Rev. Tsuchiya on the SGI and Nichiren Shoshu
The SGI (Soka Gakkai) and NST (Nichiren Sho-shu) distort Nichiren's doctrine to expand their domination and financial power.
The SGI and NST brainwash their believers and teach them, "The teachings of Buddha Shakamuni is useless for us."
SGI pretends to be a peace-loving organization. However SGI educates their believers to beat other sects by using slanders and abuse as SHAKUBUKU. They employ double standards as a tactics.
SHAKUBUKU is not the means to convert people to an intolerant specific religion by persistent argumentation. The original SHAKUBUKU of St.Nichiren means to warn severely against bad behaviors influenced by mistaken religious doctrines whenever the world is in disturbance and sufferings.
Protecting the true dharma is for the peace and prosperity of the world. We should protect and spread the true dharma for the harmony and unity of all of things.Therefore if you do SHAKUBUKU, you need to make up your mind with mercy to receive abusive language and behaviors from thoughtless people.
Furthermore, St.Nichiren has taught us that denouncing bad people and priests who destroy the teaching of Buddha is a duty of well learned priests, not a religious work of lay people and also you should not give an offering to bad priests and so on.
We hope that SGI's and NST's believers come back to the teaching of the eternal Buddha and the Nichiren’s true doctrine. Please join us to get a beautiful and strong eternal life. Let's challenge ourselves to establish an ideal world.
The Bible of Shakubuku supervised by Taisaku Ikeda was published by Soka Gakkai to educate believers. However, the Soka Gakkai no longer publishes the Bible of Shakubuku because it respected NST (Nichiren-sho-shu) but since SGI has seceded from NST it is fighting furiously with them. SGI is now publishing The guidances of SGI by Taisaku Ikeda. But the SGI has not changed it's doctrine.
"Shakyamuni's dharma is the past and doesn't profit any longer". (page 63, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"It is necessary to know that we are the people who don't relate to Shakyamuni's Buddhism". (page 65, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"You must see that Nichiren Daishonin is the only true Buddha because Shakamuni's Buddhism has already been rendered useless". (page 67, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"The Buddha Shakamuni is not superior to the true Buddha Nichiren at all". (page 316, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"The Lotus Sutra which is the long-cherished plan of Buddha Shakamuni is not ever valid in this era at all".(page 93, The Bible of Shakubuku)
If you don't worship Gohonzon of NST(SGI), you will never have well-being in this mappo-era".(page70, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"If you worship Gohonzon of wicked religion, you will get bad luck as a logical result".(page280,The Bible of Shakubuku)
"All other sects except NST (SGI) are wicked religions and exert a baneful influence on society". (page280,The Bible of Shakubuku)
"The teachings of Buddha is as useless as last year's calendar. If you use that one, your life will be sure to fail as a logical result".(page303, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"Every person who doesn't worship the Gohonzon of Fuji-Taiseki temple(SGI) must be bad people slandering the true dharma".(page314, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"The family which is a successive believer of the sect commonly called Nichiren-shu has the possibility of having a child who has deformity or mental retardation and will get madness in the end".(page321,The Bible of Shakubuku)
"All other sects except NST(SGI) have the power to bring people bad luck".(page323, The Bible of Shakubuku)
"The Soka Gakkai has already achieved power affecting politics by organizing our own political party Komei. Also the founding of the third civilization, Soka Gakkai's world, is being achieved with steady steps in all fields of the economy, education, and culture". (page252,The Bible of Shakubuku)
PS: Nichiren-shoshu(Taiseki-ji) insists that the Gohonzon is the evidence which proves that Nichiren Shonin entrusted them with the Honmon-Kaidan. But it already has been proved that their Gohonzon is a fake. It means that, the story of Nichiren Shoshu is a fabrication. It is not only the matter of authenticity of that Honzon.
In SGI's Japanese newspaper[Seikyo], SGI's executives are slandering people in opposition and sects by using vulgar words day after day.
The true Buddhism is a very realistic and rational religion. With progress of the study about Buddhism in USA, it seems to be spreading among Western people. St. Nichiren made an effort to keep the true Buddhism of Shakamuni, refusing superstitions in Buddhism at the risk of his life. The most important point of Buddhism is contained in Lotus Sutra, Myoho Renge Kyo. And St. Nichiren said, as an envoy of Buddha Shakamuni, that "Buddha Shakamuni is the eternal Buddha and leads people eternally to the true teachings."
"Listen to me attentively! I will tell you about my hidden core and supernatural powers. The gods, men and asuras in the world think that I, Shakamuni Buddha, left the palace of the Shakas, sat at the place of enlightenment not far from the City of Gaya, and attained Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi[forty and odd years ago]. To tell the truth, good men, it is many hundreds of thousands of billions of nayutas of kalpas since I became the Buddha." [The Lotus Sutra translated from the Chinese by Senchu Murano]
"Listen then all of you attentively to the secret, mysterious, and supernaturally pervading power of the Tathagata. All the worlds of gods, men, and asuras consider: 'Now has Shakamuni Buddha come forth from the palace of the Sakya clan, and seated at the training place of enlightenment, not far from the city of Gaya, has attained Perfect Enlightenment.' But, my good son, since I veritably become Buddha[there have passed] infinite, boundless hundreds of thousands of myriads of kotis of nayutas of kalpas.[The Threefold Lotus Sutra published by Kosei]
But,
"You must listen carefully and hear of the Thus Come One's secret and his transcend powers. In all the worlds the heavenly and human beings and asuras all believe that the present Shakamuni Buddha, after leaving the palase of the Shakyas, seated himself in the place of practice not far from the city of Gaya and there attainted anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. But good men, it has been immeasurable, boundless hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, millions of nayutas of kalpas since I in fact attained Buddha hood." [Translated by Burton Watson, Copyright Soka Gakkai]
In Chapter 16, Buddha Shakamuni who attained enlightenment 40 years ago reveals the truth of himself as the eternal Buddha. But SGI seems intent to emphasize the Thus Come One who is another Buddha Shaka by their own Lotus Sutra. SGI and so forth distort the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren's works with untenable interpretations and in a self-serving manner. SGI members can therefore never know the truth doctrine.
SGI is not a sect of Buddhism. President Ikeda always has said in Japan, "Let's conquer the country." SGI is a business enterprise using Taisekiji's doctrine which abuses Nichiren. SGI has educated people who have no knowledge of Buddhism by saying SGI is the only right sect of Buddhism. This SGI dominates SGI-USA. The SGI not only takes advantage of the righteous war of St.Nichiren against erroneous teachings but keeps people away from true Buddhism for their own business. So, pious Buddhists should not stay in the SGI-USA. Pious Buddhists who believe Nichiren's true doctrines should not tolerate the SGI-USA's expansion. As you say, "many americans now think Nichiren's thoughts are nonsense". St. Nichiren will be misunderstood by ordinary people.
SGI might have changed their doctrine from Taisekiji's for their religious business. But they still destroy the true doctrine of Nichiren and true Buddhism because their true purpose is money, power and fame. Therefore, we are not going to air messages to help SGI-USA and SGI's believers. I think the true Nichiren believers who left the SGI also don't want to convert to the Nichiren-shu("Anything is OK"). So, we have to establish the true sangha of Nichiren, as Kempon Hokke.
Posted by markrogow at March 27, 2008 05:26 AM