Zhaxi Zhuoma, Author at Thus Have I Seen (and Heard)

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How Do You Respond to Evil or Ignorant Masters? Evil Views #23, #34, & #35

You leave them and seek out a worthy master. If you help your master do evil things that support the 128 views, you will degenerate just as you will if you accept and follow a master who does not understand or teach...

October 7, 2018

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QUOTE – SAUMOL, Becoming Holy One

One becomes a person of great holiness through one’s own concrete cultivation.
“Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation.”
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

October 7, 2018

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Who Is a Worthy Master? Evil Views #28, #30, #33, & #38

It is incorrect to think that just because a master has learned a great dharma or calls himself or herself a Buddha or Bodhisattva that he or she is a worthy master. You must also look at how they behave and what they...

October 7, 2018

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Put the Three Demon-Detecting Mirrors into Use

This week the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) published a detailed explanation of how to put the “Three Demon-Detecting Mirrors into Use” that were listed last week as a way to determine who...

October 7, 2018

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Who is a Holy Being? Evil View #18

Recent announcements from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters explained in some detail how you can “Put the Three Demon-Detecting Mirrors in Use” to determine who is and who is not a holy being and...

October 7, 2018

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How Can You Know If Your Master is Upright or Evil?

The World Buddhism Association Headquarters has issued a new announcement to help disciples determine if they should follow a particular master. They offered the following three “Demon-Detecting Mirrors”:...

September 30, 2018

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QUOTE – SAUMOL, True Buddhists

Only those who abide by the precepts in their practice are true Buddhists.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
“Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation.”

September 30, 2018

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What makes you a Buddhist?

It is not enough to just participate in a refuge ceremony and receive a refuge certificate–you need to behave like a Buddha, following the precepts and not holding any of the 128 views that have been discussed on...

September 30, 2018

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"Two Lotus Flowers, One Lotus BUd, One Dharma Nature," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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What Is the Correct View Concerning Luck and Divination? Evil View #15

It is not correct to superstitiously believe in worldly fortune telling and relying on luck. This denies the law of cause and effect. We must realize that all phenomena and common experiences are the result of our...

September 30, 2018

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QUOTE–Merit

All realization of emptiness is attained through merit accumulated from cultivation. Only by transforming one’s karma through cultivation that accumulates merit can one realize emptiness. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

September 23, 2018

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