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Daily Justice: At present, Nichiren Shoshu seems wholly enveloped by faith in the absolute authority of the high priest. Nichiren Shoshu even went so far as to say that “Even the object of devotion of the essential teaching produces no benefit without faith in the high priest (chief administrator) who alone inherits the heritage of the Law” (Refuting Yumo Matsuoka’s Slanderous “Refutation of Faith in the Absolute Authority of High Priest,” published by Nichiren Shoshu Administrative Office, September 2005, p. 18). The infallibility of the chief administrator is the ultimate Nichiren Shoshu myth.

1. Grand Main Temple (Sho-Hondo) Timeline

Destruction of Taiseki-ji

1964	Grand Reception Hall (Daikyakuden) built

	Grand Reception Hall wins Architectural Society Award

	Soka Gakkai President Ikeda proposes plan for Grand Main Temple (Sho-Hondo), originally conceived by the late Josei Toda, Soka Gakkai second president

1965	Grand Main Temple fundraising begins; 8 million members contribute 35.5 billion yen ($100 million; $270 million at today's exchange rate)

	Grand Reception Hall wins Builders Society Award

1968	Grand Main Temple construction begins

1972	Grand Main Temple construction complete

	66th High Priest, Nittatsu Hosoi states that the Grand Main Temple is he supreme edifice that shall be the high sanctuary of the temple of the true teaching at the time of kosen-rufu

1991	Nichiren Shoshu excommunicates the Soka Gakkai International

1995	Nichiren Shoshu announces decision to demolish the Grand Reception Hall

1996	Grand Reception Hall demolished

1998	Nichiren Shoshu announces decision to demolish the Grand Main Temple; estimated cost: 4.85 billion yen/$36.4 million

	Removal of the Dai-Gohonzon from the Grand Main Temple

1999	Grand Main Temple demolished

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