[New-Poetry] World's worst poet

[Suzanne Baran]

Actually, it means to introduce someone to the practice. No mind control
tactics take place. Sorry you've had some negative experiences!

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:13 PM, <shin02143 at aol.com> wrote:

> The term you are thinking of is "shakubuku" - it is a Japanese term which
> in essence means breaking someone's resistance and recruiting them into SGI
> through mind control. People who recruit people into SGI boast that they
> "shakubuku'ed" the newcomer.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzanne Burns <atelierjewelweed at gmail.com>
> Sent: Fri, 16 May 2008 7:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] World's worst poet
>
>  Here we go:
>
>
> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EFDF153DF937A25752C1A96F958260
>
>
> I spent some time hanging out with folks from Soka Gakkai some years ago.
> They were nice people in many ways, they were also highly intent upon
> converting me and in my opinion very controlling and pushy.  It struck me as
> a very "high demand" religion.  After awhile it seemed really clear to me
> that converting me was pretty much all there was to their overtures of
> friendship-- it quickly became the only topic on conversation, and one
> person told me that you get "points" for converting someone (she had a
> specific word for it which I don't remember.
>
> I've never encountered any other branch of Buddhism that was like this.
> Not my thing at all.  So that was that.
>
> To each their own....
>
>
> Suzanne
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:32 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:
>
>> You mean I should stop thinking continuously of those who were truly
>> great.
>>
>>
>> Bob Grumman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  -- "Who is truly great? I hope you can develop the ability to discern
>>>> true human greatness. A great person is someone who forges unity among human
>>>> beings through sincere dialogue, armed with a solid philosophy, feet firmly
>>>> planted on the ground. A great person is one who lives among the people and
>>>> earns their unshakable trust. Fickle popularity and temporary fads are
>>>> nothing but illusions." Daily Encouragement - Daisaku Ikeda
>>>>
>>> If this is supposed to be an example of the work of the world's worst
>>> poet, I would say it refutes the title: (1) it isn't poetry; (2) it isn't
>>> horrible, just standardly air-headed new-age sentimentality
>>>
>>> --Bob G.
>>>
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>> The moral is this: in American verse,
>> The better you are, the pay is worse.
>>  --Corey Ford
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-- 
"Who is truly great? I hope you can develop the ability to discern true
human greatness. A great person is someone who forges unity among human
beings through sincere dialogue, armed with a solid philosophy, feet firmly
planted on the ground. A great person is one who lives among the people and
earns their unshakable trust. Fickle popularity and temporary fads are
nothing but illusions."

Daily Encouragement - Daisaku Ikeda
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