We will explain the Japanese Racism
Both the SGI and the Nichiren Shoshu religious Organizations have not been able to integrate into American society. The reason that the organizations have not integrated in American society is because of both of their dominate Japanese cultural practices that runs counter to independent thinking.
The great scientist Albert Einstein said that; religion without science is  blind and science without religion is lame.  The SGI Buddhist organization without Nichiren Shoshu is blind and the Nichiren Shoshu organization without the SGI is lame.  It is amazing that the SGI has invested over one Billion dollars in America within the last decade and they have achieved a 100%  negative growth. Their Buddhist organization has no growing youth as they once had and the religion will not be passed on to the next generation from parents to their children.  While the SGI has experienced negative growth Nichiren Shoshu in America will also experience negative growth and the same phenomena of the religion not being passed from parent to child  We can safely say that the greatest reason for their negative growth will be their exclusion of American culture and racism.  Buddhism must integrate with a culture.

On March 18, 1991 I addressed a letter to NSA explaining why I left the organization because of  racism and since 1991 I have kelp a record of my communications and why racism has destroyed Buddhism in Memphis. Click on the picture to read my 1991 letter to SGI and how I explained how racism destroyed Buddhism in Memphis.

The reason that you will see Buddhist growth in Africa is because Nichiren Shoshu temple in Ghana recognize the culture of Ghanian people to the point of integrating the culture with Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist practice.  The Picture on the left is youth dancing at an oshiki ceremony and the picture on the right are new members getting Gojakaied and joining the Ghana Temple. Click on the pictures to learn more about Buddhism in Africa.

The one thing that I can relate to Nichiren Shoshu Priests, look at this Picture of American President Barack Obama and first understand that this is a Black man born in America who rose himself up to become the President of our nation.  Please re-examine yourself and look at the shameful racist policies that Nichiren Shoshu Priest practice at its temples in America. There is shameful mind control that promotes fear over truth. The Nichiren Shoshu of America or NSA introduced us to the great Buddhism in America.  Nichiren Shoshu Temple brought more than the practice of Buddhism,  many of the Priest brought an arrogance, an entitlement, and most despicable Nichiren Shoshu Priest brought to America a dominate xenophobic Japanese attitude this is racism.  Shakymuni Buddha looked up one day and found that something was wrong and he set out to change things.  The True Buddha Nichiren Daishonin studied the teachings and found that something was wrong in Japan and he made a vow to change things in Japan.

I look at Nichiren Shoshu Temples in America and I say; the way this Buddhism is being propagated in America "These temples are not for Black Americans, this is not our culture" to be controlled by Japanese Priest. In the SGI every thought is controlled by Daisaku Ikeda.  In Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism there is not one single achievement of its members  that has reached mainstream America.  Nichiren Shoshu members do not have any say so about what is taught, how things are taught and when things are taught.  When it comes to subjects that are relevant to Black people like the Black Buddha, culture or including objective historical information that may accentuate Black people this information is  treated with disregard and disrespect. The culture at our temples are almost 100% "Japanese Culture" but we are Americans and we are not in Japan.   Our English study magazine sends us a policy from Japan and the publication are void of the conditions of world affairs.  In America we made world history by electing the first Black President in America's history and while the world celebrated this remarkable achievement Nichiren Shoshu Temples in America negated to talk about this subject and I will stand up and say respectfully that you Priest are out of Touch.  Even the people of Japan as well as the world respect our leader.  In Buddhism we are taught to respect our parents, teacher and sovereign. Is not the leader of our nation our sovereign?  The Priest sit comfortably in their Temples never having to worry about, food, clothing and shelter like Nichiren Daishonin who suffered and struggled to propagate Buddhism to the world.  Many of these Temples in America could not survive on their own merit and it is Japan that sends the money to supplement the support of these temples because if they had to stand on their own two feet that would fold from lack of American support.  It is not that Americans do not have the capacity to support the temples, these temples do not support Americans.

In Nichiren Shoshu and SGI Buddhism you may be able to find perhaps one Black person who will challenge me on the issue of Japanese being racist but, I will ask anyone to challenge me on how out of touch these Japanese people are.  In America we are suffering the worst financial crisis since the great depression  whereas millions have lost their jobs, their homes, their marriages and our government is fighting at the time of this writing over health care for all while the unemployment rate for America is at 10% the rate of unemployment for Black Americans is at 35%.  I look in my neighbor hood and so many homes have been foreclosed and abandoned my street look like a war zone.  I never read one word by Nichiren Shoshu Priest addressing issues that affect real people.  What Nichiren Shoshu write about are abstract teachings that do not affect real people.  I embarrassingly look at what is going on and I cannot take it anymore. I believe that the honest teachings of Nichiren Daishonin can help America but what I see in America are not honest teachings.

The greatest Japanese racist in the world is SGI Buddhist leader is Daisaku Ikeda. This Japanese Buddhist leader was  decribed by Time Magazine as the most powerful man in Japan. Daisaku Ikeda a world known "influence peddlar" appropriated a scheme via donations to Civil Right leader Dr. Martin Luther Kings Alma Mater Moorhouse college in order to develop a shameful self-promoted photo exihibition that included himself along with  Dr. King and Mahandi Ghandi. Ikeda uses such schemes to powerfully motivate and influence his internal flock moreso knowing that the world media is aware of such schemes as self promoting and influece peddling.

Click on this picture to hear Barack Obama's speech on Racism

The worldwide SGI muti-million dollar self-financed, self-promoted photo exihibit scheme of Ikeda is one of many vintages techniques Ikeda use to influece Buddhist members who belong to his brand of Buddhism. In Memphis, Tennessee I saw Daisaku Ikeda use racist systematic mind control techniques to influence and control Black people.  Racism was one of the ways that Daisaku Ikeda used to control Black people in his Buddhist organizaton.  The SGI put Black men in suboridinate roles, while he put beautiful and highly educated Black women in key roles in his organization.  He never allowed Black men an opportunity to advance unless the men were extremely subordinate and under his total control by way of thinking.

The record of Daisaku Ikeda is clear and all of his speeches and organizational efforts in America are documented.  During the trials and struggles of Black leaders like Dr. King, Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks Daisaku Ikeda has no record of saying anything in support or their fighting against racial injust.  In America Ikeda's Buddhist organization had the traditional Japanese racist practices that discriminated against Black people.  During decades of American cultural festivals, lectures, writings, excutive board or paid staff members, Daisaku Ikeda totally discriminated against Black people. However Ikeda used vintage self-promoting tactics by influence peddling his image by purchasing photo opt with Black powerful Black leaders who are unaware of his racist past and practices.  Click on picture of Daisaku Ikeda about to learn about his mind control techniques.
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