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More on Who Is a Holy Person?

There are several erroneous views concerning just who is a true holy person. Some feel that just because someone is the head of a very large temple and/or has many disciples is automatically a holy and virtuous person...

October 14, 2018

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Unacceptable Practices by Masters

Master Marpa It is unacceptable for a master to make any unreasonable demand on his or her disciple or to demand and take property from that disciple. This has been a serious problem, especially in Tibetan Buddhism. It...

October 14, 2018

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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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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

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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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

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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