> 
> I checked out their website and they purport to be a Buddhist group.
> According to the site, this particular sect is based on the teachings
> ("truth") of one Ryuho Okawa.  I don't know if anyone here is 
> an adherant of this sect, and I don't want to ruffle any 
> feathers, but I'm always wary of any group as 
> personality-driven as this one seems to be.  Here's what they 
> say of their leader:
> 
> "We have faith in Lord El Cantare, Eternal Buddha, who has 
> been guiding humanity throughout eternity. In the past, the 
> consciousness of El Cantare was incarnated as Shakyamuni 
> Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha) in India, and as Hermes in 
> Greece. Now, His core consciousness has descended on earth as 
> Master Ryuho Okawa and preaches the Truth."
> 
> That scares me, and I'd be wary that this may well be a cult.
> 

It all sounds strangely familiar. God incarnate, come among men, the way,
the truth and the life. They're all the same.

Bob


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