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Buddha-dharma, Buddhist Studies And Popular Buddhism

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Buddha-dharma, Buddhist Studies And Popular Buddhism

 In Taichung there is an elderly layman. All nine members of his family are devout Buddhists. They have followed and learned from a famous old monk for many years. However, what they hear from this old monk is completely theory. Each of them can talk about the sutras in a clear and logical fashion. However, none of them have real skills associated with the Buddha-dharma.

            In the autumn of 1995 the Elder Dharma King happened to be in Taiwan propagating the dharma.  The elderly layman requested instruction from the Elder Dharma King by saying, “This year I am already eighty-one years old.  I do things in furtherance of Buddhism everyday.  I have donated over one-half of my vast wealth.  Nevertheless, I have never seen a real Buddha or Bodhisattva.  The only knowledge I have of supernormal dharma powers comes from what I read in books.  Why do the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas not come down to our house?  May I ask the Elder Dharma King, what is the Buddha-dharma?”

When the Dharma King heard these words, he chanted “Wobamei!”  He then said, “Layman, you all have not learned the Buddha-dharma.  How could you have any true skills?” When all of the members of the layman’s family heard this, they felt quite surprised.  With his brows tightly knit, the old layman said, “My entire family devoutly learns Buddhism and recites sutras. How is it that we are not learning the Buddha-dharma? Could it be said that these sutras are all false?”

The Elder Dharma King said, “It is true that all of you are reading sutras and learning Buddhism.  Those sutras are genuine sutras and are dharma treasures.  The knowledge concerning Buddhism which those old monks impart to all of you is also genuine knowledge.  However, this is Buddhist studies.  It is not the Buddha-dharma!  In Esoteric Buddhism, Buddhist studies is called the exoteric teachings portion.  This is what we are required to learn when we first enter Esoteric Buddhism.  After we have learned the exoteric teachings portion and we have this foundation of theory, we must then enter into real, practical cultivation of our conduct, speech and thoughts.  The process of putting this into practice is called cultivation of the Buddha-dharma.

“Take, for example, the practice whereby one invites the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to bestow nectar. In theory, people think that this is simply reciting mantras, reciting passages from sutras and visualizing.  In theory, people think that nectar is simply water which has been empowered by mantras. However, in the real practice of the Buddha-dharma, there is a special dharma method to invite the Buddhas to directly bestow true nectar from the sky. The shape of this nectar is unlike any other thing on this earth. It has unlimited power. It can cure all illnesses and can easily increase one’s life span! This is because this is the Buddha-dharma, not Buddhist studies.”

The old layman said, “I received the Kalachakra Vajra Initiation from the Dalai Lama!”  Elder Dharma King Losang said, “Last year a Great Rinpoche wanted to introduce the Dalai Lama to me.  I did not have any spare time.  I wanted to do other things in furtherance of the Buddha-dharma.  I did not meet him.  I do not know much about him and will not comment on him.  I do not have any right to inquire into that initiation.  I hope that you are able to receive benefits from it.”

When the old layman and his family heard this, it was as if they had awakened from a big dream.  Their eyes became teary, they knelt down on the ground and respectfully requested the Elder Dharma King to teach them the dharma.  After a moment, the Elder Dharma King slowly said, “Today I will teach the dharma to your entire family.  I will also teach the dharma to all living beings.”  Following his words, a beam of red light emanated from in between his eyebrows which circled the room.  The Elder Dharma King then said, “Do no evil.  Do that which is good.  Deeply study the sutras. This is Buddhist studies.  Do no evil.  Do that which is good.  Recite the Buddha’s name with all your mind.  This is the way to ascend to the Pure Land.  Do no evil. Do that which is good.  Deeply study the sutras.  Esoteric initiations in which supernormal powers are manifested and which comply with Know the True Doctrine is the Buddha-dharma.”

After the old layman heard these words, he put his palms together and respectfully asked, “Other than Know the True Doctrine, what books should I read?”  Dharma King Losang said, “With respect to Know the True Doctrine, it is enough if you understand its contents.  The most important thing is that you read the books of Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Muand Great Dharma King Yangwo Yisinubu [H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III].  The more you read such books the better.  You must also live in accordance with the principles contained therein.  This is the best method!”

The old layman said, “I will remember your words. I would like to ask another question.  Does every Rinpoche have a mind which regards all things as equal?” The Elder Dharma King instructed, “The most difficult thing to attain in one’s cultivation and in one’s practice of the Buddha-dharma is a mind which regards all things as equal.  Without such a mind, one will pursue fame, gain, riches, high government positions and occupation of other people’s land.  One with a mind which regards all things as equal does not pursue such things.

“For example, some people want to cut apart my native place, Tibet.  Actually, this way of thinking is a deviation from cultivation.  Is this cultivation or is this fighting for something based upon personal desire?  Tibetan people, Chinese people and people of every other race and ethnicity should all be considered our close family members who are on an equal footing!  We should cause all of these people to unite so that they can live together in friendship and love and develop their common happiness.  The Buddha taught us that all living beings have the Buddha nature and that we should treat them equally and with love.  We should not desire government positions.  Only by cutting off the concept of self, cutting off erroneous thinking and cutting off attachment to things of the world can one reach high spiritual states!  This is the certain truth of the Buddha-dharma.  We must love others equally in order that we may give rise to the four limitless states of mind.   With the four limitless states of mind as our foundation, we will be able to enter into the state of the sacred bodhi mind.  If one cannot even renounce selfish desires and cannot even look after all living beings on an equal basis, then how can one enlighten oneself and enlighten others?”

Link: https://wisdomtea.org/2023/08/11/buddha-dharma-buddhist-studies-and-popular-buddhism/

Journey to find the True Original Buddha Dharma

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Journey to find the True Original Buddha Dharma

(Part Two: Entering the Door of the Dharma）

Around the end of year 2001, I received a set of six books written by Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Mu. I remembered that in the book True Stories About A Holy Monk, Dharma King Dorje Losang said that even though he was the level of a Dharma King, he still must seriously study Entering the Door of the Dharma written by Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Mu. He said, “It is not fundamental Buddhist book! I have learned and practiced the five great Vajra dharma groups, the Atiyoga Supreme Dharma and the Great Perfection Mind Essence Dharma over and over again.  Only now do I understand how magnificent the Buddha dharma books of the Holy Mother are.”

So I started to read the book Entering the Door of the Dharma.

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The first chapter was titled, “First talk about big or small Dharma, then discuss the wrong and right dharma”. This chapter was a warning bell to me. After all, the wish I had harbored in my heart was to learn a great dharma whereby I will become a Buddha in this very lifetime. I dreamed I could learn and practice the great Dharma, such as the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) of the Nyingma sect, the Mind Within Mind of the Kagyu sect, the Great Perfection of Wonderful Wisdom of the Sakya sect, the Kalachakra Vajra of the Geluk sect, and Zen meditation of the Zen sect of exoteric Buddhism, etc…. I wanted to jump to the highest level, quickly reach the liberation with nothing to fear or to suffer… my life will full of joy and good fortune…

What a naive and selfish Buddhism practitioner I was! I felt I was so foolish, wanting to build a tower on quicksand. Such a tower could not be built. 

As I continued to read the book, I gained a lot of fundamental knowledge about buddhism. The buddhism theory is so deep and broad. One chapter is focused on “cause and effect”. Pa Mu said, “most of the disciples just know about cause and effect, but they didn’t understand what is cause and effect, therefore they do not truly believe in it. “ After reading this chapter, I pondered to myself seriously. Did I truly understand the law of causality, and did I truly believe in the law of causality? If I did, how come my mind still falls into so much confusions and chaos. I looked deeply in my mind, and found out I only believed in the causality when good things happened to me. When bad thing happened or I was very sick, I started to doubt about it, and complained why I deserved these sufferings and unfair treatments. I started to blame peoples around me, and began to wonder why Buddha ad Bodhisattva did not bless me.

I thought about my marriage relationship. I was always puzzled why my husband always blames me, yells and scolds me even for a small thing, but before we married he always tried to flatter and please me. From the law of causality, everything I experience right now were the results of the cause I have done in the past. Anything that happened must have a reason. I must have done a similar thing to my husband before. I started to change my attitude towards him. When he got mad at me, I would think, this is my opportunity to pay my debt back to him — continuing to argue with him wouldn’t do any good, except cause more tension and damage. It was really hard to do it at beginning, I needed to force myself to keep quiet and don’t talk back, don’t analyze what he is saying, focus on my inner peace, don’t get irritated by outside things…. After a while I gradually became more mentally freer and at ease.

From the book I learned that everything and all phenomena arise from causality, including of course the good and adversary karmic conditions between people. If we generate resentment or hatred or take harmful actions against the other side when subjected to bullying or unfair treatment, wouldn’t another evil cause be seeded, which we will have to pay for through suffering the malicious consequence?! Then, wouldn’t the vicious process continue forever without an end?! The only thing I could do is to repent all the evil causes I did in the past, and pay it back when encountering the situation without any complaints. I do not want to plant any evil causes anymore, since the law of causality never errs.

I was happy that I finally found the door of entering Dharma.

Written by Peace Lily

Title: Journey to find the True Original Buddha Dharma

Link:https://peacelilysite.com/2022/01/14/journey-to-find-the-true-original-buddha-dharma-3/

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Journey to find the True Original Buddha Dharma

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Journey to find the True Original Buddha Dharma

(Part One continued: Awakened by True Stories of A Holy Monk )

I was truly astounded by the sacred events surrounding Dharma King Dorje Losang, which are recorded in the book True Stories of a Holy Monk.  It struck me that though he was such an eminent person, he never uses this as a reason for being proud, nor does he spread the news of such sacred events to others.  He always considers himself to be a humble practitioner.  He does not seek fame or gain. He had cut off his ties to the world. He lived in seclusion cultivating himself and it was therefore difficult to pay him a visit. However, Dharma King Dorje Losang did give us Buddhists an utmost guidance. He told an eminent monk who had conveyed his desire to follow him, that “…. if you truly want to cultivate yourself, you should study the books written by Great Dharma King Yangwo Yisinubu1 and Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Mu. If you do so, it will not be difficult for you to end the cycle of birth and death!”. He also said, “This Buddha Master (Great Dharma King Yangwo Yisinubu1) and Buddha Mother Master (Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Mu) are truly the ones who I revere most of all. In today’s world, no other Dharma King can be comoared with them. Of course, this is based upon what I have seen, heard, realized and understood”.

Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Mu is truly a Vajravarahi returned to the human realm from the Tusita Heaven.

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Many years ago, Vajravarahi prophesied the Holy Monk’s Birth: When Elder Dharma King Dorje Losang was born, he had a full mouth of snow-white teeth. What was even more amazing is that he had a pinch of black hair in between his eyebrows which had grown more than a foot long. This hair was entangled with his umbilical cord in the form of a Vajra knot. The mother was at a loss what to do about this. The baby, however, stretched out his tiny, quivering hands, grasped the umbilical cord and pulled it. The baby pulled out from his body the umbilical cord along with the black hair in between his eyebrows.

Following the sound of the tingling of jades, Vajravarahi, standing in red light, said, “That which grew in between your eyebrows was Vajra hair. My child, how could you pull it out?  Ay!  This is also a case of the law of cause and effect never erring.  Do not mind about this. You will have to wait until you are ninety years old when it will then again grow.  From now on there will be a big, black mole in between your eyebrows. At the time you are ninety, your Master, a supreme Dharma King, will empower you.  I will also empower your beard and your state of realization. At that time, you will attain immeasurable spiritual achievement and will save countless living beings.”  After speaking, Vajravarahi floated away in the red light.

Elder Dharma King Dorje Losang was ninety years old on the birthday of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, which was February 29, 1997 of the lunar calendar. Dorje Losang’s supreme Master, Great Dharma King Yangwo Yisinubu1, was performing an Atiyoga Seven Day Accomplishment and Initiation Dharma Assembly. That day he told Dorje Losang, “The big black mole in between your eyebrows will immediately open up. Vajra hair will sprout out anew. Furthermore, it will grow three to five inches a year.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the scar on the crown of Dorje Losang’s head suddenly emitted a white light which shined continuously for about one minute until it then weakened and penetrated into the crown of his head.  At that moment, the black mole in between his eyebrows suddenly opened up with a very loud sound.  One could then see the Vajra hair slowly growing to about one centimeter.  The Vajra hair emitted a golden dazzling light which brightened up the entire room.

Later, Great Dharma King Master Yangwo Yisinubu1 performed an empowerment for Dorje Losang in which the Buddha of Long Life is invited to bestow nectar.  (It was recorded live on videotape.)

The empowerment from nectar is truly amazing. From the night the Elder Dharma King tasted this nectar, his meditative power enabled him to thoroughly enter into the supreme samadhi. He then removed his bed and kept only his rush cushion. 

Later in the same year, Ah Wang Nuo Bu Pa Mu bestow the dharma water to Elder Dharma King Dorje Losang. This water empowered the beard of Dorje Losang and his state of realization. His beard can grew two to three inches per year, and would grow as long as his entire body. This verifies the Seven Branch Decision Dharma regarding the rebirth of Vajravarahi as laid out in Know the True Doctrines.

I was so grateful that the Holy Monk Dharma King Dorje Losang shared with our disciples those Dorje Losangamazing Buddhist Dharma phenomena. How I wish I could be a disciple of the Great Dharma Kings. What I could do, though, was take Elder Holy Monk’s utmost advice, and read the books written by the Great Dharma Kings. In the last page of the book, I found the contact information of a Bodhi Monastery in San Jose, who enthusiastically agreed to help me mail six Dharma books written by Ah WangNuoBuPaMu.

Note 1: Great Dharma King Yangwo Yisinubu in year 2008 had been recognized by the world’s leaders, regent dharma kings, and great rinpoches of Buddhism through official documents as the third incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha, who is the primordial Sambhogakaya Buddha of the universe.

Written by Peace Lily

Journey to find the True Original Buddha Dharma

Link: https://peacelilysite.com/2021/12/24/journey-to-find-the-true-original-buddha-dharma-2/

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