Right after the Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) issued an announcement, you immediately submitted new inquiries. We at WBAH pray for you. You finally are seeking the awakening by the correct views. If one is deceived by evil persons and is deluded by their lies, the delusion may remain in one’s mind to be unsolved and one may be deceived for the entire lifetime. The ending will be miserable.
Several inquiries are replied to in the following:
Dharma Master Fa De did learn the Dharma of Empowerment by Namo Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva from the lineage of true Buddha-dharma, but she has not attained the lineage to transmit the dharma yet.
It has been announced to all that the reason for not mentioning the names is that if the names are pointed out, masters who spoke lies to cheat people will harm you. Since they dare to tell lies to deceive people, they do not bear responsibility for the law of cause and effect. Another reason for not mentioning the names is hoping to give them an opportunity to correct their faults. Of course, if one is a charlatan or evil person and continues the malicious acts without repenting and correcting, this person’s name will be pointed out. Actually, to recognize whether one is good or bad is very simple and you can tell who was referred to. For example, it was mentioned in the announcement that someone said that he once stayed at the residence of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Regardless of whether his words were true or not, as long as the person said such words to you and he does not wear a robe with golden button(s), that person is mentioned in the announcement.
Wang Qiu Rinpoche in Hong Kong is not the Qang Qiu Rinpoche mentioned in the announcement.
Your inquiry asked for our opinion regarding whether you should follow a certain person to learn or whether you should learn at a certain place. Regardless of where it is, the best and the highest-class learning is to listen the recorded dharma discourses expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. If one is not a great holy virtuous one at the level of Golden Button Grade 3, one has no qualification to give discourses on the essence of the dharma. None of the masters can give a discourse on or explain Buddha-dharma to you. They made errors and mistakes more or less. In these several years, it has been proven from actual practice that the discourses given by many masters do not agree with the sutras or true Buddha-dharma. Listening to the reckless speeches by others will cause one’s views to deviate and be wrong. It is true that the Hua Zang Buddhist Institute recruited some professors and dharma masters from outside to provide guidance on the basic knowledge of Buddhism. We should know that the 128 views are absolutely the dharma words that guide the direction in one’s learning from Buddha to cultivate oneself.
Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters
September 15, 2018