SGI in my area already had pictures of Ikeda on the alter, you know the fan dance image. Also some of the members had very large prints of Ikeda and his wife. I found this weird but to Ikeda and The warped SGI, it helps imprint them in peoples head. Doubtful i disagree, Ikeda should never be on the Gohonzon, though he will be, when his own Gohonzon is brought into the Gakkai. Another point i
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QuoteRothausQuoteTheVoid... what kind of 'Buddhism' is this? No Buddhism at all maybe? The article 'explaining' the flag I find just as disturbing as the flag itself. I agree it's crazy link for young womens pledge to their ETERNAL mentor Ikeda Scroll down and read the pledge cards I am willing to put a large wager on that, when Ikeda dies (though he is Eter
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Gakkai Mens Flag and Motto Please check the flag and motto's, what kind of 'Buddhism' is this?
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Quotedoubtful@ The Anti-Cult, You wrote, "To the followers, President Ikeda Daisaku is the 2nd coming of Christ. If i am not mistaken in the Ghandi, King, Ikeda video, one of the talking heads equates Ikeda to a modern day Jesus Christ! It's quite a few years ago that i saw this, but i am sure that is what was said. Can anyone remember?
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QuoteNichijewThe SGI is a Destructive Cult by Definition 6). Destructive cults put the will of the group above the will of the individual. This is often reinforced with simplistic games or rituals of some type designed to make the individual subservient to the group. If you search, you will find such quotes from the eternal Soka Gakkai mentor, "the Soka Gakkai is more important than my li
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QuoteChanter16Rothaus: Not really disputing that, just think the void is getting his info from the thread not inside the SGI. that's all. Get a grip, i really don't know who you think you are to make unfounded accusations against me. Whatever i say, you have made up your mind to believe your own story, like the Mod' said this ain't about me. It's about the way the So
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QuoteChanter16The Void said in part: "It's good that you can appreciate how annoyed and ripped off we all feel, when you see that Soka is a cult of personality, where you cannot get away with disagreeing over matters such as the ridiculous M/D issues, or the fact the you never study the Lotus Sutra because according to Soka we are all too stupid and can't understand any of it, u
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Quotedoubtful@ Finally, for what it's worth I don't think The Void meant any harm, although his wording was a bit harsh. Sometimes we get carried away on this forum. I think it may be part of the recovery process. Apparently, SGI moles (spies) have been on this forum often. Ok, that's just my two cents. Thanks Doubtful, maybe i was harsh but sometimes you feel that way, but I hav
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QuoteMorgaine@ doubtful, "They would like us to believe that this practice "can make the impossible possible." That's not true." I have found this to be very true, one of my main expamples happened a few years ago : My sister was diagnosed with a terminal disease , she had many complications and was not just considered terminal she was labeled, "hopeless
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Have just checked out some of those videos on youtube. I can't believe the absolute rubbish i have just witnessed. If that's Buddhism, Avichi Hell here we come! What nonsense! A song called Nam Myoho Renge Kyo sang to the tune of Rock around the clock! Hang your heads in shame. Can't even describe what a joke SGI is. i thought Justin Timberlake was the one, 'bringing sense
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QuotetsukimotoRegarding Ikeda and the mentor/disciple relationship: Members keep telling me that Ikeda has done so much for world peace. Ikeda has approved an exhibit comparing himself with Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Please tell me what Ikeda has done that is comparable to either man? Gandhi and King put themselves in harm's way fighting for justice and equality -- and w
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Quoteevergreen On the other hand -- Nichiren did believe that earthquakes and epidemics could be caused by rulers and citizens having "wrong" religious beliefs. In the thirteenth century, nobody knew about plate techtonics, or that there were such things as bacteria and viruses. There were no vaccines, antibiotics or even hand sanitizers. Certainly, he was a wise and courageo
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QuoteRothausQuoteTheVoidI am sure the guy that 'wants' to pay for the gate on his own will be held as an example of how true disciples are willing to give as much as they can, if not more for the sake of Kosen Rufu. *grin* oh yes and dozens of virgins will await him … oh sorry thats a different bunch :-) what i want to know is, How is having a gate named after Ikeda going to pro
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QuoteRothaus the gate story I find somewhat amusing as it shows how SGI usually gets its PR and how they now hesitate to underline that the money is being paid by a member which means its not due to Mr. Ikedas “achievements”. Another cynical ploy to get more money out of members. I am sure the guy that 'wants' to pay for the gate on his own will be held as an example of how true disci
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every now and again, i get this idea that i am actually missing some things in the Borg, especially chanting in a group, for some reason I always feel that this was more powerful than me chanting on my own. But is it really? Probably not. Anyway I decided to download some 'A Buddhist podcast' to have a listen and see what was going on in the Soka world. I downloaded the episodes which
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QuoteDavidM First of all, in respect to 'traditional' Nichiren buddhism (as far as I understand) chanting is done to reveal one's own buddhahood, to bring out the compassion, wisdom, proper mindedness and happiness that is inherant in our own being. That is how i think about it, great way of thinking about chanting. some make it more complicated than it is. then again they may
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"seeing he was getting nowhere, Toda finally strode out, leaving the old priest (Ogasawara) to the mercies of his tormentors. 'if you stubbornly refuse to apologise, whatever may happen to you is no longer my concern. Whatever the youth division members may do to you, I will not take responsibility.' " (Daniel B. Montgomery, "Fire in the Lotus.") Oh the happy vio
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Other things i found wrong were those people who insisted that 'they' were Soka Gakkai, Soka Gakkai is my life! I think this is another Cult trait making you think you are the organisation, so if you are it, how can it be wrong, because you are it! there was this one guy, a total failure, except in SGI where he was YMD division leader in our area (what a fake way of making you think y
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QuoteDavidMQuoteThe AnticultThat is why Ikeda manufactured such paranoia and fear of the imagined "enemies" of the Soka Gakkai. Ikead knows if you make people afraid, they will do what they are told, and seek a strong leader. Ikeda also knows, if you manufacture some terrible "enemy", then that makes your followers circle the wagons and feel like they are "protecting
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Hello, am new to posting but have been reading for ages, i love it when the truth is revealed by so many people not scared to highlight the sham that is SGI. I am in the UK and got sucked into the SGI about 3-4 years ago. I never joined but did get to the stage of filling out the forms to do so, and sending them off. This was after maybe 3-4 months of going to meetings. I felt quite pressured t
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does anyone know about the cult like tendencies of the Grinberg method association??? Seems to be pushing itself quite hard in our area. Anyone know anything? TheVoid
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Quotelove falun dafaYou everyday people,if you look around, you will find that the human world today is extremely terrible, full of vicious persons. The human race, as a whole, is deteriorating, and there are devils everywhere. Bad people fall off in the universe, dropping into the central part of it, which is the Earth. Consequently, the Earth serves as the rubbish heap of the universe. In the e
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