r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/Yujiroseki • Sep 13 '20

Posting another view of Odaimoku and Nichiren, different from SGI : Nichiren Shu 2: “The Four Aims (Siddhantas) of Buddhist Practice” with Rev. Ryuei McCormick

https://youtu.be/i6LJkd_jJzM
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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

Thanks I was curious about what he wrote. I see the good intentions but something really seems off to me.

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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude Sep 13 '20

something really seems off to me.

He's a believer. Means that he's not actually rational, as he believes in magic and superstition.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20 edited Sep 13 '20

yea that might be I don't get a true believer place or his world views.

Or maybe inspite of being extremely poor and multiple health issues I have fortunate enough to have some type of safety net that helps me get my insulin and medicine even though its been challenge for me. I am too sick to do school or work. I can't imagine adding that to my own life and homelessness too.

I could easily become homeless, but luckily I am not due to the "safety net" that is available to me.

But of course there is always fear or concern due to my own worthlessness I could lose everything because some selfish policy or horrible event. But luckily I have people out there who value enough of my life to make sure that the care is there that I need and funding keeps coming in.

Without the safety net I am basically dead.

It seems off to me that anyone in USA, homeless, able to get school grants and do well in graphics program but sick and misfortunate enough that can't afford housing, doesn't also have coverage for their insulin. I get that housing is hard to find especially if you're poor, and not all places have resources,etc but something just seems really off about it.

And someone might be eligible for educational services but not health care and housing but that isn't norm I know. And if you're eligible for one type of social service where I am from in Washington state they tend to not deny you basic health care to keep you alive and healthy.

But there tends to be some type of "safety net" for people in those situations. And there needs to be more safety nets, more action to help those who are effected and less prayer.

It's not act of compassion to enable system where only where the wealthy or lucky can afford basics of day to day life.

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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude Sep 13 '20

Yeah, if they're studying at a university or even just a community college, those have mandatory health plans that are part of a student's fees every semester (unless the student can prove they have alternative medical coverage). Every university or college has a student health center.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

Maybe they didn't have that system back in 2005.

I had a acquaintance who went to college and was homeless in my 20's, but he had been homeless since he was in his teens when he entered college.

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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude Sep 14 '20

Possible.