The following is a translation of an article that appeared in the Asian Journal: Shariras are holy objects in Buddhism. The word sharira comes from Sanskrit and is translated as body, body bone, or bone relic. After the Buddha entered nirvana at death, his body was cremated. From that cremation appeared many holy objects as firm as… Read More »
(Translation from Chengdu, China newspaper article) (Article from Asian Journal ) A Heavenly Window Opens to the Western Buddha Land; Everyone Saw Holy Sights of the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss Laywoman Quan-Fang Lu Attained Enlightenment; Amitabha Buddha Escorted Her Away to the Western Paradise; She Left Behind 49 Shariras and Firm Relics Several days ago,… Read More »
(Reporter Zhuo Ga, Article appeared in Asian Journal, September 25-28, 2004) Tang Xie Le-Hui was a disciple of H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu. She was a native of Xin Fan in the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province. Her Buddhist name was Shi Xin Hui. She lived to be eighty-four years old. After 11:00 p.m. on… Read More »
On May 23rd, laywoman Cheng E-Fen Wang passed away in Xindu, Sichuan, China. This holy person followed H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu and practiced Kuan Yin Bodhisattva dharma. After this elderly person passed away, unprecedented holy states appeared. Many saw Amitabha Buddha, Kuan Yin Bodhisattva and other holy beings in the sky as well as a multi-colored… Read More »
Article that appeared in the Asian Journal: Recently, many newspapers have published articles on the “Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly” that took place in Los Angeles on the Buddha’s birthday, May 26th. H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the supreme leader of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism, conducted that Dharma Assembly. I was… Read More »
by Gail Holland “The article “The Rainbow Body” by Gail Bernice Holland, first appeared in IONS Noetic Sciences Review (#59, March-May 2002, pp 32-35) [Now named: At the Frontiers of Consciousness], the quarterly magazine of the Institute of Noetic Sciences; and is reprinted with permission of IONS. Copyright 2007, all rights reserved. Websites: www.noetic.org and www.shiftinaction.com.” When David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine… Read More »
Magnolia tree that rained Holy Nectar at its shrine at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, CA. The tree was relocated from the site in southern California where this occurred. Disciples under the magnolia tree while it was raining nectar A Miracle from Heaven: with the Hot Sun Overhead and not a Drop of Rain… Read More »
The following article is a summary of a talk given by Fr. Francis Tiso at Mercy Center and posted on the internet in “Stirrings.” On Center Day March 26, Fr. Francis Tiso, associate pastor at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Mill Valley and Tibetan Buddhist scholar, spoke on his research in Nepal and Tibet. His first… Read More »
The following is an interview with Elder Monk Yi Zhao who is the successor of the Dharma lineage of the Elder Monk Xu Yun. Yi Zhao is the 44th great master of the Lin Chi sect within Zen Buddhism. He is the highest master within Zen Buddhism in the world today. This interview is transcribed… Read More »
Taken from the book True Stories About a Holy Monk: I have been in this earthly realm for ninety-three years. What I am about to say is entirely true and sincere. Only those who are most ignorant will break the precepts by speaking falsely. In so doing, they could be causing the fire of false… Read More »