The Virtue of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Holy Occurrences (3)
A Narration for Which I Am Willing to
Bear Any Karmic Retribution
H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata has come to this
world again. Everyone knows that there is no other holy person in this world
whose noble moral character and Five Vidyas wisdom can compare with those of
His Holiness. Holy states that people often regard as extraordinary constantly
occur when one is at the side of H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata. We
attendants have seen so many holy states over the long course of time we have
been attending upon His Holiness that we often become accustomed to seeing
these holy states. We even have felt somewhat numb or indifferent to such
states. However, I would now like to narrate two events. I am not narrating
these events because they are related to me but because they are directly
related to the good fortune of all living beings in this earthly realm.
The
first event occurred after about 4:00 in the afternoon on July 30, 1999. H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III had decided to leave China because the karmic conditions
had changed. However, this decision could not be made public. Thus, I alone
accompanied H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III as His Holiness stood on the granite
steps outside the South Block of the Meijing Tower located in the Luohu
District of Shenzhen City. We were waiting for the driver to arrive in order to
take H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to the airport. Suddenly, something caused my
body to shake for a moment. The thirty-story Meijing Tower that was behind me
also began to shake. I heard the sound of the shaking glass that covered the
streetlights. Those thick and heavy light-poles were solidly embedded in the
granite foundation. That sound lasted a few dozen seconds. I immediately
realized that the earth was quaking, but I did not say anything because I felt
very heavy-hearted at the time.
After
a little while, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III asked me, “Did the earth just
quake?” I tersely responded with the single word, “Yes.” The face of H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III was expressionless. His Holiness knew very well that the
building would not collapse due to the earthquake since it was this great
karmic event in Buddhism that caused the earth to quake.
The
sutras state that the earth quakes when a Buddha comes into the world and when
a Buddha passes away. However, at the time, I did not realize the important
meaning that earthquake portended. Only later did I understand: Those living
beings in the west will have the good fortune to learn the true Buddha-dharma!
The
second event was very fortuitous. It happened on the same day I first met H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III (Master Wan Ko Yee). A large dharma
assembly that would last many consecutive days started on that day. H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III was going to expound the meaning of the works A Monk Expounds
the Absolute Truth to a Layperson and This Is My View. That discourse was to be
given for the benefit of living beings, no matter what their innate capacities
or karmic conditions were. Before the Dharma Assembly began, the then elderly
Huibang Huang recounted for everyone what he experienced that day when H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III empowered (blessed) him. The elderly Huibang Huang was a
famous and highly virtuous person in China. At the time, he was the
vice-chairman of the Jiangxi Province Buddhism Association and was called
“Jiangxi Rinpoche.” He had devoted himself to Buddhism since his early years
when he encountered the Buddha-dharma while studying abroad in Japan. For more
than seventy years, he had maintained a vegetarian diet and had incessantly
studied the sutras. The devotion and tenacity with which he pursued the
Buddha-dharma over his entire life is inspiring. At the advanced age of almost
ninety, he still went to Tibet alone to seek the dharma, carrying with him
Buddhist sutras. H.H. Wish Fulfilling Jewel Dharma King Jigme Phuntsok was
deeply moved by this and told him, "Your good roots are extremely deep.
You should go to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest
Tathagata to learn higher Buddha-dharma." He also privately told Huibang
Huang where H.H. Dorje ChangBuddha III was.
The
elderly Huibang Huang recounted for everyone the following. On that day, he ate
the food of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III had
invoked the Buddhas and Boddhisattvas to bestow for him. H.H. Dorje Chang
Buddha III also told him that his wish would be fulfilled, that he would be
allowed to see a Buddha. Right when he was about to see a Buddha, the elderly
Huibang Huang suddenly said that he would rather see a dharma protecting deity.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III then casually called forth such a deity. In an
instant, a dharma protecting deity suddenly appeared out of nowhere right in
front of Huibang Huang. That deity was as massive as an iron pagoda and was
wearing a black helmet and black armor covering its entire body. It roared
thunderously. There was no time for Huibang Huang to respond, so he simply fell
to the ground. (There is a tape recording of the elderly Huibang Huang
recounting this event.)
Everyone
should think about this. Who else could casually call forth a dharma protecting
deity, and that dharma protecting deity will thereby instantly appear? Of
course, only a Buddha has such powerful virtue!
The
two events that I have stated above are true. If I spoke falsely and deceived everyone,
I will receive all evil karmic retribution. On the contrary, since everything
that I stated is true, may all things go smoothly for me; may all living beings
hear the true Buddha-dharma of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III (Master Wan Ko Yee); may the good fortune and wisdom of all living beings grow;
and may all living beings attain liberation from the cycle of reincarnation!
Buddha’s
disciple Long Zhi Tanpe Nyima
November
15, 2007
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