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whom we rarely have a chance to meet, is coming and would like to meet you. Your
husband is suffering in Hell. Why don‟t you meet the teacher and help your husband?”
Thinking that Nagayoshi was a teacher one could rarely meet, and that this teacher knew
that her husband was suffering in Hell, PA thought she might like to meet this teacher once
and decided to accept the invitation.
UCX and Hayashida took PA to the Minoshima Reijo (Minoshima sacred place). Once inside
the Reijo, they entered a Japanese-style room with tatami flooring (rice fiber woven mat).
Here, Nagayoshi (known as Teacher Nagayoshi) was sitting and praying in front of a
Maitreya statue.3 After praying, Nagayoshi began trembling and crying and (in this state)
said to PA, “Your husband is descending. I can see your husband‟s body (figure) suffering in
Hell. I cannot stop myself from shaking. Your husband is saying he wants you to donate
5,000,000 yen.” Nagayoshi then went on to canvass PA to donate the sum of 5,000,000
yen.
At this point, PA was overcome with fear and surprise at Nagayoshi‟s realistic countenance.
Being placed in the midst of this dramatic situation and recently having been shown videos
concerning the spiritual world, PA began to think that Nagayoshi could actually see her
deceased husband‟s body (figure) suffering in Hell. Yet, at the same time, PA considered
that she could not fulfill such a sudden donation request for such an exorbitant amount of
money, and thus, PA declined the demand. Upon PA‟s refusal, Nagayoshi got up from her
seat, left the room, went into another room and returned to further persuade PA to make
the donation. In seeing that PA was still irresolute (in affirming that she would donate the
money), Nagayoshi again got up from her seat, went into another room, and returned again
to further persuade and encourage PA to make the donation. This same act of entering and
leaving the room along with the above types of verbal persuasion was repeated several
times.
Throughout this entire time, UCX and Hayashida were sitting very close to and on either
side of PA. UCX and Hayashida kept telling PA, “Hang in there. Don‟t give up. Just believe,”
and similar words to encourage PA to make the donation as Nagayoshi had requested. As a
result of the above, PA felt afraid, threatened, and unable to go on refusing the donation
due to the extremely persistent requests. As a result, PA finally consented to the making
the donation.
However, after returning home, PA regretted that she had consented to make the above
donation and could not rid herself of these feelings. Ergo, PA phoned UCX to decline the
donation. When PA expressed her unwillingness to donate the money, UCX retorted saying
among other things, “If you delay your answer, your husband‟s body (figure) suffering in
Hell will appear to you in your dreams. You had better decide soon. If you don‟t decide by
tomorrow, things will be difficult for you.” Hence, because UCX not only did not listen to
PA‟s grievances but further continued to encourage PA to make the donation, PA could not
decline the donation. Consequently, on the following day, PA went with Hayashida to the
Fukuoka Sogo Bank, Ijiri Branch and withdrew a sum of 5,000,000 yen.
Upon the withdrawal, Hayashida explained to PA that when a bank client withdraws a sum
of 5,000,000 yen or more, the bank usually carries out a search of inquiry to determine how
the money is used. In precaution of this event, UCX instructed PA to answer such inquiries
in advance and to explain that the withdrawal will be used to make a lump-sum payment for
an insurance policy issued by a door-to-door salesman.
Ensuingly, PA took the 5,000,000-yen withdrawal to the Minoshima Reijo where she placed
the money as an offering in front of the Maitreya Statue. At this time, however, PA was not
informed as to the actual recipient of the 5,000,000-yen donation. Further, although PA
whom we rarely have a chance to meet, is coming and would like to meet you. Your
husband is suffering in Hell. Why don‟t you meet the teacher and help your husband?”
Thinking that Nagayoshi was a teacher one could rarely meet, and that this teacher knew
that her husband was suffering in Hell, PA thought she might like to meet this teacher once
and decided to accept the invitation.
UCX and Hayashida took PA to the Minoshima Reijo (Minoshima sacred place). Once inside
the Reijo, they entered a Japanese-style room with tatami flooring (rice fiber woven mat).
Here, Nagayoshi (known as Teacher Nagayoshi) was sitting and praying in front of a
Maitreya statue.3 After praying, Nagayoshi began trembling and crying and (in this state)
said to PA, “Your husband is descending. I can see your husband‟s body (figure) suffering in
Hell. I cannot stop myself from shaking. Your husband is saying he wants you to donate
5,000,000 yen.” Nagayoshi then went on to canvass PA to donate the sum of 5,000,000
yen.
At this point, PA was overcome with fear and surprise at Nagayoshi‟s realistic countenance.
Being placed in the midst of this dramatic situation and recently having been shown videos
concerning the spiritual world, PA began to think that Nagayoshi could actually see her
deceased husband‟s body (figure) suffering in Hell. Yet, at the same time, PA considered
that she could not fulfill such a sudden donation request for such an exorbitant amount of
money, and thus, PA declined the demand. Upon PA‟s refusal, Nagayoshi got up from her
seat, left the room, went into another room and returned to further persuade PA to make
the donation. In seeing that PA was still irresolute (in affirming that she would donate the
money), Nagayoshi again got up from her seat, went into another room, and returned again
to further persuade and encourage PA to make the donation. This same act of entering and
leaving the room along with the above types of verbal persuasion was repeated several
times.
Throughout this entire time, UCX and Hayashida were sitting very close to and on either
side of PA. UCX and Hayashida kept telling PA, “Hang in there. Don‟t give up. Just believe,”
and similar words to encourage PA to make the donation as Nagayoshi had requested. As a
result of the above, PA felt afraid, threatened, and unable to go on refusing the donation
due to the extremely persistent requests. As a result, PA finally consented to the making
the donation.
However, after returning home, PA regretted that she had consented to make the above
donation and could not rid herself of these feelings. Ergo, PA phoned UCX to decline the
donation. When PA expressed her unwillingness to donate the money, UCX retorted saying
among other things, “If you delay your answer, your husband‟s body (figure) suffering in
Hell will appear to you in your dreams. You had better decide soon. If you don‟t decide by
tomorrow, things will be difficult for you.” Hence, because UCX not only did not listen to
PA‟s grievances but further continued to encourage PA to make the donation, PA could not
decline the donation. Consequently, on the following day, PA went with Hayashida to the
Fukuoka Sogo Bank, Ijiri Branch and withdrew a sum of 5,000,000 yen.
Upon the withdrawal, Hayashida explained to PA that when a bank client withdraws a sum
of 5,000,000 yen or more, the bank usually carries out a search of inquiry to determine how
the money is used. In precaution of this event, UCX instructed PA to answer such inquiries
in advance and to explain that the withdrawal will be used to make a lump-sum payment for
an insurance policy issued by a door-to-door salesman.
Ensuingly, PA took the 5,000,000-yen withdrawal to the Minoshima Reijo where she placed
the money as an offering in front of the Maitreya Statue. At this time, however, PA was not
informed as to the actual recipient of the 5,000,000-yen donation. Further, although PA
