in the tower adorned with seven kinds of precious gems, entrusted the five characters of Myoho renge Kyo to Takahashi Nyudo.” (MW vol 6, Reply to Takashi Nyudo, pg 124)

“Were it not for Shakyamuni, the lord of teachings, how could such blessings as these be bestowed.”

“The Hokke [Lotus] sect is the sect founded by Shakyamuni.” (MW vol 6, How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood, pg 175)

“Therefore [the sect based on] the Lotus Sutra is known as the Buddha-founded sect and is also called the Hokke Sect.” (Ibid, pg 175)

“The various other sects were founded by bodhisattvas or teachers in the period after the Buddha had entered Nirvana. Should we now turn our backs upon the Buddha’s decree and follow the sects established by the bodhisattvas and teachers? Or should we ignore the words of the bodhisattvas and teachers and follow the sect established by the Buddha.” (Ibid, pg 176)

“Now the Latter Day of the Law, is the time when the seven characters of Namu Myoho renge kyo-the heart of the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra that Shakyamuni Buddha who had achieved enlightenment in the remote past, along with the bodhisattvas Jogyo, Muhengyo and the others is to propogate-will alone spread throughout the country.” (Ibid, pg 187-188)

“The messenger of the Lord Buddha Shakyamuni has twice been paraded through the street.” (MW vol 6, A Father Takes Faith, pg 242).

“Because Shakyamuni expounded the Lotus Sutra in order to repay the debt of gratitude he owed to his father and mother, Taho Buddha, who had come from the land of treasure purity, praised him as a Buddha of true filial piety. And the Buddhas of the ten directions assembled and declared him to be the most filial among all the Buddhas.” (MW vol 6, On Filial and Unfilial Conduct, pg 290)

“Therefore, the words of this Sutra are indeed the very soul of Shakyamuni Buddha. And since every single word constitutes the soul of the Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha will protect persons who practice this Sutra as though he were protecting his very own eyes. He will accompany such persons just as a shadow accompanies a body. How then could the prayers of such persons not be answered.” (MW vol 7, On Prayer, pg 34)

“The various Buddhas [other than Shakyamuni], since they are known as World Honored One, may be regarded as Sovereigns. But since they do not make their appearance in this saha world, they are not teachers. Nor do they declare that ‘…the living beings in it (this threefold world) are all my children’. Thus, Shakyamuni Buddha alone fulfills the three functions of sovereign, teacher and parent.” (Ibid, pg 43)

“Answer: Shakyamuni Buddha became enlightened to this lotus that is the entity of the Mystic Law numberless major world system dust particle kalpas in the past, and in age after age and lifetime after lifetime, declared that he had attained the way and revealed the fundamental principle he had realized with his enlightened wisdom.” (MW vol 7, The Entity of the Mystic Law)

“In this passage, Shakyamuni Buddha explains that he is entrusting to the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, his original disciples, the five characters of Myoho renge Kyo which is the essence of the Lotus Sutra. Shakyamuni, who attained enlightenment countless Kalpas in the past, says elsewhere, ‘By now the original vows that I made have already been fulfilled. I have converted all living beings and caused them to enter the Buddha way’…This passage represents the ultimate purpose for which Shakyamuni appeared in the world, the secret Law that he attained in the place of meditation.” (Ibid, pg 70)

“In the Latter Day of the Law, other than the envoy of the Thus Come One, there can be no one who understands and produces this passage as proof of the Lotus of the Entity.” (Ibid, pg 70)

“The way in which the Lotus emerges from the muddy water is used as a metaphor to explain that when the Thus Come One joins the multitude of listeners, seats himself on a lotus in the same manner as the various bodhisattvas and expounds on the unsurpassed wisdom of the Thus Come One and on the enlightened state of purity, the various voice heavens, hearing this, are able to obtain the secret storehouse of the Thus Come One. Second, the words Myoho renge signify the lotus opening up. (This is a metaphor explaining that) ordinary beings, though exposed to the Mahayana teachings, are timid and fearful in mind and incapable of taking faith in them. Therefore the Thus Come One ‘opens’ or reveals his Dharma body in its purity and wonder, awakening in them the mind of faith.” (Ibid, pg 71-72)

“In the entire land of Jambuduipa, there has never before been a hall or pagoda that produced the image of Shakyamuni Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra. How could such an image fail to appear now.” (MW vol 7, The Unmatched Fortune of the Law, pg 160)

“However, later seeking and entering the deep cave, you see a single hermitage. The voices of the reading and reciting of the Hokekyo echo against blue heaven and the words of discussing the doctrine of the One Vehicle are heard in the midst of the mountains. Informing [them, of your presence and requesting] admittance, you enter the chamber, place your mother’s bones before the Master of Teachings Lord Shakya, cast your five limbs to the ground, press your palms together, and opening your two eyes, look up to the Holy Face: joy overflows your body and the pain of your heart suddenly ceases.”(On forgetting Ones Copy Of The Lotus Sutra, NOPPA Translation)

“But he reveres Shakyamuni Buddha and puts his faith in the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. Hence he is like a snake that grips a jewel in its mouth, or a dragon that bears sacred relics on its head. A wisteria vine by Twining around a pine, may climb a thousand meters into the air and a crane, because it has wings to rely upon, can travel ten thousand miles. It is not their own strength that allows them to do these things.” (MW vol 7, On The Urobon, pg 172-173)

These passages from the Gosho are crystal clear. Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha is our original teacher to whom Nichiren’s reverence knows no bounds. Why do the Taisekaji sects fail to embrace the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren’s words? Could it be that the Devil of the Sixth Heaven has replaced Shakyamuni Buddha in their minds? This delusion, in the minds of these men, can be demonstrated by their behaviors:

“They will tear off the first part of the Sutra and stick it on the end, tear off the end and put it at the begining, put the end and the begining in the middle and the begining at the middle or end. You must understand that these evil monks are the companions of the devil.” (MW vol 2, Opening Of The Eyes, pg 1 180)

Their causes are revealed:

“There is a difference if one chants the daimoku while acting against the intent of this Sutra.” (MW vol 3, The Fourteen Slanders, pg 207)

“Those who practice buddhism but adhere to distorted views destroy this loftiest of Sutras.” (MW vol 5, Reply to Soya Nyudo, pg 164).

and their effects:

“Unfilial children however are not allowed to succeed their parents.” (MW vol 3, Letter to Nichinyo, pg 49);

How can this be remedied?:

“In the same way, one who chants the daimoku as the Lotus Sutra teaches will never have a twisted mind.” (MW vol 5, Letter to Myomitsu Shonin, pg 196)

“Those who seek the truth of buddhism, however, should reject one sided views whether they are of their own sects or other sects and should not treat others with contempt.” (MW vol 2, Opening Of The Eyes, pg 167)

“One should use the Sutras as his eyes and give precedence to the wisdom of the Buddha. Surely however, if this standard is made clear people will become enraged and harbor indignation in their minds. Let them do as they will. What matters most is that we honor the Buddha’s command. As a rule people in the world value what is distant and despise what is near, but this is the conduct of the ignorant. Even the distant should be repudiated if it is wrong, while that which is near should not be discarded if it accords with the truth. Even though people may revere (their predecessors doctrines), if those doctrines are in error, how can we employ them today”. (MW vol 4, Reply to Hoshina Goro Taro, pg 42-43)

These passages constitute a Buddhist doctrine, the second most important Buddhist doctrine of Nichiren Lotus Sutra Buddhism.

[High Priest Nikken: ''Gohonzon in sanctuary is fake.'' Kawabe Journal p. 51, 2-7-78]

Au contraire, Mr. Rogow.

Nichiren Daishonin identified the Gohonzon as the object of worship
and the five characters of Myoho-Renge-Kyo as the Eternal Buddha who
reigns over Jambudvipa, which is the world in which we dwell.

Worshipping statues of human beings, even Shakyamuni, whom Nichiren
Daishonin called the "Lord of Teachings" is a slander of the Gohonzon,
which is the true object of worship for this time.

Indeed, it is the worship of statues of Shakyamuni, aping the Tendai
slanderers they admired, that caused the Five Senior priests to
abandon Nikko Shonin, whom Nichiren Daishonin designated as his
successor in not one but two Transfer Documents.

Nichiren Daishonin stated quite clearly that anyone who disagreed with
his admonitions in his two Transfer Documents was not his follower,
which is why modern day followers of those traitors have taken to
calling Nichiren as Shonin while degrading his teachings and practices
to be nothing more than Tendai practices, which are effectively Shinto
practices from Tenkai the great evil priest of modern Tendai slander.

This is why your long tirade has the feel of Shintoizing the Lotus
Sutra: this is the core practice of the Nichiren temples.

Placing statues next to the Gohonzon, whether they be Amida, Shakra,
gods or buddhas, even Shakyamuni is an affront to the ceremony of the
air and the Lotus Sutra.

You should abandon these slanderous practices to avoid the countless
kalpas of Avichi Hell that await slanderers like yourself.

-Chas.

[Dee G.]

Oh and it's BUDDHISM to slander anyone else, eh? I don't think
Bodhisattva Fukyo
thought so, but of course he was wrong, right?

Pffffffffftttt..."Sometimes the truth isn't always the best thing!"
You backed it for DECADES, and everyone knows it!

So, don't go there!

OMK

[Dee G.]

As for CHAS being me, HE IS NOT! He's not you
who backed SGI by signing for the Gosho's the LEADERS
and the problems by backing it for decades. NST knew!

AS IF...So shut up! I am off soon, but I am happy
to say SO ARE YOUR LIES gone soon!

[Mark Rogow]

So confused Charles. Nichiren himself tied an oath to the hand of a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha and worshiped it, defeating Tojo Kagenobo. He also enshrined the statue of the Buddha that Came From the Sea as his Object of Worship on Sado and everyone knows the Nichiren Shoshu transfer documents are forgeries.

mark

[Mark Rogow]

There is absolutely no ACTUAL PROOF in the Soka Gakkai.

Nichiren tied an oath to the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha and saved his temple from falling into the hands of Tojo Kakenobu and the Amidists:

"...The villainous Tojo Saemon Kagenobu once hunted the deer and other animals kept by Seicho-ji, and tried to force the priests in the various lodging temples to become Nembutsu believers. At that time I pitted myself against Tojo and supported the lord of the manor. I composed a fervent oath that read, “If the two temples Kiyosumi and Futama should come into Tojo’s possession, I will discard the Lotus Sutra!” Then I tied it to the hand of the object of devotion, to which I prayed continuously. Within a year, both temples had been freed from Tojo’s grasp. Certainly Bodhisattva Space Treasury will never forget this, so how can those priests who make light of me avoid being forsaken by the heavenly gods? Hearing me say this, the more foolish of you may think that I am invoking a curse upon you. But that is not so. I am warning you simply because it would be a pity if you should fall into the hell of incessant suffering after your death."

The SGI couldn't even save "The High Sanctuary of the Ten Thousand Years and More of the Latter Age" from the clutches of the evil Nikken sect with trillions of Daimoku and oaths on every SGI altar.

Chas, get out while you still can.

Mark, your good friend in the Dharma

[High Priest Nikken: ''Gohonzon in sanctuary is fake.'' Kawabe Journal p. 51, 2-7-78]

Your own confusion is unmatched, Mr. Rogow.

Komatsubara Persecution
( Jpn Komatsubara-no-honan)

.... An attempt by Tojo Kagenobu and his men to kill Nichiren at
Komatsubara
.... in Awa Province, Japan, on the eleventh day of the eleventh
month, 1264.
.... Kagenobu, the steward of Tojo Village and a believer of the Pure
Land teachings,
.... had tried but failed to harm Nichiren earlier when the latter
publicly proclaimed
.... his teaching and denounced the Pure Land teachings in 1253.
Nichiren was
.... helped to escape at that time. After being pardoned from his
exile in Izu
.... (1261-1263), Nichiren returned to Kamakura. In 1264 he visited
his native
.... village in Awa. His father had already died in 1258, and his
mother was now
.... seriously ill. Nichiren prayed for her, and she recovered from
her illness, living
.... four more years. Nichiren stayed in Awa for a while, taking
lodging at a temple
.... called Renge-ji. At that time, a believer named Kudo Yoshitaka
invited Nichiren
.... to stay at his home. At dusk, en route to Yoshitaka's residence,
Nichiren and his
.... party of about ten people were ambushed by Kagenobu and his men
at a place
.... known as Komatsubara. In the ensuing fight, Nichiren suffered a
sword cut to
.... his forehead, and his left hand was broken; among his followers,
Kyonin-bo was
.... killed, and Kudo Yoshitaka died of the wounds he suffered.

This incident was in 1264.

Nichiren chanted to statues until he realized sometime before
announcing, to the world nine years later in 1273, the realization
that the Gohonzon is the true object of worship for the people of
Mappo in the Gosho "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind
Established in the Fifth Five-Hundred-Year Period after the Thus Come
One’s Passing", Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 354. You can read
about it here and inform ypurself of your erroneous views:

http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=354

In 1272, in "The Errors of the Eight Schools". Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Volume II, p. 418, Nichiren writes condemning slanderous
schools like your own:

.... Dharma Analysis Treasury School
.... Establishment of Truth School
.... Precepts School
.... ------------ take Shakyamuni to be their exclusive object of
devotion
.... ------------ But they only know him in his manifested body.

All three bodies of the Thus Come One (reward body, manifested body,
Dharma body) are present in the Gohonzon.

I repeat:

Worshipping statues of human beings, even Shakyamuni, whom Nichiren
Daishonin called the "Lord of Teachings" is a slander of the Gohonzon,
which is the true object of worship for this time.

Shakyamuni's remnant is not a statue, it is solely the Lotus Sutra.

Nichiren Daishonin's Gohonzon is the true object of worship of the
heart of the Lotus Sutra, the only true mandala for this time.

Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is Nichiren Daishonin's daimoku of the heart of
the Lotus Sutra, the only true mantra for this time.

Cease your slander of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism: you have been
warned!

The copies of the two Transfer documents in the possession of NIchiren
Shoshu are just copies. The originals were stolen from the Fuji School
in a viliainous attack during Nobunaga's time, precipitated by one of
your own traitorous Nichiren Shu priests. Now you, representing those
thieves of the originals declare those copies as forgeries?

I guess any thief can say whatever he wants, once he has stolen the
evidence.

-Chas.

[High Priest Nikken: ''Gohonzon in sanctuary is fake.'' Kawabe Journal p. 51, 2-7-78]

On Jun 3, 9:18 pm, Mark Rogow <markrogo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is absolutely no ACTUAL PROOF in the Soka Gakkai.

This story is not yet over, there will be a reversal of fortune,
called a peripeteia in Greek: the best dramas have them according to
Plato. Where's your faith? Be patient.

> Nichiren tied an oath to the statue ...
>
> "...The villainous Tojo Saemon Kagenobu ...

I already answered those two in the email above. Take heed!

>
> The SGI couldn't even save "The High Sanctuary of the Ten Thousand Years and More of the Latter Age" from the clutches of the evil Nikken sect with trillions of Daimoku and oaths on every SGI altar.

Nikken hated his mentor Nittatsu, who hated him back so much he hid
the Transfer Box from him with a relative instead of actually
transferring it to a disciple like he was supposed to. Then Nikken
destroyed everything Nittatsu built during his life. Such are the
fruits of profound hatred.

The benefit of all that hatred for the SGI was to be parted from such
corrupted yakuza priests, like your own Nichiren Shu priests. Alike as
peas in a pod.

It was well worth the price. Hold on for the victory.

-Chas.

[Mark Rogow]

The So-Called Taisekiji Succession Documents

If the so-called transfer documents from Nichiren to Nikko were at Taisekiji, why did [Nichiko] Hori Shonin, acclaimed as the most outstanding Buddhist scholar in modern Nichiren Shoshu history, in the "Essential Writings of Fuji School Vol. 1, p. 33, say that he had to rely on the copies of "Seven Teachings on the Gohonzon" and "On the Birth of the Original Buddha" that were not kept at Taisekiji Temple?

Nichiko "Shonin" writes,:

"I copied the copies made by Nichizan of Awa Province"

Rev. Tetsujo Kubota, from Kempon Hokke Shu, makes the following points:

Taisekiji claims that in the ninth month of the fifth year of Koan (1282) at Minobu and on the thirteenth day of of the tenth month at Ikegami Nikko received succession documents from the Great Saint. Taisekiji boasts to world calling these the "Two Successions" (Nika sojo). But these two are forgeries and on the contrary hurt the reputation of their own patriarch Nikko. We shall try to give the reasons below:

(1) If Nikko had been give the approval by the Great Saint with so much as these "Two Successions", he would have naturally performed the office of Chief Officiant at the time of Nichiren Shonin's funeral.
However, in reality the forward echelon had Nichiro and the rear echelon Nissho; Nikko was on the left side of the rear echelon.
(2) If the "Two Successions" were true, there would have been no necessity for choosing the Six Senior Monks and so on and if he had chosen them he would have made Nikko first.
The Six Senior Monks were said to be not in order but they are listed in order of having become the disciples.
(3) In "Two Successions" it says, "if the Ruler of the Country establishes this Dharma (Truth), erect at Mount Fuji the Precept Platform of the Temple of the Original Doctrine (Hommonji no Kaidan).

However, according to the "Matters that the Whole Fuji Following Is to Know" (Fuji isseki monto Zonchi no koto), a credible record of Nikko, Nikko says,

"The previous teacher did not set which province and which place. But the general rule of the Buddha Dharma is to choose the very best place to erect the temple.

And that being so, Mount Fuji in Suruga is the most famous mountain in Japan. Therefore, they should erect it here."

Thus the "former teacher" Nichiren did not fix any place where they should build the Precept Platform of the Temple of the Original Doctrine (Hommonji no Kaidan).

From this fact the "Two Successions" are forgeries.

(4) As to Nikko's departure from Minobu, had the Two Successions been genuine, he would have certainly rejoiced to go to Fuji. However, in reality, as recorded, he felt regret.

For the above reasons the "two Successions" are bare-faced forgeries. Even in the Nikko Lineage thoughtful people deny the "Two Successions".

Next, let us try to consider the division of Nichiren's mementoes. In contrast to Nissho, who received "the Annotated Hokekyo" and Nichiro who received an "Object of Worship: one Standing Statue of Shakya", Nikko received only "a Horse (one); saddle; tabi; hat; kosode" and so on.

We may tell by looking at Nikko's "Reply to Lord Hara" that Nikko himself felt dissatisfied by this division of mementoes:

"in place of the Buddha which Daikoku Acharya seized away...." To write that the distribution of mementoes was "seizing" is not reasonable.

Now in Nikko's "Reply to Lord Hara" he says,

"Is not the Doctrine of Nichiren Shonin the doctrine that, though it is the Tathagata Shakya who is the Original Teacher Who First Gave Rise to the Mind of Enlightenment for the sake of the beings of the Three Worlds, they abandon Him and rely on the Buddha Amida, and so become people who commit the Five Rebellious Sins and fall to the Unremitting Hell?" and so he reverences the Buddha Shakya as the Original Teacher. Or again Nikko states in reverence "the Master of Teachings Lord Shakya of Namu Myoho renge kyo who is the Fundamental Intention (honkai) for Nichiren Shonin's coming forth in the world".

In the current Taisekiji Branch of the Lineage of Nikko's Disciples (Nichiren Shoshu and the Sokagakkai) they assert that Shakya is a "husk Buddha" and Nichiren is the Original Buddha, "Shakya is like a husk of a cicada and it is Nichiren who is the Original (True) Buddha". The origin of that assertion is from a reaction to the fact that in the distribution of mementoes the image of the Master of Teachings Lord Shakya which Nichiren Shonin kept all his life went to Nichiro's Lineage.

By the way, after the Great Saint's decease, the second and third battlelines (generations) in each lineage began to spread the teachings in each region at the risk of their very lives, but, by contrast, as the generations went on from the third to the fourth generation they followed self-interest and asserted that their own lineage had Nichiren Shonin's special teaching and precious objects and were the orthodox succession and gradually they came to proclaim different doctrines and set up conflicting theories.

From an accumulation of several personal letters, and excerpts from the Manual of Nichiren Buddhism by Rev. Senchu Murano, he states:

Taisekiji Temple preserves the so-called "Two Transfer Documents."

According to the Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts, published by Nichiren Shoshu International Center in 1983, these documents are:

1. "Nichiren Ichigo Guho Fuzoku Sho" supposedly written by Nichiren at Minobu in September 1282

This document says that Nichiren transferred the entirety of his teachings to Nikko and entrusted him with the mission of propagating true Buddhism.

2. "Minobusan Fuzoku Sho" supposedly written by Nichiren on October 13, 1282.

This document says that Nichiren appointed Nikko as the High Priest of Minobusan Kuonji, and proclaimed that all the disciples of Nichiren should follow Nikko.

The documents are listed as the "Minobu Sojo" and the "Ikegami Sojo" in the Nichiren Shu Shugaku Zensho, Volume II.

Both documents appear for the first time in the "Kyakugojikkajo", written by Nikkyo (1428-1489) in 1480. The contents of the two documents in this mentioning are different from what are preserved at Taisekiji Temple today. This is proof that several forgeries had already been made by the time of Nikkyo.
Nichido (1283-1341), the fourth Chief Priest of Taisekiji Temple, clearly states in his "Nikkyo Shonin Goden Soan (The Biography of Nikko) that Nikkyo stayed at Minobu for three years, not six as falsely reported.

Minobu Sojo bears the statement that the Hommon no Kaidon should be established at Fujisan Hommonji. Fujisan Hommonji is another name for Nishiyama Hommonji, which was founded by Nichidai (1294-1394), who had been ousted from Kitayama Hommonji due to a succession dispute. It appears the Monbu Sojo may have been forged by a chief priest of Nishiyama Hommonji. At one time, Nishiyama Hommonji was on friendly terms with Taisekiji. Therefore, Taisekiji had no objection to keeping the document although the place of the Kaidan was assigned to Nishiyama Hommonji, and not to Taisekiji. The two temples became hostile to each other after Taisekiji produced the Ita Honzon. Incidentally, the dictionary published by Nichiren Shoshu omits the statement about Fujisan Hommonji in the Minobu Sj that the Hommon no Kaidan should be established at Fujisan Hommonji.

Nichi-u the fourth Chief Priest of Taisekiji Temple said this honzon was transferred from Yashiro to Taisekiji, therefore making Taisekiji the only temple which preserves the most legitimate honzon.

BUT...in the "Fuji-isseki-monto-zonji-no-koto" by Nikko, it states that Honzons should not be engraved on a plank, because it would belittle the value of handwriting.

Quite interestingly, the dictionary published by the Nichiren Shoshu omits the statement about Fujisan Hommonji in the Minobu Sojo that the Hommon no Kaidan should be established at Fujisan Hommonji.

These forgeries were made not by Nikko, but by some of his successors who wished to justify their school by claiming that it was orthodox while other branches of Nichiren Buddhism were not." -- Kempon Hokke archives

"This Heritage and the essential matters of the Gohonzon are documents
of the transmission of the Law from Nichiren to the successive Master
of the Seat of the Law. They concern the transmission bestowed at the
treasure tower, the transmission of the Heritage of the Law
exclusively from one to the next."
(Nichiren Daishonin, "Hon'ninmyo Sho", Gosho Zenshu, p. 887)

FORGERY: Not in Nichiren's hand [This work contains a reference to the "Nichiren School" (Nichiren Shu), a term that has been in use only since 1536. Also the term, "received by a single person" is found nowhere in the authenticated writings of Nichiren.]

"This transmission is the oral transmission from Nichiren to one
legitimate disciple, the secret transmission entrusted to only one
person." "Ubuyo Sojo Ji" [Transmission Concerning the First Bath],
Shinpen, p. 1710.

FORGERY: Not in Nichiren's hand and with principles that run counter to the Five Major Writings.

"The successive Shonin are all, without exception, Nichiren."
(Nichiren Daishonin, "Seven Teachings on the Gohonzon Transmitted from
Master to Disciple", Fuji Shugaku Yoshu, vol. 1, p. 32; Nichiren
Shoshu Seiten, p. 379)

FORGERY Not in Nikko's hand and runs contrary to everything written in Nikko's authentic works.

"I have appointed Byakuren Ajari Nikko as the So-kanzu, the general
chief priest, and transfer the entirety and every detail of the true
doctrine of Nichiren. The top senior priests down to every disciple
must regard each of the successive High Priests transferred from Nikko
to each in succession to be the So-kanzu, general chief priest,without
any opposition as in this time for throughout eternity in the
future. ("On the One-Hundred and Six Articles", Gosho
Zenshu, p. 869)

FORGERY Not in Nichiren's or Nikko's hand and runs counter to everything they had written that is authenticated.

"The scholars in the world today cannot understand this because they
have not learned the transmission of the Heritage."
(Nichiren Daishonin, "Rissho Kansho," Shinpen, p. 770)

FORGERY Not in Nichiren's hand. Not accepted by Priests or scholars of any school or independents, except for the Nichiren Shoshu.

"We, ourselves, cannot produce the Gohonzon. Since it's the
enlightened entity of Nichiren Daishonin, **no one** has the
authority **other than the successive high priests** who have been
the **sole heirs to the heritage of the True Law**. We take no part
in this. Therefore, the objects of worship inscribed by those in the
Butsuryu and Minobu factions [of the Nichiren sect] are absolutely
powerless. They are worthless because they are fake. In fact, they
contain the power of evil spirits. That is why they are dangerous."
Josei Toda, Daibyaku Renge, 98, p. 98.

STUPIDITY based on FORGERIES and lack of faith in Namu Myoho renge kyo.

"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 , and 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**, i t 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

STUPIDITY based on FORGERIES and lack of faith in Namu Myoho renge kyo

"The Dai-Gohonzon of the high sanctuary of true Buddhism at the
Nichiren Shoshu head temple, Taiseki-ji, is the basis of all
Gohonzons. The Gohonzon, which we are allowed to recieve so that we
can pray in our own homes, can be inscribed **only** by one of the
**successive high priests who inherit the true lineage** of Nichiren
Shoshu." -- Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhism in Action, vol. 1, pg. 21

STUPIDITY based on FORGERIES and lack of faith in Namu Myoho renge kyo

"It goes without saying that our Soka Gakkai is an organization of
Nichiren Shoshu believers. Therefore, worshipping the Dai-Gohonzon and
serving the high priest is the **fundamental** spirit of the Gakkai."
Daisaku Ikeda, Inaugural address of president Ikeda, 1960

STUPIDITY based on FORGERIES and lack of faith in Namu Myoho renge kyo

"Needless to say, the Dai-Gohonzon of the high sanctuary inscribed for
all mankind is the most **fundamental** basis of the movement for the
Nichiren Shoshu Soka Gakkai [they have since changed the name to SGI].
The Dai-Gohonzon has been preserved and handed down within Nichiren
Shoshu from the founder, Nichiren Daishonin, to his successor, Nikko
Shonin, and then to the third high priest, Nichimoku Shonin, up to the
present 67th high priest, Nikken Shonin. I hope, therefore, that we
will courageously dedicate ourselves to studying Nichiren Daishonin's
teachings in order to deepen our faith and to propagation true
Buddhism in each country or community, as we follow the high priest's
guidance, and respect the traditions and doctrines of Nichiren
Shoshu." Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhism in Action, vol 1, p 33

STUPIDITY based on FORGERIES and lack of faith in Namu Myoho renge kyo

[High Priest Nikken: ''Gohonzon in sanctuary is fake.'' Kawabe Journal p. 51, 2-7-78]

You seem to have some difficulty addressing the main point, and are
dancing like a wild man all around it like one of the furies.

This is abundantly simple if you stay focused on it without digressing
into all your other piles of confusion.

One of your priests, with the aid of an army, stole (among other
precious items of the Fuji School) the two Transfer documents. The
only Transfer documents the Fuji school retains are copies of the
original.

For the thieving priests you represent from Nichiren Shu to make the
case that the Fuji School is not legitmate, due to the possession of
forged copies of the Transfer documents of the originals which you
yourselves have stolen ... is the worst and most degraded kind of
circular and criminal logic.

Only a Japanese priest of a profoundly corrupted and traitorous school
could make such an obscene argument.

This argument is in fact a sacrilegious and profane argument, directed
at the heart of the founder, Nichiren Daishonin.

Now it is not that he would be surprised by this or even consider it
remarkable: he did not think very highly of Japanese priests as a
whole, and this was in line with T'ien-T'ai, Dengyo and Shakyamuni,
who all predicted that Buddhist priests of this time would be little
better than animals in the barnyard.

Indeed, what is remarkable about the priests you represent, is how
little they surprise the followers of Nichiren Daishonin.

-Chas.

[Judy Scobee]

Nichiren Diashonin would say his Buddhism has been changed durring the
centuries after his passing . . . much like many other religions + those
that splintered off.

=Judy=

[Mark Rogow]

Spin dervish spin.