QuoteBad poetry aside, the epitome of his self-aggrandizement was putting himself as an equal to King and Gandhi. That *always* offended me. How could *anyone* think that this self-involved, insulated little toad of a man would, on any measure, be in the same category as those two greats? Quick! Somebody kill him! Then at least he can honorably claim something in common - they were all three
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QuoteAnd hey, if you are still in SGI and reading this, and trying to think of excuses for this behaviour by claiming that it is his over-enthusiastic followers who organise all these bogus honours for Senseless remember that, were Ikeda an honourable Buddhist leader, he would ask his followers to stop doing stuff like this. He would surely be embarrassed at receiving bogus honours? Have no doubt
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I threw away every single sgi-related publication - just plunked it in the garbage, because I felt that's where it belonged. I didn't even want to give them away to other members, because I didn't want to spread the poison. Since I had small children, I bought a few of their children's books. One was "Kanta and the Deer" and the other was the "I like to...&
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QuoteSenseless really is self-published after all, though, isn't he? Oh, it's better than that! He created his own organization that became rich enough to do whatever he wants it to, including publishing! SGI has its own publishing house, called "Middleway Press." Here - take a look - they feature almost exclusively books purportedly by Daisucky Ick-eda: The other books a
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tsukimoto, I've been sick in bed with the flu for two days, and I have to tell you, reading that above post about Poets Laureate and All That Jazz was the best thing to happen to me in two days!! Thanks SO much for posting that! I was still a card-carrying member in 1981 when I heard about the International Poet Laureate thing, and I shook my head in bewilderment at the time - HIM?? THA
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QuoteThe system administrator at the current ISP hosting this site failed to check the backup system in place regarding this message board. The backup system was not working and this board was not backed up properly. That failure caused the problem, which occurred during the transition from culteducation.com to culteducation.com That's all well and good, of course, but...two whole years??
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QuoteBut what I'll miss most is the part where Tsukimoto's dog got Honorary Life Membership of Oxford University's Bodleian Library (in the UK). Just like Senseless. What?? How did I miss THAT bit of news???
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Wow - finally! I've been trying to find the board for days now, and it's taken all day for me to get back on. Had to make a new identity, as you see. Is this the result of the sale of the Rick Ross site? I must say, this is entirely consistent with the worst possible outcome... Page 314 is as far as it goes. This sucks big green ones. And the new moderator messages are kind o
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Suenam I find your comments consistently excellent. Your writing is so insightful and I am finding your posts so helpful in terms of understanding my own confusion and "fall-out" post DW. I was in DW for 3 years, utterly devoted (read: utterly blind and able to pass off many bizarre and troubling behaviours with a kind of "highest-view" white out). Thank you to all contributor
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