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Daily Justice: Nikko Shonin declared Niko’s tolerance of slander to be the “workings of the devil king,” a “betrayal of the late mentor” and an “[offense equal in gravity to committing] the seven cardinal sins.” If someone who is charged with responsibility for protecting and spreading the Daishonin’s teaching willfully distorts and arbitrarily alters the teaching, then the actions of such a person certainly represent the workings of the devil. They are the actions of a priest of the greatest evil, who is guilty of betraying the mentor and committing the seven cardinal sins. This is what Nikko Shonin taught.
These historical facts contain an important lesson. First of all, those who betrayed the mentor [Nichiren Daishonin] after his death all sought to justify themselves by making reference to some “more profound meaning” contained in his teaching, despite all documentary proof to the contrary.

In Buddhism, the offense of betraying the mentor is extremely grave. It amounts to destroying the very life of Buddhism. People who do so try to win acceptance for their false views by saying, “You should listen to what I say, irrespective of what my mentor wrote.” And if someone presents them with written proof that shows their words or actions to be wrong, they try to gloss over the contradiction by saying: “That is a superficial level of interpretation. The true meaning is found elsewhere.” President Ikeda (My Dear Friends In America, p. 177)

FAQ

1. Do We Need to Visit the Dai-Gohonzon to Receive Benefit?: High Priest Nikken and his colleagues plotted to destroy the Soka Gakkai.
2. How Can We Say for Sure That the SGI Is Right?: Daishonin says, "if you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth."
3. How Is Mentor-and-Disciple Taught Differently in the SGI and the Temple?: "As the sutra says, ‘hoping to make all persons equal to me, without any distinction between us'."
4. Shouldn't We Just Self-Reflect?: Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism teaches the oneness of life and its environment.
5. What's the Real Victory We're Seeking in the Temple Issue?: SGI members have been talking about fighting the malicious and destructive forces.
6. Why Have SGI Members Been Exchanging Their Gohonzon?: SGI members have been exchanging Gohonzon inscribed by Nikken.
7. Why Should We Pray About Soka Spirit?: The real victory for the SGI in the temple issue is when our organization has educated as many people as possible.
8. Why Has the SGI Focused on the High Priest So Much?: When Nikken excommunicated the SGI, our organization could have been to walk away from the mess.
9. Why Are We Reaching Out To Nichiren Shoshu Members?: This warning makes it clear that the high priest is not infallible.
10. What Is 'the Same Mind As Nichiren?': If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth.
11. Should We Ignore Nichiren Shoshu?: When Nichiren Shoshu announced that the Grand Main Temple was to be destroyed, the SGI protested.
12. How Does the SGI's Stance Toward Nichiren Shoshu Accord With Our Stated Religious Tolerance?: Buddhism stands for tolerance.
13. Does the Gohonzon Need an Eye-opening Ceremony?: Nichiren Shoshu claims that the Nichikan-transcribed Gohonzon that the SGI issues is counterfeit.

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