Original post at: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Nittatsu+Speech+1979+group:alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren&hl=en&safe=off&rnum=4&selm=94fqte%248sq%241%40nnrp1.deja.com
Date: January,1979, Translated by Kando Tono. (I have the translation in paper form, and this excerpt is from an Artie Shaw posting)
by Nittatsu Shonin
"There are more than three hundred young priests here. Some of these priests come from families of priests, some are from Hokkeko families, but the majority are from families who were originally members of Soka Gakkai. These priests have pointed out the Soka Gakkai's errors, and, together with you, have formed the Danto in order to protect Nichiren Shoshu. Such sincerity is profound. This I wish you to recognize, because true Kosen-rufu must be accomplished based on the fundamental spirit of Nichiren Shoshu."
"There are still some priests, however, who are seemingly unconcerned that erroneous doctrines are being spread. They are, in any case, priests within Nichiren Shoshu, and so, with forbearance, I am simply protecting them. I hope you will understand this point, but that you will continue, from this time onward, to pursue and refute erroneous doctrines, thus protecting Kosen-rufu of the Daishonin's true teaching. This is the very manifestation of sozoku itchi [oneness of priests and lay believers]. I want you never to forget this."
...."To regard the Dai-Gohonzon as the center, to focus our faith upon it, to realize the condition of attainment of Buddhahood together with one another, to bring this teaching to those who do not know if it, assisting one another, and spreading Nichiren Daishonin's teaching into the tens of thousands of years of Mappo, into the eternal future - these things are Kosen-rufu. Thus, for the sake of Kosen-rufu, it is disastrous that the Daishonin's teachings should be mistaken, even slightly. From this time forward, I want those of you who have become aware of such things, even a bit, to spread the true teaching toward Kosen-rufu, without taking mistaken steps off the path of the Daishonin's Buddhism, arm in arm with these young priests who are here today."
[This is from a translation by Rev. Kando Tono. Artie says: If anyone is interested, he can furnish a complete translation, as well as a copy of the original Japanese to anyone who sends me a snail mail address.] I am working to transcribe the rest of this in the future. (not today)
This was put forth to contrast it with Nikken Shonin's more authoritarian attitude. Nittatsu Shonin seems to have had genuine faith in the Supremacy of the Dharma and the rightness of Nichiren Shoshu Teachings. I'm not sure what kind of faith Nikken Shonin has, but I hope he is sincerely chanting the Daimoku.