I was invited to join SGI by a Japanese co-worker. He told me that if I joined and simply did this chant everyday, I could get get anything I wanted. Like, anyt

I was invited to join SGI by a Japanese co-worker. He told me that if I joined and simply did this chant everyday, I could get get anything I wanted. Like, anything. This seemed like a great deal, so I actually went to a meeting with him and two of his "senpais" in the organization. Of course, I had no intention to join; I went out of (morbid?) curiosity. Apparently　I was a sort of strategic "target", so to speak. They wanted to expand in Brazil so it would be nice to teach a Brazilian (me) about SGI. They showed me a video of Ikeda (the founder) in Brazil and how a believer was cured of cancer thanks to SGI. They also talked a little about the Buddhist origins of SGI, but didn't enter into details. I'd have to join and start doing the chant thing. Only then I'd learn more. They were really friendly, but somewhat creepy. I even toyed with the idea of joining and doing a write up to be published later under a pseudonym, but eventually decided against it. SGI is (at least nominally) internationalist and pacifist, so it's only natural that the nationalist and militarist Uyoku don't like them. I won't claim they are as evil as Uyoku, but they're definitely not harmless.