Hi Elliott, Thanks for your encouraging words. I admit, I was feeling very upset at the way these people were treated. The same thing, sort of happened to...
taichidee@...
Jan 1, 2001 1:14 pm
8106
For my New Year's resolution (one of them) I'm going to put into effect more and more the last sentence of PI's daily encouragement for Dec. 31; ".....Rather...
Roger D Brokaw
rdb109@...
Jan 1, 2001 7:47 pm
8107
In a message dated 01/01/2001 11:52:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... How fitting and inspiring, Roger. I was at New Year's Gongyo this morning and in one of...
songzforthesoul@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:02 pm
8108
Thanks for the Daimoku, it was along night , Mom is ok, no brain concussion or permanent damage other than a big gash in her head, had she not been able to get...
Chanter Kyo
ChanterKyo@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:16 pm
8109
Another point of interest on the matter is that Ikeda was NOT invited to speak at Harvard by the University. He did speak there but this was not a formal...
John Petry
jonpetry@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:36 am
8110
... From: <hanlen1@...> To: <irgdaimoku@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [IRG] Re: Victorious America -- Grassroots...
John Petry
jonpetry@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:47 am
8111
Happy New Year! And become parasite free! The problem isn't that SGI doesn't exist anymore Dee. The problem is that people never recognize parasites for what...
chris_holte@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:56 pm
8112
Great Post! ... almost 30 ... change, ... in the ... enter ... beginning ... standard ... this ... and the ... holds ... everyone ... Sutra in our ... states, ...
chris_holte@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:25 pm
8113
The VA goal of liberating the DaiGohonzon has gotten me thinking. SGI has yet to redefine many doctrines that since the split no longer make sense. A few, like...
Jerry Nowatzke
nowatzke@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:10 pm
8114
Jerry, you are a little behind. I've already heard people pointing out the discrepancies in the origin myth of the Dai Gohonzon. The Nichiren Shoshu people...
chris_holte@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:24 pm
8115
Chris, Have you seen anything in print or from senior leaders that takes the form of official demotion of the DaiGohonzon ? I may need to move up my time...
Jerry Nowatzke
nowatzke@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:34 pm
8116
... No, just some off the cuff remarks. It's a "hot potatoe" with many members. Have you ever seen people better at playing poker? You don't see the true...
chris_holte@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:14 pm
8117
This is fascinating... I agree that the DG will be quietly phased out of the consciousness of SGI. I think that gongyo in its present form will go too by the...
londonbuddhistlycosuk
londonbuddhist@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:49 pm
8118
... out of ... next year. ... Lonnie, How it is gotten rid of will be a litmus test for the SGI in terms of honesty, intellectual integrity and related virtues...
Jerry Nowatzke
nowatzke@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:15 pm
8119
... morning ... I agree with you. I've reached a low point in my trust for some leader-members, at the very same time that my trust for others is reaching an...
chris_holte@...
Jan 2, 2001 9:13 pm
8120
Hi everyone, We are already hearing rumours the Dai Gohonzon is being claimed as a fake by High Priest Nikken. I've had conversations here in the UK with one...
Suzanne Rees Glanister
rees_glanister@...
Jan 2, 2001 9:46 pm
8121
It seems that the dust has not yet settled, even after 700 years' time. And when it finally does, if human beings survive with wisdom intact, I imagine that...
Lotus
thebirdgirl@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:53 am
8122
... Efforts in that direction were among the "first causes" of the early stages of the dispute between Nichiren Shoshu and the Gakkai. When he apologized in...
chris_holte@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:59 pm
8123
Dear Friends: I have been thinking. Always a dangerous thing for me as it gets me in deep trouble. But, it is time to come up with some plans for concrete and...
chris_holte@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:09 pm
8124
Very nicely stated Melody!! I find it rather fascinating how no one on the varous newsgroups argues whether or not Nam(u) Myoho Renge Kyo is the core of...
Richard Medville
rmedville@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:22 pm
8125
Jerry, I couldn't agree with you more on this point. I also have no ax grinding grudges towards temple members and feel my Ds and respect for others alone are ...
Diane Conti
lotus26@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:09 pm
8126
This was copied from lotus26@... (Diane Conti) post (I'm not sure who originally wrote it), << I have given the websites for the Nichiren Cafe and...
thusone@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:42 pm
8127
Yes Shirley the image of Dai Gohonzon is printed on the net along with many others, we cannot post Url here. thusone@... wrote: This was copied from...
Chanter Kyo
ChanterKyo@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:56 pm
8128
... friend who is ... well. We ... that ... homes. That ... and ... Shirley, I have a photo of the DaiGohonzon, taken with the permission of Nichiren Shoshu,...
Jerry Nowatzke
nowatzke@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:58 pm
8129
Wow zow! Can you send it to me? ... me ... Nikken...
chris_holte@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:25 pm
8130
Christopher H. Holte 1426 Duncan Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Daisaku Ikeda Soka Gakkai 32 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-0016, Japan Dear...
chris_holte@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:27 pm
8131
Chris, I'd be happy too. Perhaps the danger of bloodshed over "liberation" of the DaiGohonzon from Nichiren Shoshu can be avoided if we just make our own. With...
Jerry Nowatzke
nowatzke@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:38 pm
8132
Jerry, I would love to put your photo online in the Coffeehouse! PLEASE! Shirley, you can find a photo of the DaiGohonzon [taken in 1910, publ in a book] in...
Don Ross
campross@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:44 pm
8133
Don, Both my photos are from your CD so you have it already. Jerry ... PLEASE! ... publ in...
Jerry Nowatzke
nowatzke@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:46 pm
8134
... LOL... Oh, well, I now have a bigger, better copy of the DaiGohonzon than that, which I was able to get from a hard copy. Pics online... The other Gohonzon...