Soon they will form some Christian religion in Japan and yet there is a certain church formed in Japan.

sound like heretics

Toda religião é um processo em andamento, Tudo Muda Inexoravelmente, A Lei Da Impermanência É Implacável!

Soka Gakkkai is a cult. No Buddha Dharma is taught at their center, only praising ikedha. Same as Nichiren Buddhist Cult. Cult that deny Buddha Dharma can save sentient beings. Only nichiren can save sentient beings today. If nichiren is a Buddha,why he didn't tell about his past lives, why didn't teach Lotus Sutra. Only chanting lotu sutra. Japan has too many cults. Be careful, be aware.

I left SGI after 12 years of practice. I needed a more philosophical base. I didn't like the cult around Ikeda. I respect people who continue practicing, but it is no longer my path.

After 14 yrs practicing I stopped bc the komieto took a hefty cheque from bill gates and clearly it had an influence on sgi as they promoted the vaccine and restricted members from practicing together that’s why I left the organisation. They still beg me to come bk. the philosophy really benefited my life but the organisation leaders are truly corrupt!

There's a mistake here though: a fair amount of these New Religions are quite innocent. Tenrikyo is probably the best example: it's really no worse than the average religion. In fact, they're actually quite pleasant as people go. This is to say nothing about the more humanistic Shinshukyo, which honestly are just spiritual art clubs.

What an ignorant video by an ignorant person ..

Your total video is waste

Thanks for great work!

All my wishes have been granted since my practice in 2017....

I've been a member of SGI for over a decade and haven't experienced anything you describe!! If they're making $$$ wads of cash I don't see how!!! No one here wastes any time badmouthing anybody...

I don't know what's going on Japan but over here in Germany 🇩🇪 the sgi is as harmless as it gets. No money involved. Dialogue. Humanism. Respect for other religions. These are core values. We don't show up at your door to drag you into some sort of spooky new Religion Scientology style. It is, maybe has matured into a legit buddhist school. But. I see the points. Ikeda? He was sure influential (now he's dead, which was worth half a page on the German sgi website and an improvised low key memorial service). Some people worshipped him too much, maybe. Interestingly, he never demanded that, he can't do more than stressing "I'm not special" 10000 times. Dissing other religions and Buddhist schools? Academic discussions from the 13th century, 100% irrelevant today. Though I'm sure that the boss Nichiren himself might have been an unpleasant person. But he had the balls the formal education to gain respect. Shakubuku? Very good point, might have been a thing in Japan which is a different culture. Here? No way. Of course you don't actively hide your Buddhist lifestyle. But shoving it down everybody's throat whether they want it or not? Come on, no way 🤣

Ikeda Sensei is the embodiment of Nichiren teachings, the Lotus sutra itself, if you chant for egotistic reason as being rich only and not working out is just stupidity…that’s why people give up , you cannot bargain with your own self

Follow the law not the people

As your channel title suggests, You are a Prophet of nonsense.

I grew up in an SGI house but never partook except to sneak in at the end for free biscuits. I remember not liking the chanting bc it was loud and hurt my ears and people chanted out of sync (turns out I’m autistic so it was probably a sensory thing). I remember being a teenager and going on anti depressants for the first time and having a conversation with it about my dad bc he’d seen me take my meds one morning. He said something along the lines of “blah blah medication bad, why don’t you just chant instead, it’ll work so much better” and I was like “dad saying some words I don’t understand in a language I don’t speak isn’t gonna stop me wanting to take a bath with the toaster”. It then got a bit heated bc he was insistent that he would and I finally just screamed at him to shut up and stormed off. Our relationship is better now, despite him still being a member of SGI. Also both my parents at some points were leaders. SGI have a hq in the uk, which I’ve been too and it’s actually really fucking pretty and calming I won’t like. However when my mum w@ a leader they required her to go up and volunteer for a weekend like once every few months and when I went with her one time bc I was going to see friends near there after. I was beyond shocked by the fact they were getting so much free labour out of here yet still charging here for food in the cafe. Like the fuck she’s driven a few hundred miles, is doing some admin work for free and you’re not even able to provide one hot meal and she was like “oh SGI doesn’t make that much, they can’t afford it”. Because I’m me i then went and looked them up on companies house and l then piped up and was like “says here they have 47 million in funds carried forward, I think they can afford to give you a sandwich mum” but that got sort of blown off and I got some looks from the other women volunteering. Ehh but you know the one good thing about it, is that even when I was at my lowest and on the spirituality/manifestation side of TikTok. I never got fully sucked into it bc in the back of my mind, all I was thinking was “my parents would say chanting will solve all your problems and get you anything you want but I’ve literally never seen that happen for them and this is like that just instead of chanting it’s positive affirmations and manifesting”

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hey yo, great video! your soka gakkai one is great too. i'm lurking on hikari no wa and got to talk to some people. i don't think they worship asahara, it's just some ego trip for joyu (also, did you know they made official plushies back in ´95? none of them are available nowadays though)

This deserves sooo many views. Great work and very interesting thank you

Amazing video, clear improvement on editing from the last. Probably less current members of the group in the comments this time too.

Let's. Go. Just started watching but glad to see mine and others wish coming true for another vid

Nice

I can only speak to my own experience, but this doesn't sound like the Soka Gakkai in the UK at all. I'd say it's the exact opposite of a cult.

This has got to be bait XD

hmm SGI member New Zealand here. I don't experience what you are accusing Soka Gakkai of. We pay no membership fees. No-one is asking to fight other buddhist branches. Sure, there's been too much focus on Ikeda over time. That might change now for obvious reasons. Nevertheless, he died a good bloke. However, your comparison to Aum Shinrikyu, a band of killer freaks type Charles Manson is hilarious. Tina Turner and Herbie Hancock are SGI members. Your video is clearly not simply the best. Cheers. Thanks for covering us though.

Definitely a cult, contemporary psychological control parallels with Mormonism, Jehova Witness and Scientology. NSA was leveraging Hollywood celebrity members in the 70’s & 80’s. Forever Sensei 😵‍💫

Discovered tihs and was shocked by the amount of quality but lack of views or even subscribers, was researching this group and this genuinely was an insanely informative but nice video, it's been 6 months but I do hope you cover another group one of these days

I have known Nichiren Buddhism in Bolivia and I have been an active member for 5 years, I have never been felt the duty to give any donation other than to receive my gohonzon (the physical representation of your state of Buddha/enlightenment/life force/wisdom and that of everyone), the Zaimu which are the monetary contributions for the movements of the kosen ruffu (the objective of achieving world peace and the happiness of all humanity) is for the maintenance of the cultural center, its services of electricity, water, plumbing, housing taxes, etc. It does not seek to impose a doctrine in its messages, SGI advances through PEACE, EDUCATION AND CULTURE, as you can see in the 70-year-old contributions of the last president Daisaku Ikeda (died in 2023), his teacher Josei Toda and Tsunesaburo Makigucho add up to more years since the foundation of the Soka Gakkai, all of them men with noble ideals and struggles, it is on the internet, look for it, there is the clarification of the birth of the Komeito political party (because Buddhism is in everyday life, politics is also part of everyday life but it does not seek to impose this religion / philosophy of life anymore That would lose its courage and would cease to be Nichiren Buddhism, but through this Buddhist teaching we will be able to build a happier society based on the Human Revolution itself and to encourage our friends and people around us). Many practitioners who sing Nam Myoho Rengue Kyo have not read the Lotus Sutra because it is a complex material that requires knowing terminologies and allegories that are difficult to discern, the books and dissertations of Sensei Ikeda are understandable and after comparing it and re-reading a fragment of the Lotus Sutra or the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin. I encourage you to know the issues by attending the activities and meetings of the SGI, because it is easy to distort it when it is not understood from a broader perspective. Zadankai are the meetings of dialogue between members, practitioners, friends and guests, these meetings are to share their experiences of the life of each one after having put into practice the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism and the intonation of the Daimoku (repeat Nam Myoho Rengue Kyo) because this corresponds to a deeper character to understand but simple to execute, to understand these terms it is necessary to study in Kaikan (cultural center of each country and city) and reinforce through the ZADANKAI in the house of the members of the SGI, Of course also study it for yourself at home with a critical approach so it is preferred, it is good that there are doubts because they encourage us to clarify concepts or practices in the organization that can be explained without taking anything out of their sleeve or hiding things, they will find that SGI is an organization of essentially good friends that has no barriers and that encourages you to make good friends but not force them to join the organization necessarily, the interest of other people to know nichiren Buddhism lies in the result it has in the life of each practitioner, this is called real proof and you can have countless proofs of the Results of the practice, the most important thing is that you achieve your own human revolution using this philosophy as a tool. Newly I encourage you to get to know the Kaikan of your city and to attend different Zadankai of the members they do in their homes, ordinary people of all living conditions we are the ones who meet there and tell how we overcome our obstacles and how the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism had to see, the proof that your problem you can overcome because they imbue your heart with courage.

Philippine equivalent is Iglesia ni Cristo

You dont know much about Soka Gakkai! Nam myoho rengekyo saved my life! You' do not understand the essense of this great practice!!! Next time dig deep! Nam myoho rengekyo 😅

As a Soka Gakkai member, I’ve never once been required to pay for anything or been pressured to do anything that I didn’t want to do. Members only pay for what they want to (the gohonzon, etc.) and it is never mandatory to pay anything. No such thing as a “member fee”. Chanting the Daimoku is not a magical wish granting spell. It’s a focused meditation that creates a positive psychological effect to change our lives through our own effort. No one claims that it will just magically bring you prosperity.

We focus on chanting南无妙法莲华经，Sensei and Nichiren Dahsonin emphasized d same, Sensei intepreted d lotus sutras teaching apply to our daily lives, what's wrong with Sensei?

I AM PROOF SOKA GAKKAI IS TRUTH DEVIL KING IN THE FLESH ALL OUT OF JUICE

❤ agree,not a cult

They do charge some fees every year in INDIA.

I was born into the practice of Nichiren Buddhism and agree how the SGI handles its finances for continuing its mission to span worldpeace.

This is a video without any research. You shoold speak to soka gakkai members who are still practicing. Most of them are educated. Its a philosophy for the happiness and prosperity of an individual.

Soka gakkai is going strong because it works for peppke happiness. It is looked at cult from outside becsue they do not understsand it. Its actually working for people hapoines and anyone who says something else is actually talking from a superfcial viewpoint. There is also no membership fees.😂😂 😂😂 Whoever told u so

I left SGI a few years ago. didn't stay long though. I noticed that nobody had ever read the Lotus Sutra! Only Ikeda's books.

Good posts and absolutely💯.

This is the first time I have heard of "membership fees". (around 7:26) Is it only in Japan? Maybe you are referring to the one-time cost of getting a Gohonzon? Of course, donations are highly encouraged (a gentle word- there is a lot of pressure), especially at certain times of the year (varies according to the country), but it is not required to maintain membership.

I was a member of Soka Gakai for 30 years in NYC. Great experience until the infighting with priesthood and a few other things that turned me off

Great video! Please make a video about 顕正会. Just got one of them knocking at our door and apparently they're also from nichren shoshu like soka gakkai.

Educational and hilarious! The Chrono Trigger theme was a pleasant surprise too 😂

2:05 - This is mistaken. There are many forms of prosperity, not just financial.

I'm an atheist who accompanied a friend to an SGI meeting recently in the USA out of curiosity.They were a great group of people - a big emphasis on peace and making each other happy. Mostly well-dressed professionals and retirees who loved chanting and making friends. My two disappointments at the meeting were an absence of discussed philosophy - although again atheist myself I like to hear spiritual thoughts - and a disturbing youth propaganda video showed at the end with white-shirted ranks of young followers listening to the leader surprisingly extolling Zhou Enlai. Apart from that SGI seemed nowhere near a cult in the negative sense and has potential to bring happiness and community to people.

As a Japanese national, I`m deeply ashamed that a cult school such as Sokka Gakkai was born in Japan, and this diabolic organization is spreading their wrong tenet in the world. In a sense, Sokka Gakkai is comparable to the Unification Church in South Korea. Soka Gakkai is a shame of Japan, and please shun Sokka Gakkai members when they attempt to convert you. Otherwise it would be the end of your life.

Estamos con la Ley no adoramos ni oramos a las personas . Teníamos un gran maestro Ikeda, sus orientaciones me fortalecieron.