For all their claims of being the "one TRUE Nichiren sect", Nichiren Shoshu (and its offshoots) can't seem to keep their own house in order

• Nichiren Shoshu was officially the Fuji branch of Nichiren Shu until they struck out on their own and rebranded their offshoot as "Nichiren Shoshu" in 1912 ( BTW, that <-- is SUCH a fun thread!!)

• By 1980, 2/3 of Nichiren Shoshu priests were so alarmed by Nikken Abe's unorthodox and suspicious promotion to the High Priesthood, and by Ikeda and his Soka Gakkai, that they walked out and started their own branch, the Shoshinkai

• The Myoshinko (Myokankai) was a Nichiren Shoshu lay group; they so objected to the Soka Gakkai's pushing the Sho-Hondo as something it wasn't (requiring a retooling of traditional Nichiren Shoshu doctrines) and Ikeda's grandstanding that they split off in 1974 and made a new sect, the Kenshokai

• The Soka Gakkai was Nichiren Shoshu's premier lay organization, its president (Daisaku Ikeda) given the title of "Sokoto" (head of ALL lay organizations) - we all know how THAT turned out

• The Internal Reassessment Group attempted to fix some of what was wrong with the SGI and were punished for their efforts

• There are numerous Independent Nichirenists out there, having decided that they know best what Nichiren truly intended and thus are the "only True" whatevers, who seem to frequently change their minds significantly and get into fights with each other

So what's the problem here? These all stem from Nichiren Shoshu, which stems from Nichiren. Is it that Nichiren Shoshu went toxic early on and thus spawned all sorts of problem children? Is it that Nichiren's teachings are so confused and nonsensical that they encourage widely divergent, incompatible interpretations with a leaning toward poisonous intolerant bigotry? Or is it that Nichiren's teachings fundamentally hook into the greed and power-lust of individuals with megalomaniacal leanings as a way of gaining the status and control they yearn for? That's clearly what Nichiren himself wanted, though he had no means of attaining it. Now, though, who knows?

Whatever the true answer is, we can see that Nichiren Shoshu is the true heir to Nichiren, as both are rotten to the core.