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Important Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics

Response from the Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters to Questions Raised by Inquirers

        The “Important Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics” is because the World Buddhism Association Headquarters has already published announcements regarding inner-tantric initiations but even until now there are still people who have not read them or have not made an earnest effort to understand the announcements even after the reading. That makes it very difficult for those Buddhist disciples who want to grow good fortune and wisdom and to learn great Dharmas to attain accomplishment. Additionally, those who did not read or understand them will often stray away or even fall in evil ways. The reason is that they do not know what the correct Buddha-dharma truly is. For example, in general, people all wish to receive an inner-tantric initiation but do not know what inner-tantric is. They do not see the difference between empowerment and inner-tantric mandala, inner-tantric initiations and state-practice initiations, or the phenomena occurring in the process, the manifestation of the Dharma as mandated by the Dharma, or the severe distinction between what is true and what is false. What qualification must a master possess to perform an inner-tantric initiation? What is the qualification of a master who can perform a borrowed inner-tantric initiation? Can a person who can fly in the sky establish an inner-tantric mandala?

        On the other hand, what conditions and merit must a disciple possess to receive an inner-tantric initiation? How many kinds of marvelous utilization does Buddha-bestowed nectar have? What are the views of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III? And what is the proposition the Venerable Mozhi expressed? And so on. Because some people did not understand it from the reading, they asked more questions. On behalf of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters, we at the Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters implored the great holy and virtuous gurus to reply to your questions and obtain correct answers.

        Because the text of the questions raised is lengthy, we will not provide a list of answers and will only give brief and precise answers. We will disseminate only one reply daily to facilitate your learning and understanding. Please receive and read every day, and be sure to understand what you read. Only by doing so can one’s view become correct. Only then can one avoid being defrauded by charlatans and evil masters and avoid straying away. Doing so will surely and very quickly attain perfect good fortune and wisdom and become accomplished. Only through such an undertaking can one receive a great initiation and learn excellent Dharma!!!

        The first answer will be disseminated on the Lunar New Year’s Day. Other answers will follow and be published every day. There are altogether 35 answers to be provided continuously for 35 days. Please pay attention to receiving them! All answers are correct answers provided by the great holy and virtuous gurus. We at the Inquiry Center wrote them based on the original words.

The Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters

February 10, 2018

(Eric Huang translated this announcement into English. It was last revised on 2024-08-30.)

35 Important Replies from the Holy and Virtuous Gurus and Eminent Monastics

Important Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics and Brief Synopses

        The 35 replies from holy virtuous ones regarding the questions raised have all been published. However, some still do not understand from reading them and even have severe misunderstandings. They perceived the Dharmic stipulations integral to Tathagata’s authentic Dharma as supernormal powers. Some even said, “What I want to learn is Buddha-dharma. I am not interested in supernormal powers. Even H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III told you holy virtuous ones that He is not interested in supernormal powers. What His Holiness the Buddha emphasizes are carrying out good deeds, removing evildoing, practicing cultivation for enlightenment and benefiting living beings!”

        We can only tell you that you have mixed up the dharmic stipulations and supernormal powers from the roots. You said that you are not interested in supernormal abilities, but on the other hand, you regard the dharma requirements as supernormal powers. You have already fallen into stupidity and ignorance! You ultimately do not understand that the great Buddha Dharmas must be examined to be true or false based on the dharmic stipulations. You do not know that absolutely no error is permitted in inner-tantric initiations regarding the requirements of the Dharma. You do not understand that the Dharma stipulations are indispensable; otherwise, the practice will fall into heretic ways. You know even less about H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s state of enlightenment as a Buddha. It is not true that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was not interested in the stipulations of true Buddha-dharma that we mentioned. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said clearly: “I am not saying that your emphasis on the stipulation of the Dharma is not good. Rather, my concern is that there aren’t so many great holy virtuous ones to transmit the truly great Buddha Dharma.” H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III also said, “In today’s world, many people are learning Buddhism. Where can so many holy masters be found? How many masters who are great holy ones are there to teach them?”

        Additionally, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said: “The publicly-known stories of the manifestation of the holy state expounded by Sakyamuni Buddha in the sutras are more than what you said. I do not have the slightest doubt about what the Buddha said. I completely respect the World-Honored One.”

        You are so stupid that you do not even understand clearly who H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is. In the broader sense, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the Buddha in Buddhism. In the context of this Saha world, His Holiness, the Buddha is the supreme leader of Buddhism. Can His Holiness the Buddha be partial to any sect or school or only emphasize any particular dharma gate? H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III must equally respond to living beings according to the 84,000 dharma gates of Sakyamuni Buddha!

        Since you have not understood the basic principles yet, we seriously inform you that the 35 answers have nothing to do with supernormal powers. The stipulations of the Dharma and so on mentioned therein are not supernormal powers but are mandated by the tremendous high-level dharmas of the authentic Buddha Dharma. No supernormal power of any form suffices to be the stipulations specifically required by true Buddha-dharma. The requirements of the Dharma must be examined to determine the qualification of a guru in the holy realization levels. It is not up to you whether you are interested in it because it is the standard for validating whether someone is a true master. It allows people to see and know whether a master truly knows Buddha Dharma or not, whether he practices true Buddhism or just a heretic cult, whether someone pretends to have internal power from Buddha Dharma, whether someone only has a weak and hollow body and no Buddha-dharma, whether this someone enables people to quickly and expediently attain perfect good fortune and wisdom and become accomplished, or just defrauds people and prevents them from learning Buddha-dharma for their entire life without any possibility of achieving liberation, causing them to descend into one of the three lower realms so terribly?

        Some individual evil masters deceive their disciples by saying, “I am a great Bodhisattva, a Vajra master. I do not accept the stipulations of the Dharma for inner-tantric initiations. No stipulation affects me. I can easily break it using one finger.” You evil masters! You are crazy and stupid to the extent of lunatics!

        It is equivalent to someone being able to lift the weight of 100 kilograms with one hand, but you not only do not admit that this person has good physical strength but also think he is far inferior to you. If you believe that, then you should demonstrate your good physical power. You should lift a weight of more than 100 kilograms with one hand to prove that you can surpass that person, even just by a few grams. Only then are you eligible to deny his physical strength and say it is not as good as yours!

        In particular, you purposely self-claim to be a great Bodhisattva and make it look as if it was unintentional. As a Bodhisattva, your supernormal powers must be great, and you must have superior and formidable dharma powers. Why don’t you go ahead and apply your dharma powers of a great Bodhisattva to prove those two major stipulations of inner-tantric initiations are useless? Why don’t you dare to publicly present the three Vajra Pestles—the Earth Pestle, the Heaven Pestle, and the Dharma Pestle, as well as present a petition to a Bodhisattva for your followers to see that doing these is no big deal for you? If you can do these, you have the right to deny or criticize the stipulations of the Dharma.

        Conversely, if you cannot do these and if you can only make excuses before your disciples and dare not even try, it only shows that you are a false Bodhisattva. You are not just an ordinary person but one who only has exhausted physical strength. You do not have any flavor of holiness but are just a weak, exhausted, and sick person without any power, a wandering swindler on all accounts! You are false. Everyone knows that you cannot meet what is stipulated by the Dharma to the bone, and that is why you cover up your ugly and vicious face of faking as a holy one to deceive living beings by slandering the stipulations of genuine Buddha Dharma.

        Why do we ask you to verify yourself by presenting the three pestles? This is because you pose yourself as a great Bodhisattva. People all know that a great Bodhisattva possesses unimaginably high and profound powers of accomplishment. How can you not even have the ability to present the three pestles? According to the Dharma stipulations, the Earth Pestle’s weight should be 200 pounds for one aged around 60, weighing about 170 pounds. You can’t even lift such a weight off the ground. There is no need to mention that you can’t lift the Heaven Pestle of 110 pounds with one hand above the shoulder and present it to the offering table. Still, you have not been asked to raise the Dharma Pestle, which is more challenging than the Earth Pestle or the Heaven Pestle by 100 times. Since you cannot present the three pestles, can you claim good health and physical strength instead of the weak, handicapped, and sick body of an ordinary being? The truth is, your physique is feeble and hollow even among ordinary persons. You are entirely an ordinary person faking to be a holy one.

        Of course, you will look for excuses to tell your disciples, “My hands, feet, waist, and thighs are all injured.” Lifting the Dharma Pestle does not injure any part of your body; it only needs internal power or Vajra force. Moreover, we can ask you to manifest the inner-tantric initiation. You let the mong-bean-sized and substantial Vajra pill exhibit miraculous transformations at a distance of ninety meters from the Vajra pill. As to “Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva,” that is 1000 times more difficult than presenting the three pestles and is not something those swindlers and evil masters are eligible even to imagine.

        Dharma Master Shi Jianhui formally made her vow before the Buddha statue in the grand hall, “Now His Holiness the Buddha is present in the world. I am fortunate to have followed the Buddha and received His teachings for 18 years. I have almost always been able to listen to His impartation of the Dharma every day as long as His Holiness the Buddha, my merciful master, is in California. However, many people live in faraway places and other countries. They know nothing about H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and thus have no respect in mind. I now make my vow. I would rather give up myself to be punished by the precepts than abandon my vow of wishing cultivators to learn true Buddha-dharma. From now on, regardless of what level you are, as long as you have done ‘Presenting the three Vajra Pestles,’ you can choose a big and broad grassland at any location for me to demonstrate the Dharma of Fine Horse Traveling in Sky by Stepping on Clouds. I will rise and walk in the sky. You and no more than 100 disciples of yours and another 300 Buddhists of good faith, whom I will select, can be at the site to observe in person so that you can see the true power of the authentic Tathagata Dharma. I know very clearly that doing such manifestation out of my own intention violates the seventh precept No. 7 of the Precepts of the Yidam Dharma and will affect my accomplishment. However, for the sake of living beings, just as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, ‘If I do not enter the hell, who will?’

        Actually, I already demonstrated my realization of accomplishment on two occasions. The first time was to deliver a dharma booklet in time. The second time was in response to the karmic cause of Dharma Master Longhui. The next time will be the third. As long as you have done ‘Presenting the three Vajra Pestles,’ you are already a great holy and virtuous one, and your accomplishment is higher than mine. Thus, you will have all the rights to watch me showing my level of accomplishment and all the rights to arrange for your excellent disciples to view. I am making this vow to give living beings opportunities to acquire wisdom and generate good karma. I have made this vow and will truthfully do so. I do not have the slightest intention of praising myself or showing off. I have only one purpose, which is to let people who seek faithful Dharma see the genuine Buddha Dharma so that afterward, they can ultimately carry out kindness, stay far away from evil, truly practice The Xiaman Most Excellent Oceanic Mind Essence, love the country, people and all living beings, sincerely cultivate themselves, be good people and be on the right path, and plant the holy cause of enlightenment to attain real accomplishment.”

        Remember, the replies from the Holy Virtuous Ones And Eminent Monastics do not talk about supernormal powers or show off supernormal abilities. They have nothing to do with supernormal powers. Instead, the emphasis is on the stipulations of the Dharma that must be applied in the true Dharma of the Tathagata and inner-tantric initiations. The requirements of the Dharma are not supernormal powers. Supernormal powers cannot manipulate or control the ways mandated by the stipulations of the Dharma. That is why, regarding the Dharma requirements, although Arhats possess the six supernormal powers, they can only present the three pestles and cannot accomplish “Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva.” That is because the stipulations of the Dharma are upheld and controlled by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The three vidyas and six supernormal powers an Arhat possesses do not affect “Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva” at all. The reason is that an Arhat is not qualified to invite a great Bodhisattva to come to an inner-tantric mandala in person to accept the petition publicly.

        To facilitate your grasping of the critical points in the 35 replies, we developed a brief synopsis for every answer as a hint or reminder. However, you must read the outlines along with the original text of the answers to each question. Only then can you gain an accurate and precise understanding. These synopses of the 35 replies will be published on April 20.

The Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters

 April 10, 2018

 (Eric translated this announcement into English. It was last edited on 2024-08-30.)

Brief Synopses of Answers Provided by Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics to Questions Raised

        Synopsis of Answer No. 1:

        Venerable Mozhi replies in person to the six questions addressed to him:

        He does not have the great holy and virtuous guru status.

        He has not yet realized the accomplishment of Gold Button Level 3 or as a non-retrograde Bodhisattva.

        He cannot confer inner-tantric initiations to disciples but can perform a borrowed inner-tantric initiation.

        He does not accept disciples.

        It is he who demonstrated the power that burnt many high monks and virtuous ones with tummo fire in the video titled “Manifestation of Genuine Buddha-Dharma That Is Difficult to See Even in One Thousand Years.”

        On that day, a person with the title of rinpoche feared the embarrassment of being injured by the burn and thus dared not enter the field.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 2:

        To receive an inner-tantric initiation, one must pass two checkpoints, neither of which can be skipped. Getting the agreement from the master conferring the initiation is just passing the first checkpoint. However, suppose you have any doubt or speak falsely to the master administering the inner-tantric initiation. In that case, you have committed an offense to the fundamental precepts. The Buddha or Bodhisattva Yidam will not agree to confer the initiation and transmit the Dharma to you at the second checkpoint. Even if the initiation is performed forcefully, there will not be any beneficial effect at all.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 3:

        The effect of an inner-tantric initiation is to invite a Buddha or a Bodhisattva to come to the mandala to accept the disciple!! The disciple must be very pious and have made tangible contributions to the Buddhist undertakings!!! Only such a disciple can meet the requirement to receive the initiation. If one presents offerings to a tremendously holy and virtuous guru with the utmost piousness, one can receive the First-Class Initiation of Dharma Affinity with the Yidam; one can also receive the Utmost Precious Holy Amrit to exterminate one’s hindrances. Within 12 hours, this disciple will see the Buddha or Bodhisattva in space in person and learn a supreme Dharma to transform from an ordinary being to a holy one immediately. This answer also mentioned an example of actual realization seen by many people. For details, please visit the full text of Answer No. 3.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 4:

        This answer points out that the best cultivation and dharma practice in this world is the cultivation and dharma practice expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, such as the cultivation and dharma practice in the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. Numerous eminent monastics and greatly virtuous ones who have attained liberation through learning and practicing the Buddha-dharma of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III can be concretely named. No one else can hold the candle. That is the guarantee for your accomplishment and liberation.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 5:

        This answer clearly expresses the view of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that all sects and schools are equal, and each has its own specialty. The key to learning from Buddha is to abstain from doing all that is evil, to do all that is good, and to cultivate and conduct oneself according to Buddha’s teachings. Once great compassion and good nature are established, one can learn great Buddha Dharma and attain accomplishment quickly and expediently. Why do holy and virtuous ones emphasize dharmic stipulations of the inner-tantric initiations? One reason is to prevent cultivators from following evil masters and charlatans. More importantly, only an inner-tantric initiation can enable the disciple to timely reach and communicate with the Yidam, who is a Buddha or a Bodhisattva. Suppose the initiation is a State Practice Initiation of the Seed of Holy Cause. In that case, the disciple will see Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in space right then and can enter the world of a holy state at any time later.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 6:

        There are always traitors in any lineage of the true Dharma of the Tathagata. Because the mission of true Buddha Dharma is benefiting living beings, leading living beings to attain holiness, and forbidding deceiving people with evil intentions, it does not agree with the evil masters and charlatans whose purpose is to defraud people for money and sex through transmitting false Buddha-dharma. Because true Buddha Dharma thwarts these charlatans from getting money and sex, they will, of course, oppose it. Therefore, to continue their way of fraud, they will definitely make the only choice: betrayal.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 7:

        On what is manifest, such as the opening of the crown or the initial state of Xianliang Great Perfection, the “initiation of state practice” and the “empowerment of state practice” seem similar, but they are entirely different in nature. In the initiation, the Buddha or Bodhisattva accepts the disciple in person, while in the empowerment, the Buddha or Bodhisattva just bestows empowerment but does not accept the disciple. Additionally, some people took the manifest phenomenon of receiving empowerment from a Tremendously Holy and Virtuous Guru and lied to their disciples that they were receiving an initiation. They could even be so wicked as to deceive their disciples by saying that it was due to their own realization and dharma power. There are very many people of this kind. They are all ordinary beings plus charlatans. Please inquire at the headquarters; you will learn the specifics immediately.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 8:

        Some masters deceivingly claim to be able to confer an inner-tantric initiation for their disciples, having received an initiation or empowerment from a great holy master themselves. Attention: anyone who has received an inner-tantric initiation must have a Measuring Vajra Rope. Without this object of evidence, it may just be inner-tantric empowerment or only deceit. To determine an individual’s qualifications, please inquire at the World Buddhism Association Headquarters. No false claim can survive since the complete records exist.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 9:

        What is “Presenting the Three Vajra Pestles”? The first is the “Earth Pestle,” whose weight is set according to the test candidate’s age and weight. For example, if a man is around 60 and weighs about 170 pounds, the weight of the Earth Pestle is set to be 200 pounds, and he will need to lift it with one arm. The second is the “Heaven Pestle,” which weighs 110 pounds, and the third is the “Dharma Pestle,” which is to be presented by one’s internal power. Both the “Heaven Pestle” and the “Earth Pestle” test and verify one’s physical strength and health. Suppose someone weighs 170 pounds. If the person’s age is around 50, the weight of the “Earth Pestle” to be presented will be 210 pounds. If the person’s age is approximately 40, the weight of the “Earth Pestle” to be presented will be 220 pounds. If the person is around 30, the weight of the “Earth Pestle” to be presented will be 230 pounds. If the person is about 20, the “Earth Pestle” will weigh 240 pounds. If one’s body weight exceeds 170 pounds, for every additional pound of body weight, a pound should be added to the weight requirement of the “Earth Pestle.” Regarding why “Presenting the Three Vajra Pestles” and “Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva” are the rigorous stipulations of Dharma required by an inner-tantric mandala, please consult the original text of the answer.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 10:

        An inner-tantric mandala will become an ordinary mandala and no longer possess any inner-tantric effect after the tremendous holy and virtuous guru who established the mandala has entered nirvana for three years and three months. However, a Buddha hall of true Buddha-Dharma built in accordance with the Dharma has no time limitation.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 11:

        The person demonstrating “Presenting the Three Vajra Pestles” is a great rinpoche. We are not authorized to tell you his dharma name as you requested. He is a rinpoche and a U.S. citizen.

        Please see the original text to see whether H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has ever accepted the person you asked about as a disciple in Thailand.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 12:

        A master who can confer a borrowed inner-tantric initiation must meet all three major requirements!!! A holy and virtuous one of Gold Button Level 3 cannot preside over an Initiation of Dharma Affinity with the Yidam but can confer a real inner-tantric initiation. However, an inner-tantric initiation must be done in an actual inner-tantric mandala that has completed the practices of Impersonating the Three Vajra Pestles and Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva. Otherwise, the disciple will not benefit from the dharma practice.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 13:

        To attain accomplishment and liberation takes three great asankhyeya kalpas (3.84 billion years). One must also broadly practice the six paramitas subsumed in the myriad deeds. Only inner-tantric initiations enable one to attain accomplishment in seven lifetimes, three lifetimes, the current lifetime, or even the present moment if one could learn the holiest Dharma. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said that as long as you genuinely practice cultivation and Dharma according to what He teaches, you can attain accomplishment in your current lifetime, no matter who you are.

        We have not heard of any inner-tantric mandala in the world as of now. Wangzha Shangzun already announced last year that a genuine inner-tantric mandala would be established in the United States this year.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 14:

        You asked whether H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has an inner-tantric mandala. The answer is that He never has one. He is a Buddha; why does He need an inner-tantric mandala? Wherever His Holiness the Buddha is present and transmitting the Dharma, it is an inner-tantric mandala possessing holy siddhi.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 15:

        Only with the realization of Gold Button Levels is a person indeed venerable. A Shangzun at the Gold Button Level 3 level does not have the absolute confidence to “Present a Petition to a Bodhisattva.” Only a Shangzun above the Gold Button Level 3 level can definitely accomplish “Present a Petition to a Bodhisattva.” Regarding the fact that different people with entirely different accomplishments of cultivation reached the same level of the blue button(s) from the test, please see the original text of answers in the book titled Brief Synopses and Original Texts of the Answers from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics for details.

        Regarding the question about whether the Dharma of Empowerment by Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Great Compassion practiced by a so-and-so person has the lineage of true Buddha-Dharma or is it from a lineage of the descendants of the Mara King, please inquire at World Buddhism Association Headquarters. Otherwise, receiving the wrong empowerment will bring bad luck and suffering.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 16:

        Why would some people oppose the stipulations of the Dharma regarding an inner-tantric mandala? It is because those who resist are undoubtedly false holy ones and real swindlers. They have no realization of accomplishment to establish an inner-tantric mandala and can only perform fake inner-tantric initiations. They hate the stipulations of true Buddha-Dharma to their bones. If they did not immediately oppose the requirements as soon as they were presented, these people would, before their disciples, expose the fact that they always perform fake inner-tantric initiations and would be unable to cover up their nature as swindlers. For details, please see the original text of the answer.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 17:

        Magicians can create an earthquake or something using various kinds of lighting and chemistry. They can make an airplane or automobile vanish or appear. However, no great magician can ever transform a sheet of paper with the disciple’s writings into rainbow light. “Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva” can only be accomplished by a master who is a Bodhisattva with the status of a tremendously holy and virtuous one. “Sending a petition” means putting the petition document before the crowd. Without using fire, the Bodhisattva will come from space to the site to take the petition, which will transform into a rainbow and fly away. On the other hand, “burning a petition” is to burn the petition by flame. Any person can do that.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 18:

        One who realizes the accomplishment of Gold Button Level 1 or Gold Button Level 2 is still at risk of receding from the attained accomplishment. The original text of Answer No. 18 has real examples to explain this fact.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 19:

        Performing a borrowed inner-tantric initiation entails at least three disciples receiving the initiation.  A key element in this process is the ‘Measuring Vajra Rope.’ This rope, used in the initiation, is cut into sections according to the number of people and distributed among them. The Vajra pill will also be ground into powders to be divided among them. A real inner-tantric initiation received by a single person will have a “Measuring Vajra Rope” with a length between 16.5 feet and 33 feet. If the disciple receiving the initiation does not possess a “Measuring Vajra Rope,” the initiation is not a real inner-tantric initiation. The distance between the master and the disciple is measured using the length of this rope, which must not be less than 16.5 feet. If you want to find out whether the rope possessed by a particular person is real or forged, please inquire at the World Buddhism Association Headquarters.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 20:

        Despite its small and hard exterior, the Vajra pill houses a miraculous interior-a Vajra mandala. When the Inner-tantric Yidam enters this mandala, the pill undergoes a wondrous transformation. It changes its size and height, performs an acrobatic skating dance, and manifests miraculous transformations, leaving one in awe of its divine nature.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 21:

        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has never accepted offerings. Whether one can learn Buddha-dharma is determined by whether one truly has a pious mind. The Yidam Bodhisattva will not approve one who makes a false vow.  

        Separately, a holy and virtuous one who can only confer a borrowed inner-tantric initiation is not a non-receding Bodhisattva. Such a person may recede from his achievement.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 22:

        The thin, white facial light between the eyebrows that represents one of the thirty-two significant elegant marks of a Buddha cannot be seen by those who do not possess the karmic condition or speak falsely to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, who are insincere and have told lies to a Buddha, who are incredibly selfish, who have violated solemn precepts; who are not kind in mind, who are demonic persons or evil ghosts and monsters, and who do not sincerely learn from Buddha to cultivate themselves. In December last year (2017), H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III manifested His actual facial appearance of a Buddha. The scene was seen by more than 70% of the people present with their own eyes. Each of them observed something different. What some saw was the utmost and penetratingly transparent red complexion with embodied beauty resembling a red coral, while to some others, it was like a brilliant sun, emitting radiance that kept their eyes from opening. As to the thin white light between the eyebrows of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, they saw different types of miraculous transformations. Some people saw H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III manifesting two completely different appearances within a few minutes. Others did not see anything. The definitions of the thirty-two significant elegant marks of a Buddha are not fixed. This is because Buddhas respond to karmic conditions and manifest according to the species of living beings to save them. The views seen by people can be different.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 23:

        The “Buddha-bestowed holy Amrit” can only be given by an Equal Enlightenment Bodhisattva, a Marvelous Enlightenment Bodhisattva, or a Buddha. A Great Bodhisattva can, at most, give Amrit through trees or flowers. The difference between Amrit through trees or flowers and the “Buddha-bestowed holy Amrit” is like heaven and earth. Amrit has different types and different holy empowerment, such as:

        Initiation by the Utmost Precious Holy Amrit can enable one to become a great holy person on the spot, realizing the state of nirvana with complete awareness.

        If one can abide by the precepts in one’s cultivation and practice without violating the precepts in the Amrit Protection Longevity Mantra, the Initiation of the Great Precious Amrit can expand one’s lifespan to 125 years. It can enable one to attain accomplishment and liberation in 12 years and realize the state of nirvana with complete awareness.

        Initiation by the Bodhi Amrit will enable one to attain accomplishment and liberation in 20 years, with a lifespan of 125 years. However, one must abide by the Amrit Protection Longevity Mantra precepts. If any violation is committed, one must sincerely repent and correct it within 15 days. Otherwise, the Amrit and its effect will be lost without a trace.

        Initiation with the sprinkling of the Bodhi Amrit has only 5% of the effect.

        Amrit pills have only 2% of the effect.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 24:

        One who can “Establish a Mandala through a Slab of Stone” or “Forecast the Future” is truly a non-receding, tremendously holy and virtuous one and has already possessed the cultivated accomplishment of “Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva.”

        Synopsis of Answer No. 25:

        The “Fine Horse Walking Dharma” is an initial-stage holy Dharma. One who practices this Dharma is unable to establish an inner-tantric mandala. One must reach Gold Button Level 3 or above to be able to do that. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III expounded the Dharma to tell us that only cultivation is fundamentally essential. If you want to learn this Dharma, find other great, holy and virtuous ones elsewhere.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 26:

        Venerable Mozhi, who is at the level of Gold Lotus Button, is still unable to establish an Inner-tantric Mandala and can only confer a Borrowed Inner-tantric Initiation. Those famous figures you mentioned are only at the levels of the blue button(s) and possess no accomplishment of realization to establish an Inner-tantric Mandala at all. They cannot perform Inner-tantric Initiations either.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 27:

        Those masters who teach people must submerge themselves deeply in the sutras and understand the principles of the teachings and the essence of the Dharma. Otherwise, they will inevitably lead people to enter evil gates and descend into the lower realms. It is because they are false masters and complete outsiders to Buddhism.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 28:

        A venerable title doesn’t imply the person is a venerable one. One must be at the Gold Button level to be a venerable one. A venerable one wearing a lotus button is a truly venerable one. One at Gold Button Level 3 is a Shangzun. The title refers to a great Bodhisattva who is above venerable ones. Regardless of how high one’s status may be, any master at the Blue Button levels has not yet realized Arhats’ states and is not a holy and virtuous one. Such a master can, at most, confer a transmitted inner-tantric initiation and cannot confer a borrowed inner-tantric initiation. Holy virtuous ones at Gold Button Level 1 or above but have not reached Gold Button Level 3 can only confer a borrowed inner-tantric initiation and cannot confer a direct inner-tantric initiation. There are also extremely few holy persons who do not want to disclose their names nor come forward to take the test for the level but are truly holy ones. Still, this type of person must have a holy realization and possess great kindness and compassion. Additionally, with a one-hundred-percent certainty, they possess a few of the Five Vidyas. Moreover, they do not fall into the 128 Evil and Erroneous Views. Otherwise, they cannot be holy ones.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 29:

        Worldly dharma cultivation refers to the Dharma and cultivation that have not undergone a holy selection or have undergone a holy selection, but the Yidam did not arrive to give His approval. On the other hand, holy dharma cultivation has been approved by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas only bear responsibility for the holy dharma cultivation. If it is a holy dharma cultivation, not one sentence can be changed, or it will immediately become a worldly dharma cultivation and may even become evil Dharma.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 30:

        Why must inner-tantric initiations be performed in an inner-tantric mandala that meets the two significant stipulations of the Dharma? The reason is to protect and serve cultivators who learn from Buddha and to prevent evil masters and charlatans from defrauding them. Evil masters and charlatans definitely will not be able to present the Three Vajra Pestles or accomplish Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva, no matter how cunning they may be. Therefore, they have no realization powers to establish an inner-tantric mandala. Only a true, great, holy and virtuous one or a Great Bodhisattva can establish an inner-tantric mandala. Moreover, only an inner-tantric initiation performed in an inner-tantric mandala can allow the disciple to receive the initiation and benefit from the dharma practice.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 31:

        Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva is, based on the content defined in the petition, to at least invoke a non-receding Bodhisattva to arrive at the site to accept the petition. The great holy master performing the Dharma will cause the petition, placed far away, to transform into a rainbow and fly away before the disciples. The fact the petition is taken away means the content has been accepted and thus is correct. Suppose the Great Bodhisattva does not take away the petition. In that case, the Bodhisattva does not approve it, and the petition is incorrect or evil.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 32:

        An ordinary Buddha hall is not a Buddha hall of true Buddha-dharma! A Buddha hall of true Buddha-dharma is not an inner-tantric mandala! A Buddha hall of true Buddha-dharma can only be established by a master who has received the Inner-tantric Initiation of Establishing a Buddha Hall. A professional master in building Buddha halls cannot violate the precepts. Otherwise, this master who breaks the tenets will lose the realization power to establish Buddha halls. However, the Buddha hall(s) previously built by this master will not be affected. A master who can build a Buddha hall of true Buddha-dharma must hold and possess a three-colored Vajra rope received at the time of the inner-tantric initiation on building Buddha halls of true Buddha-dharma. An inner-tantric mandala can only be established by a tremendously holy and virtuous or greatly holy and virtuous one. Since no inner-tantric mandala exists now, there is no way to transmit the Dharma of establishing Buddha halls.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 33:

        The World Buddhism Association Headquarters’ carrying out the tests is to help everyone tell the truth from the false and the good from the evil, lest they be defrauded or deceived. False masters have the following behaviors:

        They hold up the signs of great holy ones and great Bodhisattvas to commit fraud.

        They demand their disciples to take oaths or curses to pledge their loyalty and do not allow them to follow other masters.

        They commit severe violations against Sakyamuni Buddha’s teachings and precepts, forge false Buddha-dharma, fabricate incorrect textbooks, and harm their followers. They are as vicious as vultures or beasts.

        They fake to be holy even though they are ordinary. They have neither accomplishment nor virtue; they violate ethical human relationships and snatch offerings by deceit.

        When tested on the sutras and teachings, they are exposed as amateurs, for their answers are full of mistakes. They falsely boast of having holy realization and inner power, but in fact, they are nothing but depleted physical strength wrapped in a shell full of sickness. They are downright outsiders to the sutras, cultivation, or the meanings of Buddha-dharma.

        Baselessly piece together and give discourses with the heretic view of nihilism to deceive and harm living beings with poisonously malicious effects.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 34:

        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the only Buddha recognized by dharma kings and rinpoches of all significant Buddhist sects worldwide in the history of Buddhism. The teachings and dharmas expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are not those of a sect or school linked to a patriarch or a particular vehicle such as Vajrayana, Mahayana, or Hinayana. They treat all Buddhist vehicles, sects, and schools equally. They are in the same system as the teachings and dharmas of Sakyamuni Buddha and are pure and true Buddha-dharma.

        Synopsis of Answer No. 35:

        Cultivators must use the 128 views to check and verify all masters below but not including Gold Button Level 3.

        One’s merit can genuinely be different in terms of magnitude and level. The merit of presenting an offering to or supporting a rinpoche, dharma master, or temple cannot compare to that of submitting an offering to Sakyamuni Buddha. The difference is like that between the sky and the ground. The toddler in Budapest had a highly excellent karmic condition to present a handful of sand as an offering to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The merit of his pure mentality and action was limitless.

        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is of selflessness, humility, and holy purity. He has not said one word of complaint, even though the product Fabisheng, which He invented, was usurped by someone for her personal gain for 30 years. His Holiness the Buddha does not pursue fame or profit and is entirely selfless and free of greed. Besides, the height of His achievements in the Five Vidyas, His bestowing the holy Amrit as a Buddha, and the 32 significant elegant marks of a Buddha possessed by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are all patent evidence that proves H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is a Buddha! His good deeds and holy feats are being compiled, which are more than what many books can contain.

        If you truly intend to read and clearly understand the specific contents, please combine with the original text of every answer in the book titled Brief Synopses and Original Texts of the Answers from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics.

The Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters

April 20, 2018

 (Eric Huang translated this announcement into English. It was last revised on 2024-08-31.)