Comments on: Japan Times infiltrated by Soka Gakkai?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:25:49 +0000

“sure sgi may be a cult, but what of hinduism, buddhism, and christianity?”

Hinduism: Hare Krishna Consciousness

Buddhism: Soka Gakkai, New Kadampa Tradition

Christianity: Unification Church/Family Federation of World Peace, Legion(aires) of Christ, your run-of-the-mill televangelists

By: bradley

bradley — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:28:57 +0000

sure sgi may be a cult, but what of hinduism, buddhism, and christianity?

By: jeffy

jeffy — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:16:54 +0000

I’m a Soka Gakkai member in France.
French Government has designated Soka Gakkai as a CULT.
The organization morbidly revolves around The president, Daisaku Ikeda’s guidance, and
The religious feud between Soka Gakkai and it’s parent temple, Nichiren Shoshu, which excommunicated Soka Gakkai in 1992.
Very little about actual Buddhism is discussed.
However, they insist that Soka Gakkai is the only true Buddhist organization and Daisaku Ikeda is the only person truly dedicated to spreading Buddhism.
If you criticize him, you will be condemned and marginalized.
Also, Soka Gakkai is notorious for accusing other Buddhist sects as an evil.
I’m considering leaving the group. It surely is a CULT

By: byakureine

byakureine — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:41:42 +0000

Soka Gakkai is a CULT using Buddhism and world peace as a tool.
They collect massive money yet they do not disclose the financial breakdown. Moreover, they make the members vote for their own political party, and severely manipulate the political arena in Japan.
Now, Soka Gakkai International is infecting USA and the world.
Watch out for the CULT
Read the article by Forbes Magazine
http://www.rickross.com/reference/gakkai/gakkai26.html

By: Adamu

Adamu — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:13:32 +0000

I’m pretty sure that guy is from Singapore

By: Curzon

Curzon — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:03:34 +0000

let me just tell you in your Cauasian face that if you haven’t read well enough, shut your mouth up and keep quiet.

Japan is well-known for being a quiet and courteous country.

Hilarious!

By: ElamBend

ElamBend — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:06:18 +0000

Weird co-incidence, but there is a SGI temple around two blocks from where I live in the South Loop of Chicago. My girlfriend visited as part of a class on religion. The ‘congregation’ here is very segregated, including a couple of multi-genrational families (i.e. with children born into the group), which is interesting. Part of the service was a video featuring Daisaku (and in the video he extolled himself, mentioning all the honorary degrees he’s paid for…I’m mean earned). Many of the local adherent professed love (both platonic and romantic) for Daisaku. She got the impression that they expect a lot out of their followers, but many religions do.
I saw part of a show about them once and the temple that they built (and which was subsequently destroyed) was cool.

Stormrider, wouldn’t your racial taunts go against your principles?

By: M-Bone

M-Bone — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:31:59 +0000

Stormrider—So I was right about the SGI activities in the 1950s (which I did not attribute to Ikeda)? I thought that I was just parroting? Or are you parroting what I was parroting? My Caucasian brain hurts.

BTW, I am anti-Iraq war.

As for the money thing, SGI does take dues from members, right? Pretty much like a tithe. I think that people give becuase they want to give in most cases, but let’s face it, Ikeda is not living in poverty to help the masses. He got rich.

By: Stormrider

Stormrider — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:58:16 +0000

To continue on the above, let me just tell you in your Cauasian face that if you haven’t read well enough, shut your mouth up and keep quiet.

Japan is well-known for being a quiet and courteous country. This is reflected in many of their traditions and customs. In case you do Not know, the tea ceremony, which is almost perfomed in total silence.

M-Bone, You were right to say that in the early stages of the Soka Gakkai, there was a history of inadequate activities carried by out the members and local leaders. So? For every little thing that happened, probably including one Soka member littering, you want to push the blame on Daisaku?

It’s vividly clear where you’re coming from, M-Bone. Just because your name consists of the word ‘bone’, don’t ‘try and pick a bone out of an egg’, so goes the Chinese saying. Soka Gakkai members did something, it’s probably Daisaku; Daisaku did something, it’s probably the SGI’s fault.

Let me just say once: if you’re do so damn righteous about everything that happened under the sun (and moon), you won’t even be here in the first place. The very next stop you should be at is the front yard of White House, where you demand from George bush the retreat of his armies in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is much more rewarding for your righteousness than to spend time here discussing the (hidden) motives and consipracies of Daisaku and SGI, where you can’t even forward a good piece of evidence.

Btw, if there’s nothing else, don’t try and pick any bones by ‘passing my facts and truths (and grammar) to a university or an academic journal’. Facts and truths have been verified by 200 higher institutions of learning. They awarded Daisaku Ikeda with 200 honorary degrees. My grammar? You can’t keep counting how many errors I’ve made. This probably will come to satisfy your small, little ego you still have in your Caucasian brain.

By: Stormrider

Stormrider — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:40:47 +0000

Mutant, I’ve expressed whatever ‘freeness’ there is here, without You being so hospitable in the first place.

So don’t try and act cool here, after my firey hotshots at you. Probably this is the only dumb-founded reaction you have, after being so smart and tongue-waggling with lengthy accusations on SGI, yeah?

‘Peace and goodwill’, yes. ‘Give me money’? Haha…from WHOM he was asking money from? Harvard? Oxford? UN? Or YOUR parents? Haha…don’t try and act brilliant here, if you don’t have first hand resources. You only make matters worse by insulting the already low-level IQ of the morons out there.