I both forsaw, and dreaded this day, when it would be apparent (to me at least) when we would have to face "Animal Farm" in our own Soka Gakkai. Maybe I exaggerate, maybe this blog is hyperbole. You be the judge. It's been 17 years, about the right time for this to happen.
From Dai-Nichiren (special edition) “On the Soka Gakkai Problem (II)” - published by the Nichiren Shoshu Bureau of Religious Affairs, an original copy collected by myself during a trip to Myoshin-ji Temple in 1989 or 1990.
“Let us assume that the goals of our practice of this faith are our own achievement of Buddhahood, and both the lasting, peaceful harmony, and eternal happiness of the peoples of our own nation and the entire world. If such is indeed the case, then for the realization of those goals, it is vital that we live up to the Buddhism of our founder, the Daishonin, who made his timely event (sic) in this Latter Day of the Law, by following the teachings which have been purely transmitted through Nichiren Shoshu. It is equally important that we take pure and humble faith in the Dai-Gohonzon of the Three Great Secret Laws, sincerely receive the instruction of the recipient of the Living Essence of the True Law, the High Priest, and honestly, unerringly persevere in the actualization of our faith. If there is even the slightest error, we will not be able to achieve our goal of the attainment of Buddhahood. In order to achieve the supreme desire, we must rid ourselves of weak-heartedness and push forward with a mind girded with strength”.
“Attaining Buddhahood With a Challenging Spirit”, Subtitle, page 14 SGI-USA Buddhist Learning Review, 2007 Study Guide
“Without a challenging or fighting spirit, we cannot attain Buddhahood. The daimoku of Soka Gakkai members struggling for Kosen-Rufu is the same as that chanted by the three founding Soka Gakkai presidents, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Josei Toda and Daisaku Ikeda, to achieve the happiness of all humankind. If we forget this fighting daimoku of courageous lion kings, our chanting deviates from that of our mentors. In that case, our chanting will not produce the sound of the lion’s roar created by mentor and disciple chanting together. And it will not be the daimoku of Nichiren, but rather become the practice of an inferior teaching that has no relation to the spirit of Shakyamuni. (see Study Guide, p. 63, or March-April 2007 Living Buddhism, pp 101-102).