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evergreen
my gohonzon sorry to say is building up dust. I look at the alter and think "I really should dust and I really should get some fruit to offer." I could give a shit who inscribed it at this point. My take home message from tsuki's post is that there are two men who are desperate to manipulate others for their own means - they could give a shit about our happiness.
When I decided to leave the SGI altogether in 2002, I got rid of everything. I was so down on those jerks by that time that I felt I was better off clearing the table and removing all vestiges of my association with them. I don't practice Buddhism now, but if I ever do pick it up again, I'll start with a clean slate with some other group.
Buddhism is a great religion, and the Gakkai (Gag-kai - gotta agree, that's good!) has ruined it for a lot of people. I still bristle when I think of all the stupidity exhibited by leaders in that group.