Our Inquiry Center replies to several questions here. Please read the answer to each question separately and do not mix the answers to different questions together.
- Someone said that when he came to the United States, he stayed at the residence of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Did this occur before or after this person received his/her grade level from taking the examination?
Reply: As long as this person currently does not have a grade level of golden button(s), this person has never stayed in the inner court of the residence of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III ever since the time when this person paid respect to and met H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for the first time. This fact has nothing to do when this person received his/her grade level from taking the examination.
- Some disciples found that their master’s view is erroneous or evil. They do not even dare to go the Buddhist center to listen to the recorded dharma discourses and have lost their faith or confidence.
Reply: Just because of your master’s erroneous or evil view, you no longer go to listen to the recorded dharma discourses expounded by His Holiness the Buddha. People like you are truly sinful and have dark karmas. What does your master’s incorrect view have to do with listening to the recorded dharma discourses? It has been stated in the announcements repeatedly over and over again for more than ten years that you can only learn from the recorded dharma discourses expounded by His Holiness the Buddha. You are not to learn your master’s conduct. Your master’s erroneous or evil view absolutely has nothing to do with the recorded dharma discourses expounded by His Holiness the Buddha. It is you yourself who does not read the announcements and thus became deceived or defrauded. You do not correct yourself and even utter such words.
We tell you that a good Buddhist will rather give up his/her life instead of giving up the dharma. If your master is not good, you can find another good master. Holy virtuous ones not at the level of Golden Button Grade 3 have no qualification to give discourses. You have to listen to and learn from the recorded dharma discourses expounded by His Holiness the Buddha. You have to take the recorded dharma discourses expounded by His Holiness the Buddha as the standard. However, you do not read the announcements and do not act according to the dharma discourses and instead listen to the nonsense from masters with evil views. Being deceived or defrauded is exactly the retribution of causality you deserve. This is because you do not read the announcements, do not engage in the right undertaking, and only blindly listen to and follow evil words. Of course you will encounter malicious karmas. As an analogy, this is like a scenario that you accepted the evil statements of Devadatta and later learned that you were deceived, but you then stopped listening to the dharma expounded by Sakyamuni Buddha. What does the evil statements of Devadatta have to do with the dharma expounded by Sakyamuni Buddha? Are you still a cultivator? Speaking in words that are not nice to hear, you are just an idiot who deserves to be harmed by an evil master.
- Which master should we choose to lead us? Whom should we believe after all?
Reply: It has been stated very clearly in the announcements. You should only believe the announcements, believe the recorded dharma discourses, and believe the results from the examination. Other than holy virtuous ones at the level of Golden Button Grade 3 or higher, no master has the right to give discourses.
- Whom was referred to in the replies to inquiries?
Reply: It was stated long ago that no names would be mentioned, unless one is a charlatan or evil person and continues the malicious acts without repenting and correcting. Then, this person’s name will be pointed out. Another reason for not mentioning the names is hoping to give this person an opportunity to correct their faults. If any question of this kind is raised again, we at the Inquiry Center of WBAH will no longer reply! WBAH will mention the name of the subject person if needed. It seem that you do not read the announcements or do not understand what you read, and could only listen to false words from swindlers. No wonder you are unable to learn holy Buddha-dharma.
- Regarding what Chen Jianyu said that he/she received a donation receipt of US$544, WBAH must tell you that WBAH issues each receipt according to the exact amount received, without any discrepancy of even one cent. Without receiving the fund of certain amount, if you want us to issue a receipt of a certain amount, we can only say sorry. We must be truthful and factual and cannot do anything against the law. The fact is that there wasn’t any person who submitted the fund on your behalf with the amount you mentioned.
We once again tell everyone that WBAH always issued the receipt according to the fact, regardless of which organization or individual the donation is from. As to how much money was given to whom to donate on your behalf within yourselves, WBAH does not get involved into that. All WBAH does is to issue the receipt truthfully according to the amount received. If you authorized someone else to donate for you, please ask for the receipt from the person you authorized. This has nothing to do with WBAH.
Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters
September 22, 201