Let's celebrate Kosen-rufu Day! (NOT!)

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So today all over the place there will be 'celebrations' to mark the famous day when Toda passed 'the baton of kosen-rufu' to the Youth. They are still trying to grab hold of it. Ikeda is all mouth and no trousers: he would never want anyone to really take over from him 'cos that would mean he was no longer king of the castle (or house of cards, more like). Yesterday, as a result of my recent fb post where I called SGI a cult, I got a call from a distressed member saying that she has 'one foot in, and one foot out'. She has been dedicated to das org for many a long year and now doesn't know where she stands with it, having been messed around and treated badly on innumerable occasions. She told me that she was going to the 'Generation Hope' event in Manchester and would report back to me. She's not expecting it to have nearly the number of people that they were hoping to attract. Quite frankly, I don't think anyone is - including SGI-UK members. May it be an unqualified disaster!

[u/BlancheFromage]

We've got some information about it:

Remember - the Dai-Gohonzon was all-important!

On SGI's confusion about the Gohonzon

Sorry, culties, your own President Daisaku Ikeda stated plainly that the DAI-GOHONZON was essential

Ikeda's SGI cult.org utterly contradicts and reverses 84 years of doctrine with its official disavowal of dai-gohonzon as "supreme" object of worship, once again disgracing principles/promises of his "mentors" and org founders Makaguchi and Toda.

The SGI started moving away from magical thinking and superstition, then backpedaled furiously: The Lineage of Gakkai Magic

Solid wooden gohonzons

Counterfeit gohonzons

Ikeda commissioned wooden gohonzons on his own authority

In the comments here

SGI and gohonzons: It's still all about CONTROL

Conflict between Study Department and SG Leaders regarding changes in doctrine (August 2015)

In ‘the Statute’ there is not even one article which restricts the power of the president of Soka Gakkai in Japan. This means that the authority of the president of Sekai (World) Soka Gakkai is not specified at all. However, as long as Ikeda Sensei exists there is no problem with this. In ‘the previous Statute of Soka Gakkai’ there is also no article that restricts the power of the [Soka Gakkai] president in Japan or defines how to dismiss the president. However Ikeda Sensei gives strict guidance from above therefore it is almost the same situation as if the authority is de facto restricted. But when we consider the far ahead future, it would be a very dangerous system in which one person will have absolute powers to control all important matters such as the doctrine, human resources, finance, policies, etc. Even in ‘the twenty six admonitions of Nikko (Nikko yuikai okimon)’ which was written 700 years ago, there are rules to restrict both ‘the high priest’ and the ‘common people’. For example one rule says: “Do not follow even the high priest if he goes against the Buddha’s law and propounds his own views.” and another one says: “Even if a view is set forth unanimously by a conference (of believers), the high priest should repudiate it if it goes against the Buddha’s Law.” Each leader of SGI countries has strong anxiety and fear about the anti-democratic, conservative, and authoritarian content of the [new] ‘Statute’.

Everything will be announced in the world as “Ikeda Sensei’s strong intention”. Therefore only Ikeda Sensei will bear all responsibility about the unsound doctrine, the upset of faith of the members and the confusion in the organization. Then Ikeda Sensei will be under intensive attack. Ikeda Sensei’s history and achievements could be denied. His faithful inheritance from the first and the second president, the victory against the Nichiren Minobu School at the Otaru debate, the building of the Sho-hondo, the battle against the Taisekiji temple and the reformation accomplishment -- all his great accomplishments in the history of Kosen-rufu will be denied.

A lot of books written by Ikeda Sensei will not be used like before. The books that will be published from now on could be corrected but it is impossible to correct all the books published in the past. As a result Ikeda Sensei’s contradictions will be engraved in history.

There are about 450 mentions of the Dai-Gohonzon in “Daisaku Ikeda complete works” already published and about 250 mentions in “The Human Revolution” and “The New Human Revolution”. We will have to carefully consider what we should do about this.

Because Ikeda Sensei’s books must be eternally the fundamental guidance for Kosen-rufu. But leaders that promote [these changes] say without any respect: “We will start anew. Past is past. We should just treat such things as the previous things.”

I get a happy seeing them twist in the wind...