So glad to see this forum is still alive. Now we only have SGIwhistleblowers (for those truly Taiten) and the Eagle Peak Blog (for those who wish to practice independently). Clarity, it is amazing how, not long after one is lovebombed to death, one is treated as an object or non-salaried employee. Sooner or later the true nature of Soka Gakkai leaders comes out. For me, it was their distorted
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Everything you need to know about the SGI cult... Everything you need to know about the Lotus Sutra Buddhism of Nichiren...
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A post I saved from Anticult: $GI Organization of Peace, Culture, Education "This is Ikeda's message of "peace"? To invest SGI's members money in arms and weapons manufacturing companies who engage in corrupt and criminal (bribes) government weapons procurement sales globally? Of course it is. Daddy-know-best Ikeda, feeds the masses their Illusions and fairy tal
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Brainwashing can cause disordered thinking and disorganized thoughts. According to the DSM 5 guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association under “Post Traumatic Stress Disorders”, subheading, “Brainwashing and Mental Health”, it is stated that brainwashing may lead to acute psychotic reactions mimicking both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. P.E.T. and MRI brain scans have revealed subtle
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It's joke time: "Remaining silent in the face of injustice is the same as supporting it." -- Daisaku Ikeda
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I got a call on January 5th from the one who sponsored me 37 years ago, my so-called "shakubuku father". Everything was going well until he started talking about the greatness of Ikeda. I criticized him as a slanderer and my "friend" asked incredulously, "and Toda too?". I stated, "yes". No longer was he Mr. Happy Smiley Face as he hurriedly said goodbye.
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Caught up. Great posts. Thanks Nichijew
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QuotesixtysevenThe Run for Peace. The cult has a lot of different faces to infect you like a virus and what looks first a good cause will be a trap of exploitation later. peace run The following clip from the sgi Malaysia is an example for their hidden agenda, when you look at the mark 0:53 and 3:22 you can identify the hidden message of the cult by a chanting woman and the young women with gakk
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An interesting article on the power of the Buddha's deductive reasoning, presumably developed through introspection: Nichijew
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QuoteShavoyDoes anybody know through the pipeline about how many newbies the SGI has been attracting lately? Reason I'm curious is...reading the most recent great posts (Welcome!) about the gatherings at FNCC and the totally-out-and-not going-back-obviously "Reply to my/our mentor" stuff....I've said it more than once, but if I, in 2013, was invited to attend these soirees an
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Quotenuevopionerooh, T&P, you hit the virtual nail on the head: "I likewise found this deeply painful, and embarrassing, too. A combination of "How could I have been so wrong about them?" and "What's wrong with me that I wasn't able to cultivate a more meaningful friendship, despite all my altruistic efforts? "I found my SGI friends to have been almos
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Things mean something, when they want it to, and mean nothing, when they need it to. That's the gakkai cult org. - Hitch PS - Edit: Basically, members won't know what to think (what they are allowed to think or how to frame it), until they are told "officially" how to do so by others on up the cult org. ladder." Insightful. Nchijew
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QuoteeyzopnThanks, Nichijew for your greetings to us new folks here! Horrific. (re: Blockbuster News @ Buddha Jones) What remains to be seen is how the organization responds. Will the award be rescinded or will the whole thing be swept under the rug? Will the org. close ranks to protect its image or make a public statement against human rights violations? It's the worst case scenario of t
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SGI and Codependency Denial patterns: --I have difficulty identifying what I am feeling. — So busy are you with SGI activities and ingratiating yourself to higher level leaders. --I minimize, alter or deny how I truly feel. — about the SGI mentor disciple teachings, for example. --I perceive myself as completely unselfish and dedicated to the well being of others. — Even chanting for a fe
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Since we will all die horrible deaths soon after leaving the club, might as well enjoy. I've been enjoying for 18 years. Anyway meh, there will always be people who, concerned for the welfare of others, will step up to share their triumphs over the tyrannical pseudo-Buddhist cult. If not here, elsewhere. ENJOY! mark
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QuoteHitchQuoteSporatica The last straw was when they stranded my mom in San Diego. The bus broke down. The group was left waiting on the side of the road. Then they shuffled her to a cheap motel and crammed her into a room with four people, instead of two. Running late, they shuttled her to the convention center and assigned her to "clean the tunnels," at which point they neglected to
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Blockbuster SGI report: and Nichijew
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QuoteSpartacusQuoteholly_golightlyQuoteTheVoidIkeda ghandi King nonsense I found this which may or may not be the edited version as they strung this out for a full day. Yes, that's the one that used to make me go all teary eyed - it seems so lame now. From the propaganda based GKI exhibit video: "Toda... went to prison with his mentor Makaguchi, for their arden protest of J
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The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon and canyon beach in Northern California.
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon in Northern Ca
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon in Northern Ca
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon in Northern Ca
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon and Daisaku Ik
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon in Northern Ca
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon in Northern Ca
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon and Daisaku Ik
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon and Daisaku Ik
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon in Northern Ca
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon and Daisaku Ik
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Quotesixtyseven@ Hitch and @T&P: have you ever heard of that ranch in Cali? Another property of the SGI. Is it hidden or is it open to the public? At least you can donate money and safe it before it's lost... As if ikeda wouldn't have any money to safe it??? Soka/ King ranch The Bodhi tree and Nichiren's hermitage at Minobu have nothing on Daisaku Ikeda canyon and Daisaku Ik
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