Quotetennpeach Her name was Kimi L., I remember meething her for the 1st time when I was 15 years old, I think she was a similar to my mother--so she might have been about 35~40 years old at that time. I returned from out-of-country in '86. Then the split happened--she contacted my mother around 1991 to let her know that SGI leaders were trying to dig up any kind of dirt to discredit m
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Looks like our friends from Victims of Soka Gakkai association are not sleeping after all. Their Japanese site is very much up to date, it has forum, latest news and other articles. You can use Google Translate to translate it. The message on their home page (I translated it with Google) says : Soka Gakkai by "anti-social activities" and "human rights violations" by the peo
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Tennpeach, welcome to the board! You said you know someone who died as a result of following SGI suggestions not to take her medication. This statement would be more powerful if you gave her name and told her life story, who she was, how long she practiced with SGI and so on. It's time for the world and for Japanese and American governments to realize that people actually die because of SGI.
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QuotebribriSix months later, after we had moved our family back to Canada, settling in Montreal (great city by the way), I got a surprise phone call from Tadashi Ohira, director of the Montreal Head Quarters for SGI Canada. He wanted to meet with me and to find out if I was going to try and steal members away from the gakkai. How he knew I was even in Montreal, let alone my phone number, was a bi
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There are two sides to SGI phenomenon. First is chanting NMRK, which is wonderful, but was not invented by SGI. The second, most stricking side of SGI phenomenon is the fact that since 1930, when SGI was founded, they were able to shakubuku almost 10% of Japanese population! Well, there are other countries, where large percentage of population belongs to one religion, but it usually took centurie
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QuoteNichijew I know this fellow in Las Vegas. he had a beef with an SGI member on the net who was connected to the police. After a while, not only the ugly details of this person's arrest and subsequent involuntary psychiatric committment was all over this particular newsgroup but the fellow involved claims that not only did this person know the intimate details of the police action but inf
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Quotebobze39QuoteNichijew If they did kill anyone, and I have no absolute proof that they do, I have read and heard that both the police and the media are in their pocket. Even in America, there are communities where people who are connected can get away with murder while, if you are not connected and get on the wrong side of the powers that be, you will either do time on trumped up charges, ge
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QuoteNichijew If they did kill anyone, and I have no absolute proof that they do, I have read and heard that both the police and the media are in their pocket. Even in America, there are communities where people who are connected can get away with murder while, if you are not connected and get on the wrong side of the powers that be, you will either do time on trumped up charges, get killed, or
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Quotewakatta1 Japanese men give their paychecks over to the women because it is "customary" and is expected of them. The women expect to be in control of the family expenses because they are expected to be the family's "anchor". Men on the other hand (esp. "Salary-man types") have spent their lives grooming for a position in business, and once they have d
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Wakatta, thank you for explaining how the relationships between men and women work in Japan. Your contribution to this forum is especially valuable, because you lived in Japan.
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It is a big crooked business! The business scheme is very symple. While Japanese husbands are out working, go from house to house, talk to housewives, mess with their heads, seduce them by the charm of "Buddhism" and get their money. The definition of "SEDUCE" by Oxford dictionary: to persuade somebody to do something that they would not usually agree to do by making it seem v
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So, as we established that Japanese housewives are the driving force behind SGI, I've decided to do more research on them. I went to Google and Yahoo and just typed "Japanese housewives". I got a stream of articles about them. Japanese housewives is a hot topic on the Internet. Apparently not only SGI, but everybody now reconizes this phenomenon. Japanese Housewives, Online Gamin
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Now we can really see why the primary weapons of SGI are slander and defamation. SGI is dominated by housewives's mentality. So, another positive side of SGI being run by WD is that SGI doesn't kill its enemies. For example, yakuza is run by men, and they don't defame enemies, they kill them. I don't think men even understand in general the concept of defamation. For them it&#
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Tsulimoto, as always, made an excellent point. I found two articles online, in the first one Japanese housewives are called "invisible puppet-masters of Japan's economy", and the second one says "Because they’re charged with household finances, housewives can tell where Japan’s economy is going.” Both articles refer to "hesokuri", the cash and investments that
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We discussed here a lot why SGI sells its product with Master/Disciple tag attached to it risking to lose a lot of potential customers. Tsukimoto said that SGI doesn't care about the number of followers, but rather their loyalty. SGI prefers customers who don't question Master/Disciple concept. So, who is the most typical SGI follower? Let's create a profile of the most typical SGI
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Yes, Tsukimoto, you are absolutely right, he has all the symptoms of NPD, so it's going to be even harder for him to deal with his aging process and let go of Ego.
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If we look closer at Daisaku Ikeda, he clearly appears to have 2 psychological disorders - obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoia. Here is the definition of OCD from Wikipedia: Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing anxiety, or by a combinat
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There is another aspect of SGI, that has been discussed here before. Did you ever have a feeling, when you came to SGI meetings, that you are in a looney bin and surrounded by a bunch of loonies? Honestly? I don't mean it in a bad way, in fact, in the beginning this is what attracted me to SGI, I thought it was very diverse and unconventional. Of course, in part, it was because I lived in Lo
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Dr. Jesus, I agree with you, other cults also have something in common with hate groups. You are using the term "scapegoat" in reference to subject of hatred. To keep totalitarian groups together leaders must create external enemies and demonize these enemies and create a hatred towards them. That is exactly what neo-nazis do - they create an external enemy, teach their followers to ha
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I think, we should conclude that SGI is a hate group. They are not different from other hate groups - neo-nazis, racists and others. The difference is the subject of hatred. Racists hate people on basis of color of their skin, SGI hates people on basis of not following their particular SGI brand of Nichiren Buddhism or on basis of being "SGI enemy". But the idea is the same - create ene
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Wow, thank you, Nichijew! That is a great addition to my research!
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QuoteMorgaineQuotetsukimotoQuoteMorgaine Dear VOID: I would suggest you read the GOSHO written by Nichiren Daishonin. In the Gosho , Nichiren clearly explains the connecton between slander and occurences of earthquakes, hurricanes, rains, etc. The concept of ESHO FUNI the oneness of self and enviorenment is a basic buddhist concept. Now, here is something very interesting! For two mont
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Hello, Shavoy, well, I talked to Danny only briefly, and it wasn't one-on-one, it was in the presence of many people, he said something like "Welcome", "Practice with determination" and some general phrases. I don't really personally dislike him, in fact, he has a certain charm and appears to be strong (or plays this role well). He speaks with an accent, actually his
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Morgaine, you are lucky you didn't become SGI member. I wasn't so lucky. I actually joined SGI and received Gohonzon and I did my share of free labor at SGI warehouse. In fact I personally know SGI-USA leader Danny Nagashima, I met with him on several occasions and talked to him. That was not because I was a leader, no, I simply happened to practice in the same district, where he lives
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Sorry, Morgaine, I didn't notice that you have 49 posts. But my message was not to you, it was to truly devoted SGI members. They monitor this thread.
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Note to rrmoderator - I can't edit my posts. Edit option disappeared from my Options Menu.
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QuoteMorgaineBuddhism Jan 17, 2011 At the Soka Gakkai Hyogo Culture Center On the 16th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995) in Japan, Soka Gakkai held memorial services on January 17, in remembrance of those who lost their lives. Services were held at four venues in Osaka and Hyogo Prefectures. At the Soka Gakkai Hyogo Culture Center, after prayers for victims o
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Guys, I think it's time for a real action! I suggest all dissatisfied SGI members gather in front of SGI-USA headquarters at 606 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401 every Sunday at 2 p.m. Demands: Danny Nagashima to step down, financil openness, discard the enemy lists, no more free labor and exploitation. If people in Tunisia and Egypt could do it, people in the USA certainly can do it t
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QuoteThe AnticultDoesn't the general public in Japan see SGI accurately, as a sect, cult, dangerous group? In the west, many Swami's who are seen as conmen in their homeland, put on a robe in the USA, and those who don't know any better project their fantasies of holiness onto them. But SGI global has too many billions in wealth to vanish, and its invested globally. SGI is pr
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There is a law of the Universe that is much more powerful and constant than the law of cause and effect. It's the law of rise and decline. In other words "this too will pass". In fact, law of cause and effect is only proven on the level of mechanical physics, but if you go deeper to the level of quantum mechanics, this law doesn't work any more - particles behave in unpredicta
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