I guess that person was out of touch for years, not even aware of the split. Showing up here with a 1980's perspective on NSA/SGI could be a rather odd...
Ashley, I agree with you. When I joned in the 60's it was a mixture of burned out druggies, the broke, folks with dysfunctional mental and emotional issues and...
Jerry: Yes, I don't know how anybody can use the word 'normal' to describe anything about that experience. The organization completely consumed my life for...
Hi, everyone - I'm curious to know what became of the SGI-UK Reassessment. The document in the board's "Files" section is dated 1996 - did they ever hold the...
In a message dated 5/1/06 12:24:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Man..... only a few "worthy" spiritual seekers, and all the rest of the humanity to be...
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Ashley, You were lucky. I know of two members in Chicago who couldn't fit into the organization and committed suicide. The first time I met Ikeda I was struck...
Shirley, ... Well, that was my experience. I joined in the late 60's in LA. Don't know how long you been in but in those days we spent hours on the street each...
colors of the rainbow Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most useful,...
Jerry: Do you recall what prompted you to re-evaluate your relationship with PI and the Org.? Was there a specific instance, or was it more of a progression...
Ashley, It was a large number of things, in a series of phases, over a number of years. I'll give it some thought and perhaps write another post in some detail...
Byrd wrote: << I'm curious to know what became of the SGI-UK Reassessment. The document in the board's "Files" section is dated 1996 - did they ever hold the...
... employed, their wives practice, it is their whole life. If they have had to buckle under, I accept that. I wouldn't like to be them for all the tea in...
This kind of post is what I had in mind. What a whacked out group. (thanx Betty ) Mulcogi ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IRGdaimoku/files/history.html...
Hi Folks: I don't know if anyone has heard of this book, but it came out recently (2006). It's entitled: "Encountering the Dharma: Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai,...
... http://www.fraughtwithperil.com/blogs/rbeck/ I mean the history. Over the centuries there have been major and minor feuds that divided and sub-divided...
... Robin, Just curious, what would the result be of the elimination of aberrant teachings. Is it an academic exercise undertaken for it's own value or would...
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SGI's attachment to Taisekiji dogma, especially Nikko as Sole Heir; and the baggage that entails, disorts the intention...
... Robin, Ahh, that makes perfect sense. If I understand, then the distortion is why SGI doesn't look or feel much like Buddhism. The intense victory...
Robin & Jerry: I would tend to agree with both of you. The Taisekiji interpretation of Nichiren's teachings make that school somewhat akin to a Jehovah...
John, ... Excellent point. That is exactly one of the major problems blocking the evolution of consciousness on this planet. The more we can accept that while...
Jerry Nowatske writes: <My reasons are many, varied and complex, but lets just say anyplace one can nudge the process of the transformation of consciousness...
Great comments. My approach is empirical. I know what I know. I know what I don't know. From that I infer and conject. I reject deduction based on dogmatic...
In the meanwhile, the battle for hearts and minds continues. I suppose is it more like a war, readily exemplified by the SGI/Shoshu showdown. It should be...
... just didn't recognise. After Dick died, there was no-one strong [or independent] enough to protect us against the Japanese onslaught. Dick wanted a UK org....
... someone make a copy for me? It was a booklet made up from a number of Dick's UKE Articles, in which he set out his idea of how the UK org. should develop....
Sorting out the Transfer "Dox"? Question: How and when did the "Shuso Gosenge Kiroku" and the "Hakasho Mamorubeki Bancho no Koto" get from Omosu to Nishiyama? ...
Thanks, Wyn! ... or can ... which he set out his idea of how the UK org. should develop. I have it on my computer, so I sent you a copy to your e-mail - it's a...
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