While in upstate New York in 2008 on my journey to give presentations about the Buddha in all fifty states, I had the good fortune to meet the former Tibetan leader of the Nyingma sect, H.H. Penor Rinpoche (Shown above). The Nyingma or “Ancient Ones” are the oldest and one of the most powerful sects within Tibetan Buddhism. After I introduced myself to the rinpoche and explained to him that I was a direct disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, this Bodhisattva Dharma King told me that my master was much higher than he was and that it was a good thing that such a high being should incarnate in these Dharma-ending days.[i] He also said that such a being should demonstrate many miracles and supernatural powers. The rinpoche also commented “…that never before in the history of Tibetan Buddhism has anyone claimed to be Dorje Chang Buddha.” Of course, the Buddha Master did not “claim” to be anyone. He was recognized as an incarnation of Dorje Chang Buddha by the greatest Dharma kings and rinpoches existing in this world (or “existing at that time” as many of them are now gone) because of His writings and other accomplishments.” The late H.H. Penor Rinpoche was one of those leaders.
I will tell more about the recognitions and congratulations provided by these many Buddhist leaders and how the Jin Gang Fa Man Ze Jue Dharma Assembly confirmed the fact that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is a Buddha later on. I also want to share something that just happened. In 2010, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III received the World Peace Prize. The photograph here was taken when He received that honor at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Ronald Reagan, Mahatma Gandhi, and others have received this award, which has been given to someone who has promoted altruism and world peace. In 2018 the group who awarded that prize and the World Peace Prize Religious Leaders Title Awarding Council officially conferred the title of Pope of Buddhism to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. To their surprise His Holiness did not accept the conferment and returned the Pope of Buddhism Scepter. The Buddha Master said: “Within the field of Buddhism, there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. There are titles of Dharma kings, rinpoches, Dharma masters, eminent monastics, greatly virtuous persons, and Holy Gurus. There is no need for a Pope. I am a humble cultivator. I am not able to take on such a heavy responsibility.”
Most of us did not even know this had happened until we heard that the World Peace Prize organizations insisted that: “The Conferment of the Pope of Buddhism to His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III is unchangeable, the return of the Conferment Decree is deemed not effectible.” On September 26, 2020 the Chairperson for both of the World Peace groups again presented the Pope of Buddhism Scepter to Venerable Mozhi Rinpoche, representative of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters, for the Scepter to be returned to His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III.
I found that my Buddha Master, His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III, is the highest Buddha in the universe and why He is recognized as such by so many outstanding enlightened Buddhists in Asia and the West. However, this great holy Buddha himself says that he is “just a humble being—a most ordinary practitioner” even though the world’s most eminent monastics and Dharma kings have said that His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III is the greatest holy Buddha living in the world today. The most important things that I have learned, I have learned from watching and listening to my Buddha Master, seeing how the Buddha handles problems and deals with particular situations, as well as listening to the Buddha’s discourses and reading His books. I am especially humbled by what I have observed about compassion. It is so much more than what I thought, and it can be “complicated,” at least to us ordinary beings. I truly feel blessed.
I have seen evidence of many of the Higher Dharmas and State Practices mentioned in The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation that I could write about and I personally know disciples who have received others. There are other books who tell of this. I want to limit this book to only those that I have personally experienced or have direct knowledge of and, to the extent possible, explain what I actually witnessed and experienced. Since these are inner tantric initiations or empowerments, certain rules of secrecy prevail. I will only reveal what I believe I have permission to reveal.
[i] Shakyamuni Buddha predicted that the dharma that He brought to this world would only last for a few thousand years and there would be a “Dharma-Ending Age” where it would be difficult to find the true dharma and to practice it correctly. It was also predicted that great holy beings would incarnate to help guide living beings through these difficult times.
The above paragraphs are from the INTRODUCTION to my forthcoming book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform.
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