1. The Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) already replied to your inquiry publicly. Now you are asking the same question again. We now reply to you one more time and still do not mention your master’s name. You asked about why he stated that he had learned the “Dharma of Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Empowerment” even though he had not. That just means that he told lies to deceive people. There is no need for WBAH to check. WBAH knows clearly who has learned the “Dharma of Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Empowerment” because WBAH keeps a record of the lineage of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, including the third-generation lineage holders who received the dharma from the second-generation lineage holders and what their names are. As of now, the lineage has not been extended to the fourth generation yet. This is very clear. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III did not transmit the “Dharma of Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Empowerment” to your master. None of the second-generation lineage holders have transmitted to your master either.
Buddha-dharma has to be learned with a pure and upright mind, a mind to benefit living beings. We once again remind you that the “Dharma of Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Empowerment” was brought to this earthly world by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the sole holder of the first-generation lineage. As early as 1991, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III started to transmit this dharma. In the United States, the transmission of this dharma began in 2000.
According to our information, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III did not transmit this dharma to the elder dharma king in Tibet whom you mentioned. He does not have the lineage of the “Dharma of Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Empowerment” and also has never performed the “Dharma of Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Empowerment.” Since you kept mentioning that elder dharma king in Tibet, Wang Zha Shang Zun specifically observed your mentality and said, “The accomplishment realized by that elder dharma king is that of a Ru Zun at the level of Golden Button Grade 1 As of now, he has not yet attained the realization of a Jiao Zun at the level of Golden Button Grade 2.”
The best method to resolve your question is to ask your master to apply to WBAH for making his answer sheet in the examination public. If your master passed with a score of 60 points or higher, he may teach people with some limitations. Even in such a scenario, he would still have many erroneous views and cannot proclaim having the true dharma! This is because where he answered correctly can be called the true dharma but where the answers were wrong may be the wrong dharma or dharma of evil views.
We hope that you do not repeatedly ask some absurd questions. You tried to defend your master over and over again. Now the situation is becoming more and more terrible. You are only forcing him to make his answer sheet public. When that happens, you and your master will only weep with tears on your cheeks.
- Regarding whether your master’s paintings are good or bad, you can submit his work(s) for evaluation. We will also provide two paintings for him to imitate. If the imitation reaches a level of 60%, he can be called as having the “foundation of craftsmanship.” If the imitation achieves 80% or more, it may be determined as possessing the “craftsmanship vidya.” You and others can also be present on the spot to watch. Let’s reach a fair and just conclusion this way, okay?
- Based on what do you say that your master possesses true Buddha-dharma and is a holy person? Did he attain a grade level of golden button(s) from the examination? Anyone who is still at the stages of blue button(s) all have errors. How could your master proclaim having true Buddha-dharma without feeling embarrassed! We remind you one more time here that a person who is not a holy virtuous one with golden button(s) has no holiness to speak of at all and cannot be guaranteed to have correct views. Since you and your master are Buddhists at the beginning level and are in the learning phase, your views may have correct views, erroneous views, evil views, and so on. Otherwise your scores from the examination would have reached the level of passing. Do you agree?
The reason that even holy virtuous ones at the levels of Golden Button Grade 1 and Golden Button Grade 2, who are much much higher than your master, are not qualified to give discourses is because their views have not become purified yet and therefore they may intentionally or unintentionally mislead living beings. Exactly due to this fact, it has been stipulated that they can only lead people to listen respectfully the recorded dharma discourses expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. In terms of realization and cultivated accomplishment, 1,097 cultivators at the level of Blue Button Grade 3 have to be added to be comparable to that of a holy virtuous one at the level of Golden Button Grade 3. How can finding a holy person whose realization is at a level of golden button(s) be easily said? You should think about this fact earnestly!
If you continue to argue for your master in such stupid manner to defend your master using evil views, that really amounts to exposing your master publicly to let everyone see. Don’t you feel that you are very silly and are doing harm to your master? You should think about a point seriously. Since holy ones are very difficult to find in this world, it would be impossible to benefit living beings if Buddhism and Buddha-dharma must only be propagated by holy ones. Although holders of titles of blue button(s) are not holy persons, it is necessary to let them act to benefit living beings and to propagate and advocate listening to the recorded dharma discourses. They are also generating the merit of benefiting living beings.
In your mind, you still hope that WBAH recognizes your master as a holy person. We must tell you clearly that WBAH can only speak from the fact and cannot call a non-holy person as a holy one. If your master agrees, WBAH will use a simple and yet accurate way to preciously determine his status to show which category he belongs to. When WBAH publicly notifies the first round of attendees for the annual examination in early 2019, your master can be included in the list. The annual examination will include a test on the sutras, vinayas, and shastras as well as a holy test. Once he is included in the list and has been notified publicly to take the examination, if he dares not come forward and resists taking the examination, it will be clearly shown that he is an amateur having no knowledge on the sutras, vinayas, and shastras, is like scrape metal rather than gold or silver, and is an ordinary person who has sneaked into the rank of Buddhism. If he comes to take the examination, the score will clearly tell everything. You will then know the fact explicitly. This is the most fair and the most just way and everyone will be convinced not only verbally but also in mind. We assume that you will not object to this approach!
- You inquired about how to establish a Buddhist organization.
Reply: You should follow the laws of the country and the government to establish it legally.
- You inquired about how to beseech an inner-tantric initiation.
Reply: This question was already answered very clearly in the Important Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics (the 35 questions and answers).
As to how to beseech in the manner that is in accord with the dharma, meeting the requirements and standards is in accord with the dharma.
- What is the grade level of Henghsing Gyatso Rinpoche from the annual examination?
Reply: Henghsing Gyatso Rinpoche received the grade level of Blue Button Grade 3 plus 1 Black Button from the annual examination.
Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters
October 25, 2018