Quoteopendoor I watched those mandatory videos of President Ikeda in which he managed to speak for 20 or 30 minutes and never say one thing of value-- just read a bunch of disconnected quotes and clack his false teeth around and maybe intentionally insult some other big wig on the stage. In one of those last videos I've seen, he had a small white towel to fumble around. I bet it will g
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Yes you are right, Hitch. The young man was told to chant for Komeito, to convince his japanese friends to vote for Komeito. I think, he feels quite uncomfortable with this situation. I guess he will not find a lot of information in English on the net. The Komeito or New Komeito is the political wing of Ikeda. And parliamentary elections will be held on Dec. 16th in Japan : it's not about B
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I am new to this forum. I have spent my time with the SGI since 99. I stopped chanting in February after a miraculous moment with the Gohonzon. Believe it or not the scroll itself showed me this thread. A deep depression followed since I was reading every page of this mb and when I started distancing myself from the SGI and my so called SGI family. Maybe later I will tell you my story,but first,
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