Today I wrote to an English speaking Japanese Senior Leader along with our 100 Passages of Proof. He wrote back some nonsense that I could never understand because I don't speak Japanese and Rev. Tsuchiya was curt to him when he remonstrated with Rev. Tsuchiya that our idea of Gohonzon is different in America and Japan [it is not]. He also challenged me to go to an SGI community center and if I successfully performed seven Shakabuku he would convert to the Kempon Hokke. I wrote him back:
You avoid the issue of the following passages of proof demonstrating the identity of the Original Buddha as the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni; Nichiren's reverence for this Buddha; and by believing in the Three Bodied Tathagata Shakyamuni as the Original Buddha and our original teacher, we become equal to Shakyamuni Buddha. Faith is the key. The Transmission [Heritage] is Through the Scrolls of the Sutra [Gohonzon and Lotus Sutra] and the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, not through intermediaries, not even through Nikko, Niko, Nichiji, Nissho, Nichikan, the other High Priests, Toda, or Ikeda. We take faith in Namu Myoho renge kyo and the ancient Buddha Shakyamuni who resides in our mind.
I also think you are jealous that we bestow the beautiful Gohonzon for the Transmission of the Dharma while Ikeda, the Buddha of the Modern Age, made a big mistake and bestows the altered Gohonzon of the slanderer Nichikan. I have already seven converts in two months from the comfort of my living room. I now live 100 miles from the nearest Kaikan. Before, I went to New York Kaikan and New York Temple, set up a table outside of the Kaikan and Temple, and distributed Kempon Hokke Sutra books and copies of the 100 Passages of Proof that I sent you. Then the YMD and Koto came out and told me to move or they would call the police. So much for dialogue. Five times I have called for a debate with the top representatives of the Soka Gakkai USA and five times they refused. You should worry about your Buddhahood and I will worry about the propagation of the Kempon Hokke in America.
He then sent me a letter "You'll Never Learn", that I am the same as my good friend [Rev. Tsuchiya] and that we [SGI and Kempon Hokke] have different views "don't have nothing in common". He concludes, "Pls keep beating that daimoku drum. You're beating yourself. [LOL]
I'll never hide, but keep posting yr opinions as you like forever.
Please take good care of yourselves.