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2018年12月14日 星期五

H.H. DORJE CHANG BUDDHA III HAS BEEN TRULY RECOGNIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DHARMA







              The status of a Buddha cannot be determined by Bodhisattvas. Ordinary people are all the more incapable of making such a determination. However, certain evil people have slandered H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III by saying He conferred upon Himself the status of a Buddha, and they have thereby guided Buddhist practitioners toward evil. There are even those who are so lowly they used their authority to urge people of great virtue not to admit that they wrote recognitions for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, when in fact those people of great virtue did write such recognitions.


            In order to benefit living beings by ending their confusion and their generation of negative karma through slander, in order to avoid these pitiful living beings descending into the three lower realms, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III made a serious and consequential vow of truth about this matter of recognitions. Based on these karmic conditions, International Buddhism Sangha Association has obtained and is making public the list and photographs of sixty dharma kings, regent dharma kings, and rinpoches from each of the main sects of Buddhism who recognized that Master Wan Ko Yee is the true incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha, the primordial ancient Buddha. Due to space limitations, the recognition certificates that they wrote cannot be published here but are published in the book Brief Introduction to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Thus, we now clearly and formally announce to the world that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been recognized as the third incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha in accordance with the dharma. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is not a false rinpoche who conferred upon Himself the title of Buddha!


            Actually, whether one is a Buddha or not depends upon whether one has the enlightenment level and accomplishments of a Buddha. The same is true for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, who deserves the title of Buddha because of His enlightenment, accomplishments, more than 2,000 discourses on the dharma, and His manifestation of wisdom. His accomplishments in thirty large categories as documented in the book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are manifestations of wisdom that no other holy being in history can match.


        No other leader of Buddhism has the wisdom of a Buddha. Conservatively speaking, no other leader of Buddhism has attained even one third of the achievements H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has attained. This is a fact. No other person in all of Buddhism can match Him. This is the same with respect to Sakyamuni Buddha, who deserves the title of Buddha based upon possessing the enlightenment and accomplishments of a Buddha and based upon expounding the sutras. Sakyamuni Buddha would still be a Buddha even if nobody recognized Him as such.


        Recognition certificates written to a Buddha indentifying Him as a Buddha are worthless sheets of waste paper as far as a Buddha is concerned. That is because the level of enlightenment and accomplishments of those who wrote such certificates is so much lower than that of a Buddha. It would be like the sixteen arhats recognizing that Sakyamuni Buddha is a Buddha. As far as a Buddha is concerned, the purpose of such certificates is insulting. However, as far as living beings are concerned, such recognition certificates are beneficial because living beings have blind faith in man-made traditions. Thus, our Association received certificates recognizing the identity of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in order to respectfully comply with the Tibetan Buddhism system of recognizing rinpoches. The greatly virtuous ones who write those recognition certificates did so based upon correct understanding and correct view, bringing them both joy and merit.


        Nonetheless, there are certain individuals who do not know H.H. Dorje Chang Budhha III yet who create negative karma by slandering Him. They judge H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to be a bad person, an unholy person who conferred upon Himself the title of Buddha. Their judgment is based solely on the filing of a case against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III at Interpol by a member country of Interpol requesting that an arrest warrant be issued against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.


        We suggest that these ignorant people understand this matter from the perspective of Buddhist history. When Sakyamuni Buddha was living in this world, wasn’t He also slandered and consequently regarded by some as a bad person? When Guru Padmasambhava entered Tibet to spread the dharma, he was regarded as an evil person and was thrown into a mud pit! False charges were also made against Christ, who was even nailed to the cross! Is there a shortage of holy persons in history who were accused falsely or slandered? History books are full of such examples. An order to arrest someone does not mean that he or she actually committed a crime. So many good people in the world have been treated unjustly. So many good people in the world have been falsely accused. So many famous politicians in history were labeled as bad people a few times in their lives, but they later proved to be magnificent people. Examples of this kind are countless. Therefore, those who judge whether one is good or bad based upon public opinion or how things appear on the surface are clearly ignorant, unkind people or are false monastics with evil views.


        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is, of course, the incarnation of the primordial ancient Buddha of Buddhist history. Thus, He naturally is the highest leader of all of Buddhism. However, certain leaders of Buddhist sects cannot let go of their desire to save face. Out of jealousy they slander H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and attempt to destroy Him. In so doing, they lose their bodhicitta and cast aside the essence of religion—acting for the good of others. Nonetheless, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III just silently accepts the various forms of praise or blame directed at Him as He continues to carry out Buddhist matters that benefit living beings.


        On June 14, 2011, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III received the World Peace Prize – Top Honor Prize. He was the first to receive that award that day. On June 24th, the World Peace Prize Awarding Council issued a statement laying out the reasons why H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III received the World Peace Prize – Top Honor Prize, an award which has been given almost exclusively to heads of state. It indeed is an extremely high honor to receive that award. We now quote for everyone’s reference that statement together with the official program of the World Peace Prize award ceremony distributed the day of the ceremony. Part of the original text of the statement is as follows:


        “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, recipient of the World Peace Prize – Top Honor Prize, has been recognized by all of the major Buddhist sects around the world as the highest leader of Buddhism in history. More than 60 rinpoches issued documents attesting that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the true incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha. More than 20 of those rinpoches are dharma kings or regent dharma kings with the highest authority to recognize the identity of someone. Such a large number of recognitions is unprecedented in the history of Buddhism. The following individuals wrote recognitions, corroborations, or congratulations to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, affirming His status as the third incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha and holder of the highest position in all of Buddhism: H.E. Dharma King Gongbao Dumu Quji, the yidam-dharma initiation Master of the 17th Karmapa; H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab, a regent dharma king and National Master who taught the sixty volumes of sutras to the Karmapa; H.H. Sharmapa, a regent dharma king; H.H. Dharma King Trulshik, H.H. Dharma King Taklung Tsetrul, and H.E. Chogye Trichen, all three of whom are Masters of the Dalai Lama; as well as those whose positions in Buddhism are even higher, such as H.H. Dharma King Dodrupchen, the sole holder of the rainbow body accomplishment dharma; H.H. Dharma King Penor, the third supreme world-leader of the modern Nyingma sect; H.H. Dharma King Achuk, the pre-eminent holy virtuous one in present-day Tibet; H.H. Dharma King Jigme Dorje, the supreme leader of the Jonang sect; etc. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the pre-eminent rinpoche, a Buddha who has received more recognitions than any other great rinpoche or Buddha in the last few thousand years!        

        “For a long period of time, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has undergone political and religious persecution and has experienced tremendous pressure. Interpol received a request from one of its member countries to issue a warrant for His arrest. Three years later that member country voluntarily applied to Interpol for the withdrawal of the arrest warrant issued against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. After a long-term investigation, Interpol came to the correct conclusion. In October of 2008, the 72nd Session for the Control of Interpol’s Files withdrew the arrest warrant and the entire case against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Interpol also issued a formal written notification stating clearly that the arrest warrant against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been formally withdrawn and all of its member countries have been notified of the withdrawal.


        “Although H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III had long ago received written notification of the withdrawal of the arrest warrant and the entire case, He has never shown such documents to prove His innocence no matter who slandered Him and no matter how He was slandered. When the World Peace Prize Awarding Council found out about this, it asked H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III why He had not disclosed such ironclad evidence that was so beneficial to Him in order to refute rumors circulating in society. He responded by saying what He must do is bear all of the karmic offenses committed by living beings and give to living beings all of the good karma and merit that He has planted. He said that if He proved His innocence by showing those documents, then those who slandered Him would no longer be seen as innocent. Who, He asked, would bear their karmic offenses?


        “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III fully deserves to have received the World Peace Prize – Top Honor Prize. He exemplifies the nobility of selflessness and is a model of morality for all to emulate. He has demonstrated the spirit of one who advances the cause of peace, for in the face of adversity He has shown incredible determination, patience, kindness, beneficence, and perseverance—all which are necessary to bring about peace.”   

          
        In September of 2005, in response to an application of a member country, Interpol placed the case against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on file for investigation. After an extremely serious and detailed three-year examination, in October of 2008 the 72nd Session for the Control of Interpol’s Files justly decided to withdraw the case and arrest warrant against Him. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is like gold that had been tempered inside the cauldron of Interpol for three years, ultimately emerging just as pure and even more radiant than before! He even received the World Peace Prize. Is He a bad person or a good person? He is a holy and pure Buddha! Those who lack roots of goodness, who judge whether someone is a holy being or an ordinary person based on the outward appearance of things, are confused and foolish. They are what Buddhism calls living beings with roots of ignorance. Now is the time for them to awaken.


        Actually, a Buddha is a Buddha. The cancellation or non-cancellation of an arrest warrant has nothing to do with proving the essence of Buddhahood. One day in the past a person was viewed as innocent. Today that same person is falsely charged. Tomorrow he shines brightly. Could it possibly be that a Buddha who is falsely charged loses the essence of Buddhahood? Could it possibly be that one who shines brightly in the eyes of others is necessarily a holy being? Of course not. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III does not harbor the slightest anger or hatred toward those who slander Him. Rather, He regards all ill-wishers as His own family members, His own father or mother. He benefits them. He prays that they stay far away from all suffering, that they attain happiness.


        The conduct of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III shows us that He disregards the blind slander and harmful actions directed at Him by living beings. All that He thinks of is benefiting living beings, giving living beings all of His merit, and bearing the karmic offenses of living beings. He is not the least bit angry or resentful toward those living beings who commit the karmic offense of smearing Him. He does not think about how to clear His name from the harmful slander He has undergone. Rather, He thinks about the need for someone to bear the karmic offenses of those who slander Him. He thinks that if He does not bear the karmic offenses of the slanderers, who will?


        The key point is that H.H. 
Dorje Chang Buddha III is not concerned with either honor or disgrace. He is not stained by the ways of the world. His moral character is lofty. How could words describe such a state? When we look inside ourselves, we feel very ashamed in comparison. Although we are learning Buddhism, we are unable to reach the holy state of His conduct and moral character. Buddhist monastics cannot even attain one percent of such a holy state. It is no wonder that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the incarnation of the primordial ancient Buddha, is a model for Bodhisattvas and holy beings in all the heavens to emulate.


        Over these past years, people who have judged and slandered H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III based on the outward appearance of things have accumulated so much dark karma! The truth tells us that judging whether someone is an ordinary person or a holy person definitely cannot be based upon the outward appearance of things that have happened. The key is to look to the person’s conduct, moral character and wisdom rather than just accepting empty, baseless opinions. Any opinion or reasoning can be fabricated based on falsehoods, but wisdom and realization cannot be fabricated. People whose wisdom and realization are lower than those of a Buddha cannot determine whether one is a Buddha or not. However, in order to benefit living beings, our Association puts forward the following three items evidencing the fact that a Buddha has come to our world. 

                           
        First, it is required that mastery of the Five Vidyas be manifested to show one’s wisdom and realization in Buddhism. The Five Vidyas are the logic vidya, the sound or speech vidya, the inner vidya, the healing vidya, and the craftsmanship vidya. Mastery of all five is indispensible. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has truly accomplished wondrous mastery of all Five Vidyas without exception. He has singlehandedly attained accomplishments in thirty different large categories, making Him an unprecedented milestone figure in the history of the Five Vidyas. (Please see the book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) This provides a model unique in all the world for others to emulate. No rinpoche, dharma master, or Buddhist leader in the entire world has attained even one third of His accomplishments. Moreover, no rinpoche, dharma master, or Buddhist leader is even able to duplicate His “Yun Sculptures,” which is just one aspect of the craftsmanship vidya. We all know that the wisdom of a Buddha is certainly unsurpassed. Thus, if H.H.Dorje Chang Buddha III is a false Buddha, doesn’t that mean that the wisdom and accomplishments of such a false holy one actually surpass those of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas? Doesn’t that mean that the wisdom of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas cannot match the wisdom of such a false holy one?


        Second, the status of all rinpoches is determined according to the system of Tibetan esoteric Buddhism used to recognize reincarnations of rinpoches. The status of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was recognized and established according to the system of Tibetan esoteric Buddhism used to recognize rinpoches. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has received more recognitions and corroborations of status from dharma kings and regent dharma kings of all of the main sects of Tibetan esoteric Buddhism than any other great holy one in the history of Buddhism. No other rinpoche has received that many recognitions. If H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is a fraud, then the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa are not true rinopches, and there are no true rinpoches in all of Tibet, India, and anywhere else in the world! That is because not one of them has received even one third of the recognitions and corroborations of status that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has received. Furthermore, the accomplishments of these other people of holy virtue in the Five Vidyas are far inferior to the accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in the Five Vidyas. They have not even attained one third of the accomplishments H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has attained in thirty large categories. If one who received the most recognitions of status from authoritative figures within various sects is a false rinpoche, then is one who received a small number of recognitions a true rinpoche? If masters of rinpoches really did write false recognition certificates to deceive people, then they are deceivers rather than holy ones. False holy ones are unable to transmit true dharma. Wouldn’t that mean that their rinpoche disciples learn the false dharma of a deceiver? Wouldn’t the yidam dharma that H.H. Dharma King Gongbao Dumu Quji transmitted to the Karmapa be false dharma? Would H.H. Dharma King Gongbao Dumu Quji write a false document to deceive others? Would dharma kings or regent dharma king such as H.H. Sharmapa, H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab, H.H. Trulshik, H.H. Taklung Tsetrul also write false recognition certificates to deceive people? If they wrote false recognition certificates to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, then wouldn’t all of the recognition certificates they wrote for other rinpoches be false as well? Hence, if even H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is a charlatan, then aren’t all of the rinpoches in the entire world also charlatans? But those people are true holy ones. They are masters of the Karmapa or the Dalai Lama. If all of them are charlatans, then what about their disciples? H.H. Dharma King Achuk, H.H. Dharma King Penor, H.H. Dharma King Jigme Dorje, and H.H. Dharma King Jigdal Dagchen recognized the status of many rinpoches. It couldn’t possibly be that all of them were reckless and irresponsible in the writing of those recognition certificates! If they were, wouldn’t all of those recognized rinpoches be false rinpoches?


       Third, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has personally initiated and transmitted dharma to disciples of His, which include inner-tantric initiations. There are numerous examples of His disciples predicting the time of their own deaths, coming back to life after passing away, passing away in a state of liberation while sitting in the cross-legged lotus posture, leaving behind sarira relics in their bodies after they passed away, attaining the state of a body that does not decay after death, and transforming into a rainbow light at the time of passing. Those who were initiated by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in the State Practice of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation became liberated the very day they received such dharma. Like the Mud Pill Path-Fruit Dharma, realization was attained within two hours. For example, H.E. Kaichu Rinpoche realized powers through the practice of the Vajra Substitute Body Meditation and the third stage of tummo (inner-heat) dharma. A few years ago he demonstrated his dharma powers in front of many people. An infrared heat detecting devise measured that his body temperature rose to 197.4 Fahrenheit. Each of the dharma kings and rinpoches who felt such inner-heat with their finger tried to but could not withstand the burning. Could it possibly be that those dharma kings and rinpoches gave up without even trying to withstand the inner-heat from H.E. Kaichu Rinpoche?


        No other person in all of Tibet and India has attained such tummo (inner-heat) and Vajra Substitute Body Meditation powers.


        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III also initiated H.E. Dharma King Gar Tongstan in the Xian Liang Great Perfection and Vajra Substitute Body Meditation. Before he was a dharma king, H.E. Gar Tongstan learned Buddhism and practiced Zen meditation for five years under Master Hsuanhua at The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and also went to Tibet and practiced the Great Perfection Deep Path Six Dharmas for ten years. However, his accomplishment was pitifully small. After he became a disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, His Holiness the Buddha saw that he was very devout and therefore performed an initiation for him and transmitted dharma to him. The next day, H.E. Gar Tongstan came to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and said, “One day of my practice has already surpassed many lifetimes and eons of practice.” H.E. Gar Tongstan was tested in front of seven masters and ten witnesses, and in one day successfully practiced the Vajra Substitute Body Meditation. The chakra on the crown of his head called the Gate of Great Happiness opened up, enabling his nirmanakaya (transformation body) to leave and return to his body at will. He thereby attained great accomplishment. Modern medical equipment captured images of the opening in his skull and brain.


        No other person in all of Tibet and even the whole world can be found who has the profound powers that those two disciples of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III have. However, there are greatly accomplished disciples of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha IIIwhose realization is higher than that of H.E. Kaichu Rinpoche and H.E. Dharma King Gar Tongstan. If those two greatly accomplished disciples of holy virtue and high realization had not had the karmic affinity to be transmitted dharma directly from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, they would not have attained such great accomplishment even after many lifetimes and eons of practice. Yet, in the short time span of one day, they attained such great accomplishment.


        Holy states appear at all places that are blessed by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This is especially true with respect to Hua Zang Si, which H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III blessed as a place of bodhi (enlightenment). That day, the hot sun shined down from the cloudless sky. Bright Buddha-light appeared in the sky, and nectar floated down from the magnolia tree like snow. After H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III blessed the Xuanfa Temple in Fresno as a vajra throne site, dharma protecting deities manifested holy signs. A rainbow appeared in the sky. A vajra pill on the palm of Ven. Xima Rinpoche moved about in a manner suggestive of a Tibetan folk dance. A vajra pole based in cement shook majestically in front of many people. These numerous holy signs astounded all who saw them and were filmed as they took place. Aren’t such ironclad facts worth pondering? Which Bodhisattva or great rinpoche in today’s world possesses such high Buddha-dharma? We have not seen any such Bodhisattva or great rinpoche.



        Today our Association makes public a list and photographs of 60 dharma kings and rinpoches who sent to our Association recognition certificates, corroborations, or congratulations affirming the identity of Master Wan Ko Yee as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. These were selected from among all such certificates, corroborations, and congratulations our Association received from people of holy virtue within the various sects of Buddhism. What is important is that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has made a serious vow of truth that the recognition certificates, corroborations, and congratulations that were received are real and not fabricated. He thereby clearly made known to the Buddhas in the ten directions, God, celestial beings, Christ, and living beings His true state of mind.


        Those of us who left the household life to become monastics did so in order to attain liberation from the cycle of reincarnation. We would not create for ourselves dark karma and violate the law of cause and effect by engaging in lowly conduct. Today we make known the facts to everyone. We are not comparing H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to those people of great virtue. Because evil people have perniciously led people of the world toward evil by slanderously claiming H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III conferred upon Himself the status of Buddha, we are making known to everyone irrefutable evidence so that everyone can make their own determinations. This irrefutable evidence proves that: (1) the status or identity of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been recognized in accordance with the dharma; (2) there is nobody in Buddhist circles today whose accomplishments can compare with those of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III; (3) no other person can be found whose teachings enabled disciples to attain such high states of virtue, realization, and accomplishment; and (4) the morality and enlightenment of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are on the highest level. Our Association handles all Buddhist matters in a selfless, open, and aboveboard manner. Our goal is to benefit living beings. We believe that what we do will bring happiness to people and enable them to walk the correct path of enlightenment!


                                                         International Buddhism Sangha Association





 
HE HAS WON THE GREATEST HONORS;
HIS PAINTINGS ARE OUTSTANDING, RARE, AND HARD TO FIND

            Because H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has singlehandedly attained great accomplishments in thirty different large categories, His fame has spread throughout the world. He has received numerous awards and honors of all kinds, both national and international. Examples include the United States Presidential Gold Award and the President’s Patriotic Award. This year He received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award and the World Peace Prize – Top Honor Prize, both of which are extremely high honors. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is always the first-place recipient of an award. Washington DC, the nation’s capital, has designated January 19th as “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day.” This is the only day on earth to honor a Buddha other than the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha.


            Everyone knows that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American civil rights leader. The United States has designated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday. This year the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards presentation took place in Washington DC. H.H. Dorje ChangBuddha III was the first-place recipient of two such awards—the InternationalService Award and the Leadership Award. The second recipient of the International Service Award was the ambassador of Germany, His Excellency Dr. Klaus Scharioth. The third recipient of the International Service Award was the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza. The level of that award is higher than ordinary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards. One can thus imagine just how high an honor it is.


            The World Peace Prize is even more difficult to obtain. The World Peace Prize, which has an outstanding reputation, is a world-class award of the highest order presented by the World Peace Corps Mission. The recipient of that award must have made a great contribution to world peace, such as preventing war, reducing famine, advancing human development, etc. The World Peace Prize was founded in 1989 in order to advance world peace and further mutual understanding among different ethnicities, cultures, and religions. The World Peace Prize is divided into three levels. The first level is the Top Honor Prize, the second level is the Harvester Award, and the third level is the Roving Ambassador for Peace Award.  


        According to pictures and text published in the official program passed out at the presentation ceremony, past recipients of this Top Honor Prize were Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States; Hon. Mahatma Gandhi, a pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India; H.E. Yitzhak Rabin, former Prime Minister of Israel; H.E. Fidel Valdez Ramos, former President of the Philippines; Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former President of Republic of Nigeria; H.E. Syngman Rhee, former (first) President of South Korea; H.E. Abdurrahman Wahid, former President of Indonesia; H.E. Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, former President of Mongolia; H.E. Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt; H.E. Kuniwo Nakamura, former President of Palau; and H.E. Meles Zenawi, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia.


        It is clear from the official program that the Top Honor Prize is awarded to those on the level of a head of state. The first recipient of the 2010 World Peace Prize – Top Honor Prize was H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The second recipient of that prize was Hon. Benjamin Gilman, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The recipient of the Roving Ambassador for Peace Award, which was the third award given, was the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.


        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the first person with the status of the highest leader of Buddhism in the world to receive the World Peace Prize. He is also the first recipient who is a world-class, great master of art. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is extremely strict about His artistic creations. He has openly burned in front of others more than one hundred times paintings and calligraphic works that He created with which He was dissatisfied. He has all together burned at least 10,000 paintings and calligraphic works that He created. According to a reliable investigation conducted by International Art Museum of America located in downtown San Francisco, there are all together 297 paintings created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that exist in the world today. Because H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is busy with Buddhist matters that benefit living beings, He no longer paints. Thus, those 297 paintings have become extremely rare paintings.


        International Art Museum of America has collected and is exhibiting more paintings and calligraphic works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III than any other entity. Nonetheless, it has been unable to obtain paintings in all of the sixteen schools of painting pioneered by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Therefore, it is seeking to purchase from the public paintings by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. International Art Museum of America is seeking to purchase any authentic painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that is stamped with His three-dimensional fingerprint seal and is a type of painting that it is deficient in or does not have. The purchase price for such a painting will be US$300,000 to US$900,000 per square foot. That museum is also seeking to purchase for more than US$1,000,000 per square foot any sunflower or water lily oil painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.


        H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the only painter in the world who is a master of art and recipient of the World Peace Prize. He is an ancient Buddha who has come to this world again. Moreover, His paintings and calligraphy are outstanding, rare, and hard to find. That is why they have become important cultural and artistic assets for humanity!



                                                International Buddhism Sangha Association  
     


H.H. DORJECHANG BUDDHA III HAS BEEN  TRULY RECOGNIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITHTHE DHARMA

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2018年4月25日 星期三

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO H.H. DORJE CHANG BUDDHA III WAN KO YESHE NORBU HOLIEST TATHAGATA 


BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO H.H. DORJE CHANG BUDDHA III

WAN KO YESHE NORBU HOLIEST TATHAGATA


 
      H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata is Buddha Vajradhara. His Holiness is also called in Chinese 持金剛 (pronounced chi jin gang), which literally means “Ruler of the Vajra Beings.” His Holiness is the complete and perfect incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha, the primordial sambhogakaya Buddha. His Holiness’s abbreviated title is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. (In this world, His Holiness has also been respectfully called Master Wan Ko Yee.) The accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are the highest in the entire world. No one of holy virtue within Buddhism can be mentioned in the same breath with His Holiness when it comes to showing real evidence of wisdom and realization attained through proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and mastery of the Five Vidyas.

 
     The standard that the Buddha set for measuring one’s level of accomplishment in the Buddha-dharma is the degree to which one is proficient in both exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and the degree to which one has mastered the Five Vidyas. However, in the history of Buddhism up to the present time, only H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Holiest Tathagata has truly and fully manifested complete proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and perfect mastery of the Five Vidyas! H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III actually exhibits for all to see item after item of accomplishments relating to complete proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and perfect mastery of the Five Vidyas as laid down by the Buddha. His Holiness, an ancient Buddha, is the first being of holy virtue in history who has truly manifested such lofty and complete realization! Clear evidence of this are all of the single-handed accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III mentioned in the thirty main categories listed in this book, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III —A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma.

 
     Of course, organizing His Holiness’s accomplishments into thirty main categories is simply a matter of form. In fact, the accomplishments contained in this book far exceed thirty main categories. For example, the category of Technological Art alone contains three distinct major categories: photography, three dimensional images, and glass paintings. However, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III combined many separate categories into single main categories, thereby reducing the number of main categories to thirty. In reality, how could only thirty main categories possibly contain all of the accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III? The accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III express the wisdom of the Buddha-dharma, which is limitless. The innerrealization vidya alone includes realization of the limitless truths of conditional and unconditional dharma in the universe and mastery of the Tripitaka and esoteric scriptures.

 
     The thirty main categories listed in this book are as follows: 1. Recognitions and Congratulations;      2. The Virtue of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Holy Occurrences; 3. The Holy Realization of the Holiest Tathagata; 4. Supreme and Profound Buddha-Dharma That Is Difficult to Encounter in Millions of Eons; 5. Couplets; 6. Calligraphy; 7. Stone Seals; 8. Classical Poetry and Songs; 9. Vajra Needle That Eliminates Illness; 10. Healing Illnesses; 11. Medicine and Health Care Products; 12. Wondrous Multicolored Sculptures; 13. Faux-Jade Panels; 14. Philosophical Sayings About Worldly Matters; 15. Classical Prose and Modern Poetry; 16. Academic Writings; 17. Hand-Sculpted Artwork; 18. Vocal Mastery; 19. Sculptures Containing Mysterious Mist; 20. Ancient-Looking Withered Vines; 21. Chinese Paintings; 22. Western Paintings; 23. Art Frames; 24. Designs of Buddha Images; 25. Tiles; 26. Decorative Wall Hangings; 27. Buildings and Decorative Landscape Scenes; 28. Teas; 29. Technological Art; 30. Saving Living Beings by Liberating Them.

 
     In the fourth main category entitled “Supreme and Profound Buddha-Dharma That Is Difficult to Encounter in Millions of Eons,” there are over two thousand discourses on the Buddhadharma given by His Holiness. Such teachings are as vast and profound as an ocean. From ancient times to the present, other than Sakyamuni Buddha’s expositions of the dharma in this world, no other holy being has attained the multifaceted accomplishments that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has attained. Moreover, each of the manifold accomplishments of His Holiness has reached the highest world-class level.

 
     We have come to understand that the phrase “highly proficient in the five major vidyas and the five minor vidyas” are actually only empty words when applied to many people. That is because such people were not able to display real skills. They could not even show any writing or photograph for evaluation. To be totally blunt, such people could not even match professionals and experts living in society. How could this be considered as being highly proficient in the five major vidyas and the five minor vidyas? How could they represent proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and a high level of mastery of the Five Vidyas of which the Buddha spoke?

 
     It could be said that A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma is an unprecedented precious Buddhist book that reveals actual Buddhadharma realization better than any other book in history. After extremely holy beings of the highest order in the world who are incarnations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas saw the first manuscript of A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma, they were astonished. They promptly investigated the truth behind the book in accordance with the dharma. Applying the practices of esoteric dharma relating to recognizing the identity or status of someone, they deeply entered the dharma realm, applied supernatural vision, and saw the true source. They then issued their own documents as the dharma prescribes in which they formally recognized that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata is the incarnation of the highest ancient Buddha and that His Holiness possesses unprecedented mastery of exoteric Buddhism, esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas!

 
     However, we were surprised when H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III said, “Dharma kings of great holiness have formally recognized that I am the incarnation of an ancient Buddha. Actually, it is not important who I am an incarnation of. What is important is having everyone understand the contents of ‘What Is Cultivation?’ An important incarnation is one in which the living being cultivates himself according to that dharma of ‘What Is Cultivation?’ The true gift that I give to everyone is the Buddhadharma. If everyone could follow that Buddha-dharma and deeply penetrate it, light would pervade everywhere, the world would be at peace, and living beings would be forever happy, experiencing limitless beneficial effects and obtaining complete blessings and wisdom.”

 
     Let us put aside for the moment those thirty main categories of accomplishments. There is another matter that proves H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the greatest holy being. On many occasions between 1995 and 2000 when H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was expounding the dharma, His Holiness openly declared, “If anyone asks a question about anything in the universe that I cannot answer or that I answer incorrectly, then I am not qualified to expound the Buddha-dharma to living beings. I will give everyone five years to ask any questions. This five-year vow is a manifestation of dharma. After the five-year vow period has passed, I will not carry out this vow any longer.” H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III openly made such a vow on many occasions, which were recorded on tape.

 
     That five-year period has long since passed. Numerous people posed a variety of questions. Whether the question was about Buddha-dharma or worldly matters, the questioner received a satisfactory and accurate answer. Not one question baffled H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. In the recordings of dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, we can often hear this open declaration of the Holiest Tathagata as well as questions posed and answers given. His Holiness not only answered questions posed by Asians, His Holiness also answered questions after questions posed by westerners. One example of this occurred in St. Louis, Missouri. After the chairman of the American League of Colleges and Universities heard the impromptu answers of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to questions posed by college and university deans, presidents, professors, and doctorate degree holders, he was so moved he slapped himself on each cheek in front of those dozen or so people. He then excitedly stated that he has lived in vain for all of these years and that the answers he heard H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III give had deeply benefited him.

 
     The universe is boundlessly vast, with no beginning, ending, or limits. What type of person would dare say, “There is no question in the universe that I cannot answer”? Furthermore, His Holiness openly vowed that He would give both holy and ordinary people five years to pose any questions. What type of person has such high realization and accomplishment? How could a human being have such omniscience? Yet, this is not a fabrication. The facts irrefutably prove that the realization of His Holiness, at that time called Master Wan Ko Yee, is such that there is nothing His Holiness does not understand! Is such a person an ordinary holy being? Such a person is absolutely not merely an ordinary Bodhisattva. This was a mystery for a long time.

 
     Who, after all, is this being of holy virtue? Is His Holiness from heaven or from a Buddha-land? H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III always responds to such questions by saying He is an ordinary person. Moreover, His Holiness has never divulged to anyone which holy being He was in any previous life. His Holiness often speaks of clearly believing in cause and effect and often expounds the tathata. His Holiness has said that He is everyone’s servant and that He is an ordinary cultivator. But we can see from the real accomplishments that no one in this world can be found who can attain even half of the accomplishments that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has laid out before our eyes! If anyone doubts this, then there is a very simple solution. We welcome anyone to come forward and break this record of His Holiness. If anyone can attain the accomplishments of His Holiness in only fifteen main categories, then we believe such a person is also a Buddha who has come to the world. Everyone knows that the abilities of an average person cannot surpass those of a holy being, such as an eminent monastic, great rinpoche, or highly virtuous person. Could it be that one who is fully proficient in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism, who has deeply mastered the Five Vidyas, and who possesses great wisdom belongs in the category of an ordinary, average cultivator? Conversely, could it be that one who is not proficient in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism, who has not mastered all Five Vidyas or who does not understand even one vidya, and whose wisdom is low is a Buddha or Bodhisattva? Could it be that the Buddha-dharma of the Buddha characterizes those who are enlightened as stupid and those who are unenlightened and ordinary as the wisest? The truth of the Buddha’s teachings is that the higher one’s state of realization and virtue is, the higher one’s manifestations of wisdom are. Buddhas are called Buddhas because their wisdom is so high that they reached a level of enlightenment in which there is nothing they cannot do. This is a matter that even we ordinary people can understand. Could it be that holy beings would need to ponder such a matter? It would be ridiculous if any holy being needed to ponder such a matter. How could such a person be called a holy being?

 
     The Wondrous Multicolored Sculptures of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are holy objects that cannot be duplicated by any other person in the world. But think about something. Is Sakyamuni Buddha able to create such sculptures? There is nothing the Buddha cannot do. Of course, that would be a very small matter for the Buddha. Could Kuan Yin Bodhisattva or Manjushri Bodhisattva create such sculptures? Of course, for them it would also be nothing difficult. You cannot deny the wisdom of the Buddha and great mahasattvas by saying that they could not accomplish such a small task. If someone lacks even that small amount of realization, can such a person be said to be the incarnation of the Buddha, Kuan Yin, Manjushri, or Samantabhadra Mahasattva? Could we possibly contend that the Buddha and great Bodhisattvas cannot create such sculptures? Conversely, surely we cannot say that the realization and wisdom of those who can create such sculptures are low, yet the realization and wisdom of those who cannot create such sculptures are high. Let us use the example of a boulder. We certainly cannot say that those who can lift a boulder have little physical strength, while those who cannot lift it have great physical strength. It is the same line of reasoning.

 
     Although this is the line of reasoning, who descended into this world and incarnated as H.H. Master Wan Ko Yee after all? How is it that there is no question His Holiness is unable to answer? How is it that there is nothing His Holiness does not understand? How is it that His Holiness has so many first-rate accomplishments? How is it that no other person can duplicate some of the things that His Holiness has created? The answer to such questions truly seemed to be a mystery that would never be solved.

 
     With the slow passage of time, these questions still could not be answered. Then, holy monks and dharma kings whose level of accomplishment is of the highest order in the world read the book A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma. This caused a great sensation and they passed around the book to other holy monks and dharma kings of the highest order to read. These people of great and holy virtue, who are incarnations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, entered a profound state of supernatural vision through either meditation or practice of the dharma. They then announced the background of H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, who was long ago recognized by H.H. Great Dharma King Zunsheng (the manifestation of Mahavairocana Buddha) as Buddha Vajrdhara. Through strict practice of the dharma and meditation these holy monastics deeply entered the dharma realm and supernaturally saw the true source.

 
     The result was they learned that this being of great virtue and holiness is the second incarnation of Vimalakirti and the third incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha. They wrote down their certificates of recognition according to the rules of Buddhism in which they recognized that H.H. Master Wan Ko Yee is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha IIIthe highest ancient Buddha in exoteric, esoteric, Mahayana, Hinayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism; the master of the Five Buddhas in the five directions; and the master of the great mahasattva Vajrasattva. That is, they recognized that H.H. Master Wan Ko Yee is the Holiest Tathagata Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the current greatest leader of Buddhism in the entire dharma realm! Because H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata is the complete, perfect, true, and direct incarnation of the body, speech, and mind of Dorje Chang Buddha, His Holiness is different from the hundreds of millions of other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have incarnated into this world. That is because those Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were only a partial nirmanakaya of a certain Buddha or Bodhisattva. Thus, they had only part of the body, speech, or mind powers of that certain Buddha or Bodhisattva. That is why no other person of holy virtue in today’s world can manifest such complete proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and such perfect mastery of the Five Vidyas.

 
     Those eminent monks and dharma kings wrote words praising H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III as being the highest and greatest holy being and the only one in the history of Buddhism who has truly exhibited before living beings item after item of accomplishments in the Five Vidyas. As H.H. Great Dharma King Zunsheng stated in a formal pronouncement, the realization of any eminent monastic or person of great virtue in the world today cannot rival the realization of Holiest Tathagata Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu. H.H. Great Dharma King Zunsheng also made the following vow of truth: “If any person or holy being is able to duplicate the mysterious sculpted treasures created by H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, then this formal pronouncement of Great Dharma King Zunsheng has deceived the public.” (The mysterious sculpted treasures are “Enchanting Colors of Utmost Mystery,” “Mysterious Boulder With Mist,” and certain other Yun sculptures with specific names.)

 
     According to the system and rules of Buddhism in this world, there are only two beings of great holiness whose expositions of the dharma can be categorized as sutras. One of them is Sakyamuni Buddha. The other is the holy and venerable Vimalakirti. Besides those two, all other expositions of the dharma can only be called commentary rather than sutras. This is true no matter how great the Bodhisattva who has expounded the dharma is.

 
     Some people say that Hui Neng gave the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. Actually, this is a matter of people of the world not understanding the system and rules of Buddhism. As a result, the word sutra was used based on exaggerated praise given to Hui Neng. The rank of the sixth patriarch was even lower than that of many Bodhisattvas. For example, Maitreya Bodhisattva is the next Buddha, who will conduct the Dragon Flower Assembly. The position of Maitreya Bodhisattva is very much higher than that of Hui Neng. However, expositions of the dharma given by Maitreya Bodhisattva cannot be called sutras. They can only be accepted as commentary. An example of this is the Yoga-ca-ra-bhu-mi-´sa-stra (Discourse on the Stages of Concentration Practice).

 
     The holy and venerable Vimalakirti descended into this world during the time of Sakyamuni Buddha. He is the only ancient Buddha who transformed into a layman to expound the dharma. Sakyamuni Buddha personally taught the four types of disciples. Among them were the 500 monks who were difficult to teach and who did not want to arouse Mahayana bodhicitta. A skillful means was used to teach all of the monastics and 8,000 Bodhisattvas. After the ancient Buddha Dorje Chang expounded dharma in Abhirati (World of Wonderful Joy), He responded to karmic conditions by transforming into the holy and venerable Vimalakirti to help the Buddha teach the sangha, Bodhisattvas, and other disciples. The goal was to protect and uphold the Buddha-dharma taught by Sakyamuni Buddha. The level of realization attained by the holy and venerable Vimalakirti was the same as that attained by Sakyamuni Buddha. However, He did not want to assume the status of another leader of the religion in the human realm, thereby causing sectarianism and adding to the self-centeredness of practitioners. Considering that Sakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha in this earthly realm, the holy and venerable Vimalakirti acknowledged Sakyamuni as Buddha and chose to assist Sakyamuni Buddha by manifesting as a Bodhisattva. Thus, the holy and venerable Vimalakirti acted in the same way that the ancient Buddha Zheng Fa Ming (True Dharma Brightness) Tathagata acted when He transformed into Kuan Shi Yin Bodhisattva and also acted in the same way that Manjushri Bodhisattva, the Master of the seven Buddhas, acted.

 
     All of this was done to benefit living beings. If two Buddhas of the same rank appeared at the same time, it would cause worldly divisions. It would hinder the development of Buddha-dharma and the saving of living beings. Actually, the Buddhas do not care who emerges as the leader of Buddhism. The Buddhas appear in whatever form and manner that best benefit living beings. Everything is done for the benefit of living beings based upon bodhicitta.

 
     Therefore, people in general have had no way of discovering that the realization and enlightenment of the holy and venerable Vimalakirti were that high and that He was the incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha, the foremost ancient Buddha who existed before Sakyamuni Buddha. However, the dharma discourses of the holy and venerable Vimalakirti are sutras, just as the dharma discourses of the Buddha are sutras. The dharma discourses of the holy and venerable Vimalakirti are not commentary. In the system of Buddhism, one such discourse is called Vilmalakirti-nirdesa Sutra (The Sutra of Vimalakirti). That sutra came into being during the same time period Sakyamuni Buddha was giving sutras. It is a very important Buddhist sutra. The Vimalakirti-nirdesa Sutra has been studied and followed in both Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism.

 
     In the dharma realm, the venerable Vimalakirti was the incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha. Because the holy and venerable Vimalakirti was the incarnation of this sambhogakaya ancient Buddha, His consummate wisdom, realization, and level of enlightenment were higher than those of all Bodhisattvas. As the above-mentioned sutra states, when Sakyamuni Buddha told Maitreya Bodhisattva, the future Buddha, to lead a group of people to the holy and venerable Vimalakirti to inquire of His health, Maitreya Bodhisattva said to the Buddha, “World Honored One, I am not qualified to visit Him and inquire about His illness.” The reason Maitreya Bodhisattva gave to the Buddha was that when He (Maitreya Bodhisattva) was expounding the dharma to living beings, the holy and venerable Vimalakirti embarrassed Him and edified Him. Thus, Maitreya Bodhisattva did not dare visit Vimalakirti. All of the other Bodhisattvas were certain that the holy and venerable Vimalakirti possessed extremely high wisdom and that they fell far short of being up to such a task. They feared they would be embarrassed and did not dare go. Hence, in the end, Manjushri Bodhisattva, who is an ancient Buddha and Master of the seven Buddhas, led various Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and 500 monks to visit the holy and venerable Vimalakirti to inquire of His illness.

 
    The holy and venerable Vimalakirti used His vast supernatural powers and wisdom to help Sakyamuni Buddha edify those visitors. One example is when the holy and venerable Vimalakirti manifested the realization and supernatural powers of a Buddha by moving all of the Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Buddha-landincluding Aksobhya Buddha (the Immovable Buddha)of Abhirati to this earthly realm for all of those Buddhist disciples to see. All of the Abhirati Bodhisattvas thought that the Immovable Buddha moved His Buddha-land and its Bodhisattvas to the human realm. At this time, the Immovable Buddha said, “I did not do this. It was done through the supernatural powers of Vimalakirti.” At this time, fourteen nayutas of people resolved to realize anuttara-samyaksambodhi. Only the powerful ancient Buddha Dojre Chang can move another Buddha to a different world. No Bodhisattva, no matter how high a stage he or she may be on, has the realization to accomplish such a feat.

 
     In the sutra, Sakyamuni Buddha praised the holy and venerable Vimalakirti with the following words: “One who makes offerings to that holy being should know that this is making offerings to the Buddhas. One who transcribes this sutra or keeps it in a room should know that the Tathagata exists in that room.” The Buddha clearly stated that the holy and venerable Vimalakirti is a Buddha. Why did Vimalakirti have such high realization and enlightenment? It is because Vimalakirti was Buddha Vajradhara Dorje Chang Buddha, who is the master of the Five Buddhas in the five directions and the master of all Buddhas. Buddha Vajradhara Dorje Chang Buddha incarnated as the ancient Buddha Dipankara, who accepted Sakyamuni Buddha as a disciple. Dorje Chang Buddha is the highest ancestor, the highest ancient Buddha, and the greatest leader of all of the sects of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism.

 
     Thus, the virtue, realization, and wisdom of the holy and venerable Vimalakirti were without rival in the world. All of the four types of disciples of the Buddha, be they monastic or lay, including Bodhisattvas, devoutly listened to and followed the teachings of the holy and venerable Vimalakirti. The holy and venerable Vimalakirti helped Sakyamuni Buddha lift the 500 monks and 8,000 Bodhisattvas to the attainment of accomplishment in the dharma. The holy and venerable Vimalakirti guided and edified countless great Bodhisattvas who aroused bodhicitta. The second Vimalakirti and third Dorje Chang Buddha is H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata. Extremely holy dharma kings on the level of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have recognized this in accordance with the dharma and have provided certificates attesting to this as the dharma prescribes.

 
     When H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was born, the beating of drums suddenly sounded in the sky, and beautiful, heavenly music could be heard. Three rainbows approximately forty to fifty meters (131-164 feet) apart appeared simultaneously in the sky. The middle one was primarily blue, the right one primarily red, and the left one primarily white. At birth, the entire body of His Holiness was dark blue. No cries from His Holiness could be heard. Rather, His Holiness opened his mouth and very clearly stated, “I have entered this world. I am completely proficient in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and will wondrously manifest the Five Vidyas. Compare and you will know.” After speaking such words, His Holiness remained silent and became just like an ordinary-looking child. The parents of His Holiness thought that they had given birth to a mysterious and extraordinary human being but did not tell anyone about this. His Holiness did not speak again until He was three years old.

 
     When His Holiness was three years old, H.H. Mahavairocana Dharma King Zunsheng guided His Holiness in learning the Tripitaka. At that time, His Holiness was taught to recite the heart mantra of Dorje Chang Buddha seven times. The little child suddenly laughed heartily and immediately manifested the Three Bodies and Four Wisdoms. H.H. Great Dharma King Zunsheng at once tested His Holiness’s knowledge of the Tripitaka and the esoteric scriptures. The Dharma Prince child explained such writings with great facility. There was nothing in them His Holiness did not understand. His Holiness had realized all of the doctrines and principles of such teachings.

 
     H.H. Mahavairocana Dharma King Zunsheng then gave the following formal pronouncement: “Dorje Chang Buddha has come to this world a third time. The holy and venerable Vimalakirti has descended from the skies a second time. He completely understands the scriptures on the dharma. His Four Wisdoms are wonderfully perfect. He is an ancient Buddha upon whom living beings can rely. No master is qualified to teach Him. His mysterious sculpted treasures will be spectacular and unique in the world. He will be able to take mist that will stay inside His sculptures. He will manifest His realization and consummate skills. No holy person in the world will be able to duplicate such works. If anyone will be able to duplicate such works without differing from the original at all, my words have deceived the world. Vimalakirti Wan Ko is Buddha Vajradhara. He will cause the Buddhas to bestow nectar that many will see descend from the sky. He is of utmost benefit to sentient beings. He has the compassion and wisdom of an ancient Buddha. I hereby reveal these words to prove the veracity of my formal pronouncement.” H.H. Mahavairocana Dharma King Zunsheng also gave His Holiness the dharma name Yangwo Yizhi Dharma Prince, which means Dharma Prince supreme leader of Buddhism with the highest wisdom.

 
     H.H. Mahavairocana Zunsheng then said, “During the Dharma-Ending Age in the earthly world, there will be many evil teachers and demons who will claim to be genuine holy persons. In order to distinguish the genuine from the false, I now make a strict formal pronouncement that will serve as the testing standard. The pronouncement is as follows: There will not be a fourth incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha in this earthly realm within the next 5,000 years. The third Dorje Chang Buddha will be the only such holy being, and there will not be an incarnation of another Dorje Chang Buddha in this earthly realm for 5,000 years. Based on causes and conditions that accord with the dharma, I now lay out tests to determine whether a person is that true Buddha if he claims to be the true incarnation of that Buddha. He must successfully invoke the Buddhas to bestow nectar. He must be able to perform the Golden Vase Selection of Karmic Affinity and predict the results of that ceremony beforehand. He must be able to eliminate karmic obstructions in a clearly visible manner. He must be able to replicate wondrous multicolored sculptures. He must be able to take mist, place it inside a hollowed out sculpted boulder, and have the mist stay there. If a person is able to do all five of these things without exception, then he is the true fourth Dorje Chang Buddha. No matter how great a holy terton may be, no matter if a person leaves concave imprints on rocks with his hands or feet, no matter how vast a person’s manifold supernatural powers may be, if he cannot do these five holy things, then he certainly is not the true incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha. An ancient Buddha who descends to this earthly realm will have no difficulty meeting these five tests. I leave these five observable tests to guard against those in the future who make false claims.”

 
     Dharma Prince Wan Ko, the leader of Buddhism, accepted His first disciple when He was five years old. In a prior lifetime, that disciple was a disciple of Guru Padmasambhava who was often at the side of Guru Padmasambhava. That disciple was also one the four most outstanding disciples of Master Shantaraksita, who founded the Nyingma sect of Tibetan esoteric Buddhism. That disciple’s name was Xirao Jiebu. In this lifetime, he was recognized as Venerable Xirao Jiebu II and was given the hat of a great Pandita by the Geluk sect.

 
     After Venerable Xirao Jiebu was accepted as a disciple by Dharma Prince Wan Ko, he often saw the marvelous super-human abilities of the Dharma Prince while at the side of the Dharma Prince. However, it is strange that after Venerable Xirao Jiebu was accepted as a disciple, people of the world rarely heard the Dharma Prince expound the Buddha-dharma. In so doing, the Dharma Prince was acting as the holy and venerable Vimalakirti did when Vimalakirti received different teachings and knowledge, took on the appearance of an ordinary person, and learned things tirelessly. No one knows why the Dharma Prince did this.

 
     At the age of sixteen, the Dharma Prince wrote a work on the dharma called A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson. After that writing was buried, great master Hui Yong unearthed it. Renqing Luozhu and Suolang Danbu respectfully offered that writing to H.H. Mahavairocana Zunsheng Yeshe Norbu to evaluate. H.H. Zunsheng Yeshe Norbu personally promulgated that dharma called A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson in front of the four types of Buddhist disciples. After He finished promulgating that dharma, He personally led the four types of Buddhist disciples in kneeling down and facing that writing on the dharma. He then made the following formal pronouncement: “An ancient Buddha has arrived in the east.” He recognized that the Dharma Prince was H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, conferred upon His Holiness the title Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, and said that His Holiness is the Holiest Tathagata. He also called that dharma A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson Sutra.

 
     Of course, as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III continued to spread the dharma and save living beings, His Holiness accepted disciples other than Venerable Xirao Jiebu. When karmic conditions matured, incarnations of other members of the four most outstanding disciples of Master Shantaraksita took refuge in and became disciples of His Holiness, such as Venerable Muya Jiongzha III and Venerable Xiangge Qiongwa IV. Another disciple of the Holiest Tathagata is H.E. Denma Tsemang II, who is a close attendant of His Holiness and who in a prior lifetime was one of the twenty-five greatest disciples of Guru Padmasambhava. H.E. Gar Tongstan IV, who in a prior lifetime was prime minister to King Songstan Gampo, is also a close disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Other disciples of His Holiness include Venerable Palden Lodoe, who is the incarnation of the founder of the Kagyu Macang sect, Hsi Jao Seng Ge; Venerable Yundun Duojibai Gadu Rinpoche of the Nyingma sect; Venerable Dachu Hengsheng, who in a prior lifetime was a great disciple of Patriarch Dangba Sangjie of the Jueyu sect; Venerable Khu-ston brTson‘grus g.yung-drung of the Kadampa sect, who in a prior lifetime was one of the four highest disciples of Venerable Atisha; Respected Danzeng Nuori Rinpoche of the Geluk sect; and Venerable Akou Lamo, who is a female great venerable one. Even the incarnation of the great patriarch of the Shangpa Kagyu sect, Tangtong Gyalpo Bodhisattva, who is famous throughout Tibet, has formally acknowledged H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata as his Master. Additionally, several beings of tremendous holiness descended into this world to be at the side of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and have received profound Buddhadharma from the Holiest Tathagata, such as the incarnation of Anathapindika, who donated Jetavana to Sakyamuni Buddha; the incarnation of Sariputra, the greatest disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha; and the incarnation of Great Patriarch Shantaraksita, who founded the Nyingma sect.

 
     Actually, from a worldly perspective, the educational background of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is of the highest order. His Holiness is completely conversant in the ancient Chinese writings called The Four Books and the Five Classics. With respect to modern education, His Holiness was an outstanding student in elementary school, went on to receive a high-level doctorate degree from a university, and then went on to be a professor at a famous American university, where He has taught for six years. His Holiness has received special commendation from that university. His Holiness is also the only person in the more than two-hundred-year history of the Royal Academy of Arts in the United Kingdom to have been awarded the position of “Fellow.” Nonetheless, as far as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is concerned, these are just trifling matters hardly worth mentioning.

 
     H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has not Himself revealed His true identity or status. Although H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has inadvertently revealed His great wisdom and realization to others, causing them to marvel at what they saw, His Holiness has never discussed His own background. Many people have inquired of His Holiness what His dharma lineage is and have even issued written inquiries requesting answers to this mystery. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III always responds by saying, “I do not know. I only have Buddhism. I am your servant with a heart of humility.” Such an utterance can often be heard in many recorded dharma discourses given by His Holiness over many years. With the passage of time, people became used to hearing this and thought that His Holiness was merely a kind, wise, and talented person. This even included members of the Master Wan Ko Yee International Cultural Institute, established in 1995, who it can be said have the best understanding of His Holiness. They, too, did not know the true identity of His Holiness. They simply thought that His Holiness was a holy man of prodigious learning and virtue who at the very most was a great dharma king of Buddhism like the Dalai Lama or the Karmapa. Thus, when the president of that Institute, Longzhou Rinpoche, learned that the true identity of His Holiness is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, he was astounded and repeatedly said, “No wonder. No wonder. Great dharma kings cannot be put on par with such a Buddha! To do so would dishonor that Buddha and would be a sin.”

 
     The days passed by one after another. At a certain time, people began realizing that no matter what the type of knowledge or skill, H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu did not need to learn it. As soon as His Holiness saw a work, He was easily able to understand the knowledge or skill that it embodied. Furthermore, His Holiness immediately became proficient in such knowledge or skill. As a result, the works of His Holiness excelled the original works that He saw.

 
     Those eminent monks and dharma kings have now announced in their recognition certificates the holy and astounding news about His Holiness’s identity. Only then did we find out that His Holiness is the holy and venerable Vimalakirti, who is the true incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha. That is why Mahavairocana stated in His formal pronouncement that no master of holy virtue can be found whose realization is higher than that of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and who is therefore qualified to be the master of His Holiness. Even those 500 monks, 8,000 Bodhisattvas, prominent monastics, and people of great virtue were taught by His Holiness when He was Vimalakirti, not to mention people on those levels who have been taught by His Holiness in this lifetime.

 
     Because H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is an ancient Buddha who has come to this world again, His Holiness upholds the principles of “making no distinction between exoteric and esoteric Buddhism or among all of the sects and schools; teaching living beings according to their particular circumstances; and pervasively propagating the teachings of the Buddhas to all.” Thus, His Holiness is the Buddha Vajradhara Great Dharma King of the “Buddha Sect” who pervasively saves all living beings. This Buddha Sect includes the entirety of Buddhism and does not distinguish between the various schools. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has repeatedly admonished everyone with the following counsel: “There is no differentiation among the various schools and sects in my mind. There is only Buddhism. However, as long as a dharma king, rinpoche, or acarya of any school or sect abides by the teachings of the Buddha, attains liberation, and then saves other living beings based on their particular karmic conditions, he or she is worthy of praise.”

 
     There are certain time periods relating to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s propagating the dharma and benefiting living beings. Before the age of eleven was the period during which His Holiness was engaged in the Tripitaka of exoteric Buddhism. From the age of eleven to fifteen was the period during which His Holiness was engaged in the esoteric dharma of the Kagyu school. During that time, he was called Dusum Khenpa Lion’s Roar Dharma Prince. After the age of fifteen was the period during which His Holiness was engaged in the esoteric teachings of the Geluk school. His Holiness was at that time called the reincarnation of Master Tsongkhapa. That was also the time period during which His Holiness flawlessly propagated the tantric scriptures of the Sakya, Nyingma, and all of the other schools. At this time, His Holiness was called the embodiment of the body, speech, and mind of Guru Padmasambhava.

 
     Actually, all of these honorific appellations given to His Holiness by people of great virtue and people of the world did not comport with the true identity of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The true identity of His Holiness was revealed when the karmic conditions of living beings were mature. At such time, Buddhas and great Bodhisattva Dharma Kings applied different dharma methods and entered deep meditation or entered the dharma realm. Each of them supernaturally and directly saw the true source. As a result, they unmistakably and unanimously recognized that H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu is the ancient Buddha Dorje Chang who has come to this world again. That is, His Holiness is the second holy and venerable Vimalakirti and the third Dorje Chang Buddha.

 
     H.H. Great Vehicle Dharma King Sakya Trizin, who is the supreme leader of the Sakya order and the nirmanakaya of Manjushri Bodhisattva, wrote the following recognition concerning the descent into this world of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III: “. . . H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu . . . is . . .Buddha Vajradhara Dorje Chang Buddha III.”

 
     H.H. Dodrupchen Rinpoche, a famous great dharma king of the Nyingma sect who is the sole holder of the complete Longchen Nying-thik, said the following in his letter congratulating the publication of A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma: “I found the book wonderful and amazing and totally inspiring. . . [It is a] truly miraculous and extraordinary expression of truth expressed and unexpressed beyond words in Buddha Dharma.”

 
     H.H. Dharma King Penor, a supreme dharma king of the Nyingma sect, wrote the following in a letter to rinpoches: “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu. . . has been recognized by numerous greatly virtuous and eminent monastics. . . A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma. . .will provide the karmic conditions for living beings to . . . attain the ultimate state of Buddhahood.”

 
     H.H. Dharma King Omniscience Jamyang Lungdok Gyaltsen (Lama Achuk), who is the incarnation of Venerable Longsal Nyingpo, stated in his recognition certificate, “. . . H.H. Master Wan Ko Yee . . . is the incarnation of Vimalakirti. . . is Dorje Chang Buddha III. . . .”

 
     On behalf of the Jonang sect, H.H. Dharma King Jigme Dorje, who is the Supreme Dharma King of the Jonang sect, respectfully congratulated H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu with the following words: “Such superlative accomplishments are truly unprecedented in the past few thousand years, outshining the accomplishments of all others, both ancient and modern. His Holiness is a shining paragon among Buddhas.”

 
     The famous Kumbum Monastery, which is the birthplace of Master Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Geluk sect, wrote the following congratulations: “. . . Buddha Vajradhara H.H. Master Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu[’s] . . . outstanding accomplishments are unprecedented.”

 
     The chief secretary for H.H. Dharma King Mindrolling Trichen of the Nyingma sect, Ven. D. G. Khochhen Rinpoche, sent a congratulatory letter on behalf of Dharma King Mindrollling Trichin and the Mindrolling Sangha in which he wrote, “. . . H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Dorje Chang brings good fortune and wisdom to all living beings.”

 
     The highest dharma king of the Northern Treasure lineage of the Nyingma sect, H.H. Dharma King Taklung Tsetrul, wrote the following words of congratulations: “His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu possesses the true dharma of the Buddhas . . . ”

 
     The famous H.H. Dharma King Trulshik Rinpoche, who is a master of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the root master of several Tibetan Buddhist dharma kings and lineage holders, wrote the following words respectfully congratulating Buddha Vajradhara Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu: . . . “A Treasury of True Buddha- Dharma . . .will become the cause whereby each sentient being who has descended into the abyss of the six realms of reincarnation leaves suffering and attains happiness.”

 
     H.H. Dharma King Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, the second highest leader of the Sakya order, offered the following congratulations: “Many masters praise H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu and his book about his Dharma activities. The book’s name is A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma.”

 
     H.E. Dharma King Chogye Trichen, Ngawang Khyenrab Thupten Lekshe Gyatso, who was Dharma King of the Tsharpa branch of Sakya sect and the root master of H.H. the Dalai Lama, offered the following respectful congratulations: “H.H. Buddha Vajradhara (Dorje Chang) Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu: A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma . . . is the guidepost leading to true Buddhadharma and the gateway of the dharma leading to benefiting and providing happiness to sentient beings.”

 
     The Red Jewel Crown Dharma King H.E. Shamarpa Rinpoche is the nirmanakaya of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva and is the chief of the four regents of the Kagyu sect. He offered his respectful congratulations with the following words: “H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu . . . the third incarnation of Vajradhara . . . all his accomplishments . . . will benefit sentient beings. . .”

 
     H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche is the incarnation of Patriarch Gampopa. He is the only regent for the Karmapa Great Jewel Dharma King who has the title of “National Master.” He respectfully praised the incomparable Master, H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko, as Vimalakirti and stated: “. . . .I sincerely wish that . . . the multitudinous living beings who have the karmic affinity to read A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma . . . will attain the supreme fruits of perfect enlightenment, omniscience, and Buddhahood!”

 
    H.E. Xiazhu Qiuyang Rinpoche, who is the incarnation of Venerable Naropa, respectfully congratulated the highest and holiest Wish Fulfilling Jewel Dharma King Wan Ko as follows: “. . .the book A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma. . . is the highest authentic dharma that is of benefit to living beings.”

 
     The name Tangtong Gyalpo Bodhisattva has gone down in Buddhist history. In the past, this Bodhisattva was the leader of the four main sects of esoteric Buddhism in India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Mongolia, and eastern Tibet. The people of Tibet call this Bodhisattva the father of medicine, the father of bridges, the father of Tibetan opera, and the father of ferryboats. During a dharma assembly held at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco of the United States in which Buddha-dharma realization was manifested, H.E. the sixteenth Tangtong Gyalpo Bodhisattva saw the realization and virtue of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu. He was astounded and immediately prostrated before His Holiness, formally acknowledging His Holiness as his Master. In his congratulatory letter to His Holiness, he stated the following: “. . .H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu is . . . the Master of the Five Buddhas, and has for the first time in the history of Buddhism in the human realm truly manifested complete proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and perfect mastery of the Five Vidyas. This is a goal of Buddhism that all other Buddhists have not been able to achieve. This goal has finally been achieved by H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.”

 
     H.E. Mighty Lion Dharma King Renzeng Nima previously vowed to stay in a mountain valley engaged in solitary meditation for the rest of his life. He possesses supernatural powers, inspires awe throughout Tibet, and is the reincarnation of King Gesar. He wrote the following words of recognition: “. . . H.H. Master Wan Ko Yee . . .is the true incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha.”

 
     H.E. Dharma King Ngagwang Pedma Namgyal Palzangpo, who is a dharma king of the Jonang sect, respectfully congratulated H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu with the following words: “The body and lifespan of the Buddha Vajradhara of the dharma realm never comes to an end. His Holiness manifests Mahayana states and has the most wondrous powers of great compassion.”

 
     H.E. Mindrolling Khenchen Rinpoche of the Mindrolling Monastery wrote the following congratulations: “His Holiness Buddha Vajradhara III Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu[’s] . . . A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma . . . will restore dharma that had faded and will cause the growth of dharma that has not yet faded.”

 
     H.E. Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche of the Mindrolling lineage within the Nyingma sect is the incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal. She sent a congratulatory letter expressing her deep gratitude toward H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Dorje Chang Buddha for the book A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma.

 
      The famous H.E. Dzogchen Ganor Rinpoche offered the following congratulations: “. . . A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma is the wish-fulfilling true dharma that the Buddha expounded.”

 
     H.E. Urgyen Xirao Woxiu, who is a great terton revered by all four types of monastic and lay Buddhists in the land of the Han- Chinese and the land of the Tibetans, wrote in his recognition certificate the following: “. . . Buddha Vajradhara assisted Sakyamuni Buddha in teaching the five hundred monks and other holy ones. . . . H.H. Master Wan Ko Yee, Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, is the incarnation of Buddha Vajradhara.”

 
     H.E. Dorje Rinzin Rinpoche is the incarnation of Rigzin Terdak Lingpa Unchanging Vajra, who was the founder the Mindrolling monastery. H.E. Dorje Rinzin Rinpoche, a holy being of great enlightenment, is now the master of many great rinpoches. He said the following in his congratulatory letter: “. . . the accomplishments contained in A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma . . . are those of Dorje Chang Buddha Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the Master of the Five Buddhas.”

 
     H.E. Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, the dharma king of the Shechen monasteries of the Nyingma sect, offered the following words of congratulations: “. . . H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Holy One, has taken action that spreads and makes grander the true Buddhadharma. How wonderful!”

 
     Venerable Angwang Khyentse Rinpoche was the closest disciple of H.H. Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. He is the head of the Gensa Temple of the Sakya sect and has been in retreat for a long period of time. He possesses supernatural powers and is praised throughout the snowy plateaus of Tibet for his cultivation. In his congratulatory letter, he stated, “Greatest leader of Buddhism, H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu: . . . .Only the wisdom of the ancient Buddha, Dorje Chang Buddha, could produce such a textbook [as A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma] . . . !”

 
     H.E. Jigme Losel Wangpo, the seventh Dzogchen Dharma King who resides in India, wrote the following words of congratulations: “. . . A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma brings benefit to all sentient beings. . . .” H.E. Tenzin Longdock (Lungdok) Nyima, the seventh Dzogchen Dharma King who resides in China, respectfully congratulated the ancient Buddha who saves all sentient beings in the three spheres, H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, as follows: “. . . A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma . . . is like the. . .Wish-Fulfilling Jewel in that it outshines all ancient or modern, Chinese or non-Chinese books. . . . The book also opens up and develops the spiritual wisdom of people.”

 
     H.E. Renqing Rongbo Barongbo Rinpoche, an eastern Tibetan Dharma King of the Nyingma sect, respectfully praised H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu with the following words: “The Master is the magnificent sambhogakaya Buddha who has descended into the human world again. . . . His Holiness’s accomplishments are unprecedented in this world and reflect the pinnacle of wisdom. May H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha boundlessly save living beings. . .”

 
     The Green Jewel Crown Karmapa, H.E. Great Jewel Dharma King Jiezhong, prostrated to H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the Buddha Vajradhara, and wrote the following words: “A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma about the Buddha Vajradhara is a concrete expression of the highest Buddha-dharma wisdom and abilities.”

 
     Ven. Junmai Baima Dorje Rinpoche of the Shechen Temple is a nirmanakaya of Vajravarahi. He wrote a letter expressing his respect for the Three Bodies and Four Wisdoms of H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the Dharma King of the Three Spheres. In that letter, he stated, “H.H. Great Dharma King is the first holy being who used true realization to display fully in the dharma realm the teachings of the Buddha! H.H. Great Dharma King is the true Buddha Vajradhara, the teacher of both humans and celestial beings!”

 
     Ven. Kalsang Gyaltsen, who represents H.H. the Dalai Lama and is fully authorized to exercise control over the Geluk sect in Nepal, stated in his congratulatory letter the following: “I am sure the works of Venerable Vajradhara Master Wan Ko will inspire all the sentient beings to a better understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the Buddhist philosophy.”

 
     The famous Zangxia Rinpoche prostrated to the ancient Buddha and greatest leader of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, and stated, “. . . led us to find Dorje Chang Buddha, our supreme ancient Buddha, and thereby enabled all living beings to have the ultimate refuge in this Dharma-Ending Age!”

 
     The eighty-year-old Ven. Yundeng Jiangcuo Rinpoche, who is the incarnation of Patriarch Milarepa, respectfully offered the following congratulations on the publication of A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma about Buddha Vajradhara: “This book manifests great Buddha-dharma based wisdom and contains accomplishments that no other person in history has achieved. Only H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu has attained such accomplishments.”

 
     The famous Respected Bamda Tubten Geleg Gyatso Rinpoche stated: “. . . [I] beseech the magnificent and holy Dorje Chang Buddha III to bless all sentient beings in the six realms of reincarnation so that they may realize enlightenment soon, hear of and read A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma, . . . and attain the perfect, supreme, and complete enlightenment of a Buddha.”

 
     Respected sixth Baima Rongzhu Rinpoche is widely respected in India and is revered by the people who live along the banks of the Jinsha River. Having prostrated to H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, he wrote, “Having read A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma, I learned that the ancient Buddha, Dorje Chang Buddha, has descended to the human world again. This is truly our greatest blessing!”

 
     Respected Eba Rinpoche Danba Wangxu, the fifth dharma king of his temple, used the following words to express on behalf of other rinpoches deep gratitude to the most venerable H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu: “The supreme Dorje Chang Buddha has brought to us A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma!”

 
     Respected Khenpo Chucheng Qupei, whose status as khenpo was conferred upon him by H.H. Dharma King Sakya Trizin, respectfully praised H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, as follows: “His Holiness is the supreme holder of the 84,000 Buddha-dharmas, the one who is in charge of all dharma methods of Buddhism. His Holiness was the first sambhogakaya Buddha in the dharmadhatu.”

 
     Respected Wangzhi Tudeng Jigmei Rinpoche, the famous abbot of the Tsangtsang Temple, expressed his gratitude to the most venerable ancient Buddha, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, as follows: “The most honorable ancient Buddha has perfectly and flawlessly brought to this world the Buddha-dharma of Tibet’s four main sects as well as the exoteric Buddha-dharma.”

 
     Respected Bishop Seicho Asahi is the supreme leader of the headquarters of the Koyasan Shingon-shu North American Mission. He praised H.H. Dharma King Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu, the Buddha Vajradhara, with the following words: “. . . Your Holiness[’s] great accomplishments on Buddhism . . . have never been seen before in the world. Your Holiness is truly the primordial Buddha who incarnate[d] to this world to save living beings and to transmit the authentic Buddha-dharma of Tathagata.”

 
     Gele Sanbu Rinpoche prostrated to the supreme H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu and stated, “H.H. Great Dharma King thoroughly understands the true causes and effects concerning all things in the universe. His Holiness is the first great holy being in the history of Buddhism to truly manifest in the human realm complete proficiency in exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and perfect mastery of the Five Vidyas!”

 
     Luozhu Jiangcuo Rinpoche prostrated to H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu and wrote, “I was fortunate to have respectfully read A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma about the greatest leader of Buddhism, H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu. . . . we see that a true Buddha has again descended into this world!”

 
     Lama Renzhen Rinpoche of the Five Vidyas Buddhist Institute prostrated to H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu and praised the accomplishments of the Vajra Dharma King of Great Holiness with the following words: “We have respectfully read A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma about H.H. Buddha Vajradhara Great Dharma King and were truly astounded! . . . H.H. Great Dharma King represents the Buddha-dharma!”

 
     Additionally, Duozhu Rinpoche, Gongbo Rinpoche, Great Khenpo Gongcheng, Pengcuo Rinpoche, and other rinpoches wrote their own letters in which they respectfully congratulated the accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, an ancient Buddha who has returned to this world. They also sincerely thanked H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for His Holiness’s empowerment. There are also some very famous large monasteries of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism as well as some renowned rinpoches who wrote congratulatory letters to His Holiness supporting the recognitions made by others. However, those letters are not included in this book due to the karmic conditions of living beings.

 
     H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata is the greatest leader of Buddhism in the entire dharmadhatu and is the complete and perfect incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha. During the past few thousand years, many beings of great holiness have come to this world and their identities were recognized. However, H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata is the only ancient Buddha Vajradhara and highest leader of Buddhism who is foremost in the five areas stated below.
 
  1. His Holiness is the greatest holy being who has received the most written recognitions and respectful praise from Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas of all of the main sects in the history of Buddhism. (see Recognitions and Congratulations)
  1. His Holiness is the greatest holy being who has received the highest evaluations from Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas of all of the main sects in the history of Buddhism. (see the evaluations in Recognitions and Congratulations)
  1. His Holiness is the greatest holy being and ancient Buddha whose position is highest among all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have come to this human world. (see the Recognitions and Congratulations stating that His Holiness is Dorje Chang Buddha III)
  1. His Holiness is the greatest holy being whose accomplishments in mastering exoteric Buddhism, esoteric Buddhism, and the Five Vidyas are the most illustrious in the history of mankind. (see thirty categories)
  1. His Holiness took auspicious mist from space and put it inside a sculpture of a stone cave and also created holy and wondrous carvings, just as H.H. Great Dharma King Zunsheng predicted. In the history of Buddhism until the present time, no other being of great holiness who has incarnated into this human realm has been able to do such things. No one has been able to replicate such works as well.

 
(see irrefutable facts on pages 380 )

 
     The attainments stated above are not empty or unreliable words. Rather, these words are based on the documents of extremely holy and virtuous rinpoches, dharma kings, and eminent monastics in the world today. These are true words expressed with a serious attitude, a sense of responsibility, and an understanding of karmic retribution.
     Why do heads of sects, dharma kings, and rinpoches, who are all incarnations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, unanimously recognize that H.H. Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu is the highest and greatest holy being in the world today? A unanimous recognition of such magnitude has not happened in the last few thousand years. The answer is clear without even thinking about it. It is because His Holiness is Dorje Chang Buddha III. Additionally, in today’s world, which other sage or holy being is able to accomplish what His Holiness has accomplished? No one can be found who can match His Holiness’s accomplishments in even half of the thirty main categories. No one can be found who has the ability to duplicate even one of His Holiness’s wondrous multicolored sculptures.

 
     Additionally, because karmic conditions of living beings have matured, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III brought to this world the supreme Xian Liang Great Perfection Rainbow Body Accomplishment Dharma. Whoever receives this dharma initiation from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III will be able to realize the rainbow body state the same day that dharma is transmitted and that initiation is performed. There is no need to practice for days, months, or years in order to realize that state. There are people who had the karmic affinity to receive such an initiation, such as H.E. Gar Tongstan IV, H.E. Kaichu Rinpoche, and other practitioners of great virtue. From the day they received that initiation, they have been able to abide in the bright dharma-nature state at all times.

 
     Which person has such realization besides the true Dorje Chang Buddha? Moreover, when the Buddha was living in this world a long time ago, the holy and venerable Vimalakirti was a teacher who edified and guided all of the eminent monks, people of great virtue, and Bodhisattvas. Dharma Kings on the level of a Buddha or Great Bodhisattva have now recognized in writing according to the rules of Buddhism that H.H. Yangwo Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu is the second Vimalakirti; that is, the third Dorje Chang Buddha. Based upon His Holiness’s actual realization, His status as an ancient Buddha, or His position on Buddhist lineage trees, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu Holiest Tathagata is the greatest holy being who is above all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, eminent monks, and people of great virtue!
 
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