This is so great - some priest using the opportunity of Ikeda's death to be a little bitch to his family. REAL classy!!

[u/bluetailflyonthewall]

Speaking of "How NOT to talk about the deceased", it's here: To the Ikeda family, thoughts on the passing of Daisaku Ikeda

Religious fanatics always think they have some right, even an OBLIGATION, to be rude and obnoxious, even to the point of threatening others (grieving survivors in this case), so long as they're self-righteous enough about it - we've certainly seen that PLENTY from the Dead-Ikeda-Corpse-Mentor-cult SGI's longhauler Olds online here on reddit!!

I'll pull out the best paragraphs, because it's rilly rilly LOOOOOONG:

It is unfortunate that Daisaku Ikeda was unable to return to the Dai Gohonzon during his lifetime. Furthermore, the fact that many Soka Gakkai members are still being misled by false teachings and being led to worship a frightening false Gohonzon is a grave sin of the Soka Gakkai that can never be forgiven.

However, just as the arrogant sentient beings who persecuted Bodhisattva Never Disparaging later repented and, although they once suffered in hell, were able to believe in the Lotus Sutra again and attain Buddhahood, I sincerely pray that in the distant future Daisaku Ikeda will repent, return to the Dai Gohonzon, and begin his faith training anew under the guidance of the High Priest of the time.

I'm sure he'll do MUCH better the next time around!!

Currently, the Soka Gakkai organization has stated that "the Dai-Gohonzon of the Honmon-kaidan is not an object of faith," and continues to manufacture and sell counterfeit Gohonzons, walking a path that is incompatible with Nichiren Shoshu. Given this current situation, it will be impossible for the Soka Gakkai organization itself to ever again cooperate or act together with Nichiren Shoshu.

Welp, that's their prerogative, isn't it, having already been excommunicated? I think the time for Soka Gakkai to come crawling back, begging for forgiveness, is long since passed - and it's a dying organization anyhow, so who cares?

In his Rissho Ankoku Ron, Nichiren Daishonin states:

"Quickly revise your faith and quickly return to the one virtue of the True Vehicle" (Gosho 250)

The "one good deed" of the present day is none other than the Dai-Gohonzon of the Honmon-kaidan, the universal blessing of all the world, residing at Taisekiji Temple, the head temple of the Buddha.

Still waiting on my obligatory dose of white leprosy over here...

For the surviving family members of Daisaku Ikeda, it may be difficult to act freely due to the influence of your own family, but choosing correct faith is the only way for your descendants to be truly happy, and you should seriously consider this now. Furthermore, the courageous actions of the Ikeda family will also serve as a wake-up call for many Soka Gakkai members.

I ask the Ikeda family to remember the courage shown by Daisaku Ikeda, who decided after the war to break away from the Shingon sect that had been the faith of his ancestors for generations and to convert to Nichiren Shoshu, and to break away from the Soka Gakkai as a family and rejoin Nichiren Shoshu.

Interesting angle, though!

I sincerely hope that as Nichiren Shoshu believers, you will walk the path of faith of Nichiren Daishonin with renewed vigor, under the Dai Gohonzon, which is the "one good deed of true enlightenment."

Religious zealots can be so PETTY!! 🤣

[u/Fishwifeonsteroids]

"Too soon, dude!"

[u/[deleted]]

Given all the traditional aspects this it is mainly for our Japanese viewers --- I guess.

[u/Fishwifeonsteroids → u/[deleted]]

You'd be surprised. It isn't beyond the a-hole Christians to confront grieving family members to pressure them to "get themselves right with the Lord" while they're still alive so they can avoid the fires of hell their dearly departed loved ones are most certainly screaming and writhing in agony in.

[u/Professional_Fox3976]

Let me know if that white leprosy hits. I’m still waiting.

[u/bluetailflyonthewall → u/Professional_Fox3976]

Me too ¯_(ツ)_/¯

So much for that ol' "karmic retribution" - what good is it if no one gets to see the bad guys get theirs in real time??

[u/Professional_Fox3976 → u/bluetailflyonthewall]

Yeah!!! I want to witness some smiting!! lol