"we achieved brilliant results in the pacific"
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magazine to all Nichiren Shoshu priests, Nikkyo Shonin writes:
The 29th Admonition
To all Nichiren Shoshu priests
As we declared war against the United States today, I was overwhelmed by a
deep feeling. More than four years have passed since our Empire punished the
tyrannical Chiang Kai-Shek (like the "Rape of Nanking"?) the administration
to launch the creation of the new order in East Asia. Japan, Manchuria, and
China now enjoy mutual friendship and prosperity due to these
accomplishments. However, the United States and Britain have ignored these
facts, and continued to support the Chongqing government to keep it engaged
in hostilities against us. They have also attempted to hamper us with
economic sanctions. They called upon their allies to form a militaristic
encirclement to threaten us and obstruct the Imperial scheme. Although the
Imperial Government patiently sought to reach a resolution peacefully, the
United States and Britain not only arrogantly refused it but also denied the
Imperial principle. We should not allow ourselves to accept their abuse any
longer. Our Empire and its great achievements are faced with a serious
crisis. The Japanese Empire has thus entered war against them resolutely. We
must stand up to overcome all obstacles as the heirs of Japan's immortal
history of over 2600 years.
Fortunately, the Empire is endowed with an army and navy of unrivaled valor
and loyalty under the imperial authority. They have already made remarkable
achievements upon the very opening of this war. We profoundly appreciate
their efforts, and their success is expected to continue. However, in light
of the surrounding circumstances, this war will last for a long time, and we
must be ready for that.
Based on the Buddha's mandate, we must now summon our faith to endure all
and take part in ensuring our victory in this unprecedented war.
December 8, 1941
Nikkyo Suzuki, High Priest, Nichiren Shoshu.
The January New Years greeting message by the same High Priest Nikkyo
Shonin in 1942 reads:
"We, the Japanese Empire, have declared war against the United
States
and Britain. Within three days after the outbreak of the war, we
achieved brilliant results in the entire Pacific. The luxurious
British fleet suffered a crushing defeat, like a crumbling palace. In Hawaii
and Manila, we were able to achieve great results that are unparalleled in
the history of the world. These results not only
moved the people of Japan to tears but aroused a deep sense of
gratitude in them, which struck the whole world with amazement and
admiration. Consequently, our Imperial Navy secured the command of
the ocean and the skies of the Pacific.
Now, I pray that the people behind the guns, regardless of whether
they are young or old, men or women, will not be elated by victory
together with the fighting forces who were devoted to the sacred war, but
rather will not neglect to tighten their helmet strings after victory. With
an indefatigable spirit and a strong unity as hard as iron and stone, I
hope, they will keep their posts of responsibility, summon up their courage,
strengthen their faith and, in obedience to the Imperial decree, persist in
their devoted services to the country. The peace and security of the land
will be achieved only when the festival of the Mystic Law is held."
There is also a published Memo issued by Josei Toda, prior to his
incarceration by the Military government which tells the members
that it is okay to accept Shinto Talismans and they can be
"discarded later. " Neither side are lily white in terms of non-Buddhist
nationalistic feeling. Many were jailed but not necessarily for as noble
causes as one may wish to think. However the main outcome in terms of the
Nichiren Shoshu Sokagakkai was that Josei toda began to take Buddhism
seriously and while for the first time, he actually studied the Lotus Sutra
deeply and then experienced a profound thing. That experience was the
motivator for the transformation in his own life and also the hidden
motivator of millions of people. At the same time his experience did not
make a perfect person by any means. Ultimately the awe and shock of the
profound religious experience, to varying degrees, is the origin of all
religion.In Nichiren Daishonin's day Japan was so absorbed with internal
warfare that they were not spending their time with imperialist goals.
A High Priest is only a regular human being, subject to the same
kinds of prejudices, ignorance and stupidity as anyone. A High
Priest is not immune to superstitions or the socially corrupt
political ideas, shared by a society. As we see above the 62nd High
Priest was praising the Japanese military government's efforts
after the attacks in the pacific. Furthermore there is no mention of
the "Rape of Nanking." He states:
"As we declared war against the United States today, I was
overwhelmed by a deep feeling. More than four years have passed since our
Empire punished the tyrannical Chiang Kai-Shek administration to launch the
creation of the new order in East Asia. Japan, Manchuria, and China now
enjoy mutual friendship and prosperity due to these accomplishments.
However, the United States and Britain have ignored these facts, and
continued to support the Chongqing government to keep it engaged in
hostilities against us."
Now the "Rape of Nanking," (see http://www.tribo.org/nanking/) was a
horrible massacre to the Chinese people.
This Web Site about this event states:
"Between December 1937 and March 1938 at least 369,366
Chinese civilians and prisoners of war were slaughtered by the
invading troops. An estimated 80,000 women and girls were raped; many of
them were then mutilated or murdered.
THE SAVAGERY OF THE KILLING WAS AS APPALLING AS ITS SCALE.
Thousands of victims were beheaded, burned, bayoneted, buried alive, or
disemboweled. To this day the Japanese government has refused to apologize
for these and other World War II atrocities, and a significant sector of
Japanese society denies that they took place at all." The Rape of Nanking by
James Yin and Shi Young, with foreword by the Most Rev. Desmond M. Tutu and
preface by Prof. Ying-shih Yü."
How could the High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu be praising the Military
government's war efforts, saying about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
and other atrocities, "we achieved brilliant results in the entire Pacific?"
Or praising the monstrous acts of their
government against the Chinese, saying, "More than four years have passed
since our Empire punished the tyrannical Chiang Kai-Shek administration to
launch the creation of the new order in East Asia. Japan, Manchuria, and
China." ?
Of course in the Human Revolution novel, this was ignored and the
High Priest Nikkyo was referred to as exemplifying the spirit of
Nichiren Daishonin. Not until many years later did the Sokagakkai,
tell the truth about---and that was only for their own propaganda
purposes once they had already been excommunicated for issues related to the
many years of Daisaku Ikeda allowing people to suggest he was the "True
Buddha."
At the same time, Nichiren Shoshu was misguided and dogmatic, in
using the grounds of a speech where Daisaku Ikeda had told the
laypeople that the Four Dictums of Nichiren Daishonin was no longer
applicable in today's world, to begin their remonstration with
Ikeda. Besides this shallow view, the "Ode to Joy" verses in
Beethoven's Ninth being sung by the SGI at meetings, was frowned
upon as being Christian, when in fact it is a Poem by Schiller referring to
an ancient Nature God and is no grounds for excommunication.
Overall, the surface of the schism is misunderstandings directed by
misplaced pride and ego coming from both sides of the dispute.
Anyone who was aware and involved in the Sokagakkai in the
1970's knows that there was an over abundance of superstitious ideas about
Mr. Ikeda being spread throughout the membership, which glorified him as
more then human, yet the Priest Reverend Tono and others who brought this to
the attention of Nichiren Shoshu, were excommunicated and the schism in
1991, used the excuses mentioned above as the grounds for excommunication.
With all of these misunderstandings and the misguided fanaticism
coming from both sides of the schism, it is a wonder that there are
still any western followers or that western members have not as yet
severed their ties to these Japanese dictatorial hierarchies, which
are throwbacks to the Middle Ages of Japan that continue even today.
In 1998, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Kunihiko
Saito, defended Japan, calling the best selling book, "The Rape
of Nanking," mentioned above as "onesided and inaccurate."
The same year, a Japanese film, "Pride, the Fateful Moment," about Gen.
Hideki Tojo, which portrayed the general as a victim of the United States,
was quite popular.
June 5, 2000 the Mainichi Times reported about the use of the
Japanese term "kokutai" by the Prime minister Mori:
"Opposition party leaders have been quick to blast Prime Minister
Yoshiro Mori's ability to lead the nation after yet another blunder
in which he used the obsolete term kokutai during a speech he made on
Saturday in Nara.
Like his earlier "divine country" gaffe, the use of word kokutai is
controversial because the word, often used before and during World
War II, denotes the fundamental character of the country as one with the
Emperor as its core.
"Amid the controversy over the 'country of gods' remark, Mori's
continued gaffes show his true intentions (to allow the nation's
sovereignty to reside with the Emperor)," Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa
said Sunday. "Mori, in making a remark that could deny the sovereignty of
the people, has proven that he is not fit to be prime minister."
Mori used the word kokutai when he described and criticized a move by the
opposition camp to ally against the coalition led by Mori's
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
"I heard (Kazuo) Shii of the Japanese Communist Party on the radio
saying opposition parties have to join hands to overthrow the
tripartite coalition. As the Communist Party is insisting in its
principles, it would not recognize the Imperial system, and it would break
up the Self-Defense Forces (if the Communists take power)," the prime
minister said.
Mori then blurted out, "How then could we ensure Japan's public
safety and secure the nation's kokutai?"
Opposition parties say they will question the use of the remark
during their campaign for the June 25 House of Representatives
election.
Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan,
said, "(Saturday's remark) shows he is in favor of the pre-war
concept of the nation centering on the Emperor. The remark will
probably be criticized by foreign countries. I have no choice but to
conclude that he is not a suitable prime minister."
Ruling coalition kingpins desperately tried to defend the prime
minister and douse the flames of the furor.
LDP Secretary-General Hiromu Nonaka said, "(Kokutai in the context of Mori's
speech) means currently observed democracy."
Takeshi Noda, secretary-general of the junior coalition partner
Conservative Party said that Mori didn't have the pre-war
constitutional system in mind.
But both Nonaka and Noda admitted that Mori should have been more
careful."
The Prime Minister Mori was the head of the Coalition government made up of
the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito (SGI) and the New Conservative
Party.
It is amazing to me that the Nichiren Buddhists in the west do not
remonstrate with their Japanese counterparts to tell them to stay out and
let us be democratic within our organizations for propagation.
The High Priest above referred to the "Buddha's Mandate for
victory" as the Japanese war against the world. This clearly is a evil
remark, that mixes the kokutai arising from Shinto mythology with Buddhism
and is equally as twisted as Ikeda followers bestowing upon him the special
status of True Buddha. In the real spirit of
Buddhism the term True Buddha, refers to all people, not to an
individual charismatic leader, who creates his own mythology.
Both sides of the schism have invalidated the other side and at the same
time cried wolf, by lying---making even their valid arguments look
suspicious. It is time for this to end but cowards and gang mentality
abound.
The Nichiren buddhists in western countries need to take responsiblity for
this and do what is necessary.
david cole
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message Re: Re. "The Red Thread" book: PERVERSITY(ies) in old Japanese Buddhism!*.
"Well you better tell that to the "Hokkeko," in LA (West Hollywood) or UK
...dominated by male homoerotics, while real women are subjugated and have
to search to other women for companionship..... and they want to puke and
real men want to barf. thus it is the same as in Old Japan....still that
ugly Shingon Karma rearing it's ugly head.....and the holistic Chakra semen
obsessers of Hollyweird, ritualizing ejaculatory fantasies and play acting
with the AIDS consequences.....virus worhippers. Then of course there is
the hungry ghost schizos and manic depressives who hang around ready to
worship, hoping for a dose of the royal jelly which never comes. Even
alter boy consciousness never quite gets it's fill. And the interesting
dicotomies of Bodhicitta semen droplets, staking out their claim to anal
enforcements of hidden and unconscious Japanese Shingon Karmic wet dreams
and Freudian disco West Hollywood Perves (correct spelling) and there
sympathizers.......
http://www.drsusanblock.com/sexinreview/places/hollywoodtour3.htm
Now of course people are people, and people with weird obsessions and
mental artifacts are all welcome into Buddhism, but goddamn, do they have
to dominate it? Isn't Buddhism intended to be a mainstream thing? The best
grounds for reunification yet is to repopulate the temples with real men and
women who are normal.
I know this is so shocking! Well imagine the sincere Nichiren Shoshu
Buddhist male new member, walking into a Buddist meeting which they have
for all their life thought, would be a austere religion and then get hit
on by there leader!!! ITS HAPPENING PEOPLE! How 'bout two men who drove
you to the meeting jerking each other off in the front seat after you get
Gojukai?.....on the way back to help you enshrine your Gohonzon? They might
as well go back to Catholicism or join a Holistic Circus, if it's a little
bung-hole action they are looking for. See it's Shingon Karma.
(Shocking......oh terrible........Can't he keep his mouth shut?.......he is
a homophobe!!!,,,,,,,,who is this Whistle blower raining on our rainbow
parade? Cutting in on our sanctified and pious anal fantasies? Who does he
think he is?)"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"go suck your fake Mentors Dung---he has real good dung from his
dung mill."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Remember to let her suck on your dick
Her germs on your wife will make it better."
"that lil child, sold into slavery
its mom shot up and puked on your dick
Then you can ran home with the a viral nasty"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"MR. PEE PEE WATERS ANOTHER FLIMSY MINDED SCUM BALL ASS."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Of course this is the typical hypocritical crap coming from human beings
that are just dumb. Sorry boys, maybe you and Una should all have an orgy
at taisekiji.......bring Reggie to referee."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"MASTERS WOULD CUM IN THE MOUTH OF THEIR YOUNG
ACOLYTES. NICHIREN WAS PISSED OFF!!!!!
WAKE THE HELL UP YOU NUTCASE MORONS FROM HELL."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Hokkeko in the west hasn't grown, it just reshuffles.gakkai members.
No leadership no growth. a bunch of pissing fairies"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Look at your UK group Funny most every Koto is a
fag--in US too---just like Nichiren Shu."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Oh weee.....little fairy boy has a problem?"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Was it good for you? Being their bitch for a night?"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"No one will follow wimps and people with psychological
problems and weird perverse habits and behaviors based in unresolved
childhood conflicts and altar--boy consciousness. Tell me
butt-fucking and perversity is cool in our buddhism."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
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"Why don't you kiss your ass and lick those big dung
covered cheeks they have dribble on them."
David Cole, April 16, 2002
"You are a sick person who lies and gossips and pits people against each
other in passive aggressive, mindless compulsion."
David Cole 4-20-02
"I never said you were "gay" I said you were a little wimpy faggot and a
pussy--THATS MUCH DIFFERENT"
David Cole, April 14, 2002
"Yes it [Buddhism] is a salad bar.
It is not a convent of devoted fags and pussies who subjugate real women.and
turn it into a barren and boring holier then thou nonsense."
David Cole, April 26, 2002
"You are a paranoid psychotic, drug addict, alcoholic piece
of dung from your own hungry ghost imagination."
David Cole, April 14, 2002
"NO MENTION OF ZANGE FROM ANYONE YET!!!!!
Nichiren doshin's Buddhism should have no "sides" yet
they bicker like little mindless bitches."
David Cole, Apr 14 2002
"Look at your UK group Funny most every Koto is a
fag--in US too---just like Nichiren Shu."
David Cole, March 2002
"Oh weee.....little fairy boy has a problem?"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Was it good for you? Being their bitch for a night?"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"No one will follow wimps and people with psychological
problems and weird perverse habits and behaviors based in unresolved
childhood conflicts and altar--boy consciousness. Tell me
butt-fucking and perversity is cool in our buddhism."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Keep jerking yourself off Michael."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"No one can refute what I am saying. No one."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"I am distressed like the Daishonin was distressed
about the sick behavior of humankind. I am as solid as a rock."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"She put her hands on her rear-end and bent slightly, spreading
her lips, giving him a rear-view, under the legs, glimpse of her
vagina.
Moving her hands, down further, she spread her labia open and inserted
her right index finger. The unusally bright December sunlight caused the
juices on her pubic hairs to glisten"
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"This faggot version of true buddhism is history, the Daishonin would kick
your fairy little asses and the gakkai as well.... and the Priesthood is
corrupted into habits and monstrous passivity.."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"When stragglers appear on this board and read the nonsense here they are
overwhelmed at how stupid and demented these kook buddhists are. My
insults are surrealism appropriate for ARBN.---maybe some one or two or
three will wake the hell up."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"You guys have the comprehension of donkey poo."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"I'm sure you jerk off too."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"Of course this is the typical hypocritical crap coming from human beings
that are just dumb. Sorry boys, maybe you and Una should all have an orgy
at taisekiji.......bring Reggie to referee."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"I think you need a stiff stick inserted deeply into your ass and wiggled
around to break up the congestion in there."
Copyright © David Cole 2002
"call it what you will, as long as my fellow buddhists friend sit with their
thumbs in their asses refusing to toss away their phoney egos then they are
destroying budhism and deserve worse then any insults."
David Cole
"Plan B for Kosen Rufu -legalize research and religious use of
psychoactive/entheogens.
Otherwise, it just won't happen. People are just too stupid and will need
some help from their goods friends."
David Cole
"Stop donating to any buddhist organization until they unite. If this doesnt
stop them from there ego trips then fuck 'em ---it can all start again without
them and without the warped Japanese versions of things"
Dave Cole
"But now in reality, I might have taught him how, and helped find the way
in, but Michael hacked Mary's computer not I."
David Cole
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>> In a letter published January 1942
Poor Crystal. All alone on his empty unification board, with nothing
to do, waiting for his furniture to be delivered from Goodwill. Even
the gaks won't have anything to do with him, no matter how much he
kisses their asses.
Poor Crystal.
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THE OLDEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER IN TOKYO
FIND THIS AT:
http://www.cebunet.com/sgi/tokyo.htm
August 1993
Daisaku Ikeda -- statesman, billionaire, god
Daisaku Ikeda's followers believe he is the earthly incarnation
of a saint; those who believe otherwise suffer his
god-like wrath.
Daisaku Ikeda should be powerful -- he has karma on his side.
Enough karma to lure over 12 million followers to his radical
Buddhist sect. Enough to pour trillions of yen into schools and
plush "cultural centers" worldwide. Enough to ensure audiences
with royals, business leaders and former prime ministers. In fact
65-year-old Ikeda has enough karma to achieve almost
anything. So why is he thought to be so contemptible?
A small, plump man with a permanently smug look, Ikeda joined
the religious group Soka Gakkai in 1947 and quickly earned
a reputation as a phenomenally effective fund-raiser. This is said
to have assured his rise through the ranks and proved a
strong weapon in the battle for succession between Ikeda and a
rival in 1960, when Chairman Josei Toda died.
According to Ikeda's former right-hand man Yukimasa Fujiwara
-- one of many who have left the group to protest their
leaders dictatorial style -- Ikeda won the chairmanship by quietly
paying off executives.
Ikeda, then only 32, quickly persuaded followers that the more
converts and money they brought in, the better their karma.
The subsequent membership drive lured one-tenth of the nation's
population and millions of others worldwide, including
celebrities such as Tina Turner, Patrick Swayze and Herbie Hancock.
But conquering the spiritual realm wasn't enough for Ikeda. In
1957, he had thousand of members register as residents in a
district where a Gakkai-backed candidate needed votes. The
candidate won, but Ikeda spent 15 days in prison for violating
election law.
His political aspirations took further shape in 1964, when he
launched the Komeito party which, with huge funds and millions
of votes, grew into the Diet's second-largest opposition party.
The Komeito has cast the deciding vote in debates such as the
1988 consumption tax and the 1991 PKO bills, giving Ikeda
-- an unelected party leader -- awesome sway over crucial
domestic issues. "The Komeito can't make any decisions without
his consent," claims Tokyo Insideline's Takao Toshikawa.
"President Ikeda," as he is called by his English-speaking followers,
is a larger-than-life figure and a skilled orator.
He is also known as an arrogant and mean-spirited man who taunts
Gakkai executives at meetings. Yet his combination of
religious aura and political clout has proved devastatingly successful.
Soka Gakkai now has eight universities, schools, kindergartens and
other centers around the world. It recently completed an
extravagant international HQ on 580 acres of prime Santa Monica
estate. Glossy press packs burst with photos of Ikeda
meeting Gorbachev, Thatcher, Mitterand and Kissinger. Before
Ikeda visits his many schools and centers, his aids are
deployed to hand out gifts of soft drinks. After one visit to Soka
University in Hachioji, students proudly displayed the empty
cans in shoeboxes inscribed with the words: "Presents of
encouragement from Ikeda sensei." It is also no secret that Ikeda
desperately wants a Nobel Peace Prize; he has met with many
Nobel laureates and donates huge sums to charitable causes
such as Cambodian refugees, Ethiopian projects and Palestinian
education.
Ikeda's followers consider him the earthly incarnation of the
Nichiren Daishonin saint; those who believe otherwise have felt
the wrath of this self-appointed god. When writer Hirotatsu
Fujiwara tried to publish a critical book in 1969, Ikeda employed
then-LDP Secretary General Kakuei Tanaka to persuade
Fujiwara to halt publication (He had him arrested on bogus
charges); the author also claimed that a KGB-Iike campaign
against him included death-threats and surveillance.
The scandal that erupted after these revelations forced
Ikeda's aides to apologize and soon after, to announce the formal
separation of Soka Gakkai from the Komeito. This
restructuring was little help to Komeito Diet member Toshio Ohashi, who
complained about Ikeda's megalomania in 1988. On
Ikeda's nod, Soka Gakkai withdrew its support on the grounds that
Ohashi had been receiving illegal campaign contributions.
Without Gakkai's funds and votes, Ohashi had no choice but to
resign from the Diet. The message was clear: nobody
argues with The President.
Such incidents have blemished Ikeda's saintly veneer, but
have hardly dented his power base. Ikeda continues to be
consulted by top politicians such as Noboru Takeshita and,
ccording to the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho, Soka Gakkai
held four fund raising events this year for last month's elections.
Ikeda is reportedly wooing both strands of the nation's
political future: Takeshita, the old style LDP godfather; and Ichiro
Ozawa, the young iconoclast, whose party might soon prosper
from Ikeda's generosity.
Japan's political map is being redrawn, and Daisaku lkeda --
statesman, billionaire, god -- seems intent to play his part.
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"Members of the group have used arson and a bomb threat against
temples of rival Buddhist groups. Soka Gakkai has also tried to block the
publication of critical books, and it was convicted of wiretapping the
house of the Communist Party leader. A spokesman said the bomb threat
and arson incidents involved "individuals with history of mental illness"
NY Times 11-14-99
"it isn't worth spending a lot of money on spying on the Temple, since
so many people are willing to do it for free"
Chris Holte
Daisaku gave the orders:
"Let us proudly advance on the supreme road to Kosenrufu as we
BRING AN END to the [High Priest] Nikken sect"
WT, March 1, 1993, p. 4
The followers reply to their sensei:
The Soka Gakkai also has begun a campaign of harassment
against the priests. Rumors have been spread that the Taisekiji
Temple grounds are in disarray, with stray dogs wandering
about and robbers lurking in the shadows. Right-wing groups
park their sound trucks outside the temple and blast out their
criticism of the priests..."
Los Angeles Times, 12/16/91
"I know what the group does to people whom it
regards as its enemies. It's not safe for anyone
who dares to criticize it."
TIME - THE POWER OF SOKA GAKKAI
http://pathfinder.com/@@cQhxKQUA1N@02C68/time/international/1995/951120/japan.html
Ms. U witnessed four SGI senior leaders storm Bukkenji Temple.
She attempted to take a photograph of the vehicle that they
had arrived in. The four persons turned their attention on her
and charged her, knocking her into the air. When she hit the
ground, they brutally kicked and assaulted her. She suffered
multiple serious injuries, a broken hip and spinal fractures.
Shukan Jitsuwa 12/02/93
One member of the group of four monks and six followers
said they were verbally abused and punched by local members of
the Singapore Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association
(SNSBA) [Soka Gakkai Singapore].
The Straits Times - TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1991
"They tried to chase us when my sisters
went out. They came to our home to try to harass us. My former
friends told lies to get my phone number. When they called,
they said,‘You will go to hell, you will be unhappy’. Some were
subjected to physical violence. There was an order by Ikeda to
harass members who leave the cult."
Japan’s Rush Hour of The Gods
THE AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE
http://www.cebunet.com/sgi/rushour.htm
..."a mob of Soka Gakkai members, marched into the Kaishinji temple during a
religious service. Shoving aside worshippers, they seized Yahiro and
Kashiwazaki. I thought I was going to die, recalls Yahiro, an
asthmatic. He almost did. A large man grabbed Yahiro by his necktie and lifted
him off the floor, and others took turns punching him until he passed out."
TIME Magazine November 20, 1995 Volume 146, No. 21
"...several hundred Soka Gakkai members invaded his temple during a
service and beat him so severely that he was hospitalized for three months.
Yahiro's hospitalization in April 1991 brought to light a brewing battle..."
San Francisco Chronicle: - Japan Fears Another Religious Sect
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1995/12/27/MN62956.DTL
SGI charter:
3.SGI shall respect and protect the freedom of religion and religious
expression.
7.SGI shall, based on the Buddhist spirit of tolerance, respect other
religions...
SOURCE: SGI Homepage