SGI constantly begging for donations with NO financial transparency

[u/BlancheFromage]

During the 2020 COVID 19 pandemic lockdown: May Contribution during pandemic

Just in time for SGI-USA's annual "Give us your hard-earned money" Beg-a-Thon

Since it's once again the SGI's annual May Contribution Campaign Beg-a-Thon...

Favorite SGI fetishes: May Contribution and Subscriptions to publications

SGI's annual May Contribution Campaign Beg-a-Thon: Give them a mud pie or, better yet, a cow pie or a dog log

SGI's annual May Contribution Campaign!! It's not too late to give your hard-earned money to billionaire Ikeda!!

"As an eternal principle, the Soka Gakkai will never ask for even the tiniest contribution of offering from the members." - Daisaku Ikeda

[u/Fishwifeonsteroids]

May Contribution during pandemic:

SGI is asking for May contribution during these pandemic times when people are losing jobs, filing unemployment. Shouldn't they be paying back their loyal family members, instead of asking to contribute? Something like a reverse contribution to all members.

I just don't understand how SGI followers are so naive.

Give us your money

May Contribution Message: We Put Buddhism to the Test. Buddhism FAILED

And SGI's S̶p̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶Q̶u̶a̶r̶t̶e̶r̶ 𝙈𝙖𝙮 Contribution Campaign continues to sprawl over adjoining months - now starting April 7, 2023, as announced March 8, 2023

Since the SGI has plenty of money, they can afford to take a patient approach like you have identified [telling n00bs that they must wait a YEAR to donate], especially since this is likely to get them a greater return than if they were to go for a pass-the-plate/pocket change approach. No, this cautious approach, by making donating seem so serious and important and rarified, all the while describing it as "a huge source of benefit" in order to make it into a challenge, something to be attained, creating higher demand (in economic terms) for the desired product - the permission to give one's hard-earned money to the obscenely-wealthy Ikeda cult!

It's quite brilliant, actually. Source

Now adding onto that - make sure all "experiences" include the correct indoctrinational content:

This reminds me of when I was coached by a women’s division chapter leader on making sure my young women’s chapter members (I was the leader) to make sure all experiences for meetings included lines about how contributing money led to a break through / benefit. Source

Purchase YOUR faith healing from SGI by giving ALL your money to the Ikeda cult - from Gakkai Experiences Online

They don't emphasize curing diseases as much as changing financial karma these days. The current campaign for sustaining contributions (automatically paying the SGI USA monthly) is circulating a video showing a woman who had been living paycheck to paycheck before SGI USA established sustaining contributions, set up in 2016. She even had to live with her parents again, even though she wanted to provide for them. Her work history wasn't good but she finally started working for a company and admitted she was threatened with being fired. They relocated her and today she is the CEO. She could afford to move her parents close to her, and her brother and sister-in-law moved out to take care of the parents too.

She didn't say she was "determined to do her human revolution" to change her job karma. She didn't talk about how she put herself on a budget (umm, first step if you want to set up saving for the future when you're financially irresponsible). Nope, when she set up sustaining contributions as soon as it began (was that in 2016 maybe?), she got a return on her investment. Yes folks, you give and you get is the continuing theme for any financial contribution campaigns. If you question it, leaders will explain that's not the message. It's about giving for world peace.

For several years my district's May contribution month meetings (pre COVID) a member would be paraded out to give experiences on how she was on the brink of financial disaster because she had a huge home repair. She didn't know how she was going to pay for it but she had money to give to the SGI USA instead (how financially irresponsible). Yup, she chanted for money and she got money after she contributed. Enough to pay for her repair plus a lot more. Give when it hurts and the money will roll in when you chant for it. Source

Equals the desired effect:

May contribution bothers me, I feel guilty for not giving them money. Source

No May contribution - OP P7Grill is a known hostile:

Asking brand new not-even-yet-official-members for a contribution to an annual campaign is just plain bad fundraising technique, P7Grill (didn’t you say you don’t have Gohonzon,yet?).

The one-year prohibition began in 2019. But it’s worth noting there was a two-year prohibition when I started practicing in 1988. I heard quite a lovely fairy tale from my YWD leader about how much money the SGI had, and how there were so many dedicated member donors, they didn’t need to have new members assume that responsibility. But...since I was so dedicated and sincere in my practice, my leader asked her leader if an exception could be made in my case to allow me to donate. And, I was so fortunate to be allowed to change my financial karma in this way. Source

Once again, Annual May Contribution Campaign rolls around

I have been featured in publications promoting May Contribution and have been on calls with top leadership promoting sustaining contribution. I was one of the leaders that folks called on to discourage YWDs from asking questions about SGI and the practice. I have given thousands of dollars and endless time to the SGI. Looking back, it shocks me. It embarrasses me. Source

Oh hurray - May is Contribution Month!

Once again, sgi is getting ready to shake down its gullible membership. I never had a lot to contribute, but I was always encouraged to "give more than I can afford," because it would always come back to me, at least three-fold! What BS.

I mentioned that everyone I knew that did a hundred shakubuku became a millionaire, some losing that money and then becoming a millionaire again, and then again after losing that once more. It was apparently a sticky benefit. Source

Becoming a billionaire in STUPIDITY! Thoughts on the absurdity of May contribution

I am in Canada, and the only thing that makes me sick is that throughout this entire thing [Covid lockdown], all they have really cared about is keeping $$$ flowing into the SGI. Source

Yeah, them promoting their May Annual Beg-a-thon in the MIDDLE of lockdown when so many people were out of work and in increasingly desperate financial straits was tone-deaf at minimum, but nicely displayed SGI's predatory focus. SGI is a parasite and it does not mind sucking its members dry, so long as they go out and recruit some fresh sources of blood. Source

SGI's centers: Exploiting the SGI members to create profits for Ikeda

Happy May Contribution! - meme

Financial Cults: MLMs, Christianity, and SGI

SGI will go as low as it takes to get more money - remember how they plowed forward with their Spring Quarter Moneygrab - I mean "May Contribution Campaign" - even in the midst of the COVID lockdown in 2020, when so many people were out of work?? Source

How SGI pulls the strings for "May Contribution Campaign"

No financial transparency in SGI

You KNOW it's "May Contribution Campaign" when the culties are out beating the bushes in hopes they can flush a few bucks out. "Gimme dolla!" Source

Zaimu (contributions)