Soka Gakkai Members....any???

[kanu_libra]

Originally Posted by devvrat

hey..
yup guys.. i am from delhi as well. belong to the janakpuri towers chapter!
where in delhi are u guys from?

and shakti, all the best with your prepration and exams next year.

hey devvrat

u too in delhi!! thts great!
i am in qutab chapter and shakti is in aravelli chapter.. both chapters are from vasant kunj.

Originally Posted by coolsurfer23in

ru from delhi??? coz we both(Kanu & me are from Delhi..infact we are almost neighbours), would be gr8 if u r delhi..mebbe we could catch up b4 u guys leave for your respective b-schools...

ciao

Shakti

hi shaks

kool idea!! BSG(PG) group meet .....

[kanu_libra]

Soka Gakkai's 5 eternal guidelines:

1. Faith for a harmonious family
2. Faith for each person to become happy
3. Faith for surmounting obstacles
4. Faith for health and long life
5. Faith for absolute victory

"Faith means courage.
Faith means vitality.
Faith means continuation.
Faith also means good common sense.
Futhermore,
Faith is within our daily life.
Faith is reflected in your personality.
And faith is in your actions.
You should never forget this."

- Dr Daisaku Ikeda

[coolsurfer23in]

Originally Posted by kanu_libra

hey devvrat

hi shaks

kool idea!! BSG(PG) group meet .....

yeah gr8 idea..lets have a BSG(PG) meet soon..hope more members from Delhi NCR would join in here.

[hkannanishot]

Bhai log,

I have been going through this thread.....seem to like the concept but have a few doubts.

1. When you say you are a practicing member of SGI, what do you mean. Is SGI an organization like (Lion's club etc) or a type of buddhist university. (Now you know how much i know abt SGI )

2. How do people become it's member ?

3. Do you have to practice buddhism to be a part of SGI??

4. SGI.org does not have any info regarding it's operations in India. (atleast i cudnt find it ). Does the indian chapter has any other website

Looking fwd to ur gyaan

[rajat83]

myself Rajat /......
I have been to this practise for the past 1year...my father is into it for the past 2years.....and now my younger brother has also started chanting.......

I am really glad and thankful to the person who started this link.....
It;s a great way to propogate the Law....and make new people understand the faith and the practise....

My life condition as a whole of my family has gone starkling changes since what we were 2 years ago....from a new house to a car.....

It has made me understand that the reason for being happy or being sad is within ourselves.,....
and really life has started rocking
with the help of senior leaders and their guidance,,,,,...

Rajat

[rajat83]

Let me take the Opportunity to reply to your queies

1. Yes SGI is a registered NGO in the country of Japan working toward the peace and happiness of people worldwide
2.To become it;s memebr thers r no hard and fast rule.....any member can intodouce any member by just filling up a simple formm.....
with only considerations being that the person involved should not be a govt employee......as the constituion of india does not permit the govt employees to be a member of any community/orgnanization outside the country

3.nO...u dont have to practice buddhism as a part of SGI....U CAN STILL GO TO A TEMPLE,GURUDWARA OR WHEREVER TIILL now u have been goin.....but yes this philopsphy is based on budhhist techings......and it doesnt mean that u end up being a buddhist monk

4. As far as India goes it is known as BHARAT SOKA GAKKAI (BSG) and i duuno abt net i have never searched it...but in India v have approx 30,000 members and out which more than half have been added in the last 1 year..

I fi am not mistaken u from hyderabad......in hyd v have llots of PEOPLE INTO FAITH...
ANY FURTHER QUER most weelcome to ask

Rajat

Originally Posted by hkannanishot

Bhai log,

I have been going through this thread.....seem to like the concept but have a few doubts.

1. When you say you are a practicing member of SGI, what do you mean. Is SGI an organization like (Lion's club etc) or a type of buddhist university. (Now you know how much i know abt SGI )

2. How do people become it's member ?

3. Do you have to practice buddhism to be a part of SGI??

4. SGI.org does not have any info regarding it's operations in India. (atleast i cudnt find it ). Does the indian chapter has any other website

Looking fwd to ur gyaan

[rajat83]

Basically the chant NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO....has to connotations to it.....I will like to explain both of them for both members as wella s person reading it...

1) Inthe abbove phrase - if we just forget the Nam ...and concentrate on the later part .....in in MYOHO refrs to the Lotus flower which always grow in muddy and filthy waters but still it only grows there........ RENGE-- refers to the Latter Day Of the Law.....or The KALYUG (as known in Hindi) where everything is bad and KYo -Shinnin bright.....
Nam is paying grtatitude (Sanskrit Nam)
Now to correlate things it;s that ...... alotus flower always grows in the muddy water but still is one of the most beautiful flower exterminating all the filth over it ....in the same way
V as human beings have to grow aqnd outshine in the world where everything is bad and it;s the Latter day Of the Law

2) the phrase Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo.....refers to the make up og the human body...
where
head to myo
throat to ho
chest to ren
stomach to ge
legs to kyo

Both The connotations are True and adopted in the truest form

Rajat

[rajat83]

Waise Me from Delhi and in Kailash Chapter in East Of kailash...but i am heading tO pune on 10th June as i have got admission there for Mba

[rajat83]

Hey Both Coolsurfer and kanu and any other member if i am missing in taking name....
wont it be better .....of how this practise has hellped each of us......
and post our experience in Brief ......for the benefit of potential .....new members
Do let me know...

Rajat

[coolsurfer23in]

Thanks for taking interest ..

Now, to clarify your doubts/queries

1) Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a Buddhist association with more than 12 million members in 190 countries and territories worldwide. For SGI members, Buddhism is a practical philosophy of individual empowerment and inner transformation that enables people to develop themselves and take responsibility for their lives.

SGI represents the common mortals of this world. Aligning yourself with the people and advocating that all people are worthy of respect — that's a very revolutionary act.

Since SGI was founded to create value to the society, it has founded various schools, colleges, universites in US, Japan and other places.If eveything goes on well, we might have a Soka University here in India itself.This would most probably in Gurgaon.

2) There are no hard and fast rules to become a member of Bharat Soka Gakkai(the indian arm of SGI), an indivudual can be introduced to this practise by someone who is BSG member and knows him/her for 6 months atleast. Though, any one can chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo without being a member..but yeah ofcourse it doesnt mean that anyone can litreally shoot off these words without knowing thier meaning.

3) Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism is more a philosphy than a religion.It says that it's you are the creator of your own situations and its only you who can change it.This philosphy that you can change your own karma.This is just the tip of an iceberg coz i can go on and on and you might not be able to download eveything.

So in effect, you can still go to temples,gurudawars,churches or newhere you have going all the while, it's just that you imbibe the values of this life changing philosphy.

& who is a Buddha anyway..someone who is awakened..i and you can be awakened if we figure out that we are treasure towers ourselves.

4) Unfortunately, Bharat Soka Gakkai doesnt have a website of its soon.I hope as much as you that we would have it soon.

Keep your questions coming

ciao

Shakti