Dharma King Gar Tongstan Ciren Gyatso demonstrated his
world-astounding mastery over his own birth and death by practicing the
supreme dharma method of cultivation transmitted by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III.
By Liu Yinghong
In Buddhism, mastery over one’s own birth and death has always been a
legend. Yet, in September of 2018, I saw that with my own eyes!
The Buddhism founded by Sakyamuni Buddha has been propagated in the
world for more than 2,000 years and has evolved into various sects and
schools, each with its own teachings and traditions. Patriarchs, eminent
monastics, and greatly virtuous people have all talked about how they
themselves possess the best teachings, boasting that they themselves
can teach people the ultimate accomplishment and liberation. Yet, what
are the results? As proven by facts, very few people in history truly
attained the accomplishment of actual liberation. Rather, the
overwhelming majority of people have been unable to attain
accomplishment from practicing dharma.
There have been those who attained outstanding accomplishment, such
as Bodhidharma, Hui Neng, and Han Shan. In more recent times, there were
Xu Yun, Hui Ming, Sheng Qin, and other elderly dharma masters. There
were also Guru Padmasambhava, Master Tsongkhapa, Master Karmapa,
Venerable Atisa, and Venerable Suchandra, among others. Still, persons
of holy virtue with the kind of accomplishment of those people are so
rare. Especially in the last 100 years or so, the dharma-ending era has
taken a deeper and more pervasive hold. The true dharma of the
Tathagatas is already almost completely lost. This applies even to
leading figures of the modern era who were world-renowned people with
titles such as eminent monastics or greatly virtuous ones, for when they
approached the end of their lives, they suffered from pain till the
very end. They did not attain liberation from birth and death, not to
mention having control over their own birth and death.
H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha IIIhas
brought the great dharma of the Tathagatas to the human world, resumed
the original teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha, restored Buddhism to how it
was when Sakyamuni Buddha was in this world, and even brought about a
template by which Buddhists get faster and higher accomplishment through
diligent cultivation. Such great dharmas include
The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, initiation
into the “Holy Inner-Tantric Jingxing Dharma,” dharma methods of
cultivation that are beyond compare, and supreme dharmas that lead
quickly to accomplishment. Such teachings and dharmas, which are
innumerable, have never been previously brought to this world by any
other holy person in history.
It is widely known that H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha IIIhas
reached the pinnacle of accomplishment in the Five Vidyas and that His
Holiness has the holy realization of a Buddha. This has indeed been
validated by all kinds of facts. I would, however, like to propose that
everyone give some thought to one thing. The accomplishments of H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III,
just like the accomplishments of Sakyamuni Buddha, are the
accomplishments of a Buddha and have nothing to do with us. What is
truly intimately relevant to us is that we Buddhists can become
accomplished through following the teachings. It is this that is of
utmost importance!
In this regard, we conducted on-the-spot investigations. It is indeed
true that greatly accomplished ones who were taught by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha IIIcan
still be vividly recalled in everyone’s minds. They include Elder
Dharma Master Wu Ming, Elder Dharma Master Yi Zhao, and Holy Venerable
Yin Hai. Other examples are persons of holy virtue such as Dharma Master
Tonghui, Master Puguan, Elder Dharma Master Guozhang, Great Venerable
Wang Lingze, Layperson Cheng Efen, Hou Yushan, Lin-Liu Huixiu, and Zhao
Yusheng. The facts prove that people taught by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha IIIhave attained extraordinary accomplishments.
Moreover, a disciple of H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III,
Dharma King Gar Tongstan Ciren Gyatso, who was the President of the
World Buddhism Association Headquarters, demonstrated his
world-astounding mastery over his own birth and death!
In his lifetime, Dharma King Gar Tongstan had learned from many
famous figures within Buddhism. Since he became a disciple of H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III in
1995, it was as if he had found the rarest and most precious treasure.
His experience was just like that of Luosang Zhenzhu Geshe, the only
Larampa Geshe among the Han Chinese people, who, when answering a
reporter’s question, said that his previous sixty years of learning
Buddhism could not match one day of learning from H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III! Think of the implications of that!
After Dharma King Gar Tongstan learned dharmas and cultivation practices transmitted by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III,
he gave up all the ineffective dharmas that he had learned before and
dedicated himself to practicing the profound Buddha-dharmas transmitted
by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III. His realization
advanced by leaps and bounds, and he attained perfect good fortune and
wisdom. In 2004, he demonstrated the vajra power of one who has the most
extraordinary physical strength in the world. At the Holy
Buddha-Bathing Dharma Assembly, as witnessed by many, he lifted the
Buddha-bathing lotus tub weighing more than 4,000 pounds to pour water
from it. In 2009, in front of many people, he performed a dharma by
which his consciousness exited his body and fetched a vajra pill that
was a distance away from him. Ultimately, the Dharma King illuminated
his mind, saw his original nature, and realized the dharma-body
(dharmakaya). The Silver Box Dharma Discourses, in which he talks about
his realizations, are to this day widely distributed in the world.
In 2015, the planning and preparatory committee for the building of
the Juexing Temple in Taiwan invited Dharma King Gar Tongstan to serve
as the abbot of the temple. In a letter dated July 16, 2016, Dharma King
Gar Tongstan wrote to the committee, telling them that he could not
serve as the abbot of the temple because he does not have such karmic
conditions. (For details, please see “Answer No. 18” in the “Important
Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics” issued by
the Inquiry Center of WBAH.)
In 2017, a person of holy virtue by the name of Chen Yigu wrote the article
I Dare to Guarantee What Merit Is and What Sin Is, and Buddha-Bestowed Nectar.
That article quoted words from Dharma King Gar Tongstan informing
Buddhist practitioners that he could not wait until the foundation of
Ancient Buddha Temple is laid: “I, Gar Tongstan Ciren Gyatso, am simply
not qualified to be the abbot of Ancient Buddha Temple.…I am not even
qualified to be the supervisor of Ancient Buddha Temple. Furthermore, I
already lack the karmic conditions to see and pay obeisance to Ancient
Buddha Temple.…Although I am confidently in control of my birth and
death, I am not sure I can return to the human world after arriving at a
Buddha-land. That is because I do not know whether Amitabha Buddha will
allow me to return to the human world to pay respect to the Buddha in
person, unless H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III,
my beneficent Master, summons me.” What great Buddha-dharma it is by
which the Dharma King could attain such accomplishment and confidently
foretell his own birth and death!
In “Inquiry Reply No. 20180102” issued in 2018 by WBAH, it was
stated, “Today, two members of the board of directors of World Buddhism
Association Headquarters went to seek instructions from the Dharma King,
as some people are asking when the Dharma King will leave this world in
a state of liberation. Dharma King Gar Tongstan said that he had
accomplished control over his birth and death by practicing a dharma,
the yidam of which is H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III. He
said that once a last dharma is performed, he will write a decision
letter about his leaving this world and then will leave this world in a
state of liberation. He stated that he will not waste any time. Upon
hearing that, members of the Persons of Holy Virtue Group at WBAH
immediately entered a supernatural observance and found that Dharma King
Gar Tongstan had already fully realized the status of Shang Zun at the
level of Gold Button Grade 3!
Why was the Dharma King able to speak with such certainty? In today’s
world, where could people possibly find such Buddha-dharma by which
they can attain control over their own birth and death? For almost 100
years, there has not been Buddha-dharma that astounded the world in this
way. The Dharma King said that once a last dharma has been
performed, he would leave this world in a state of liberation as soon as
possible. What dharma was he waiting for? What kind of decision letter
would he leave behind? Anyway, that would happen very soon. It was just a
matter of waiting for a dharma assembly to take place. We eagerly
waited to see whether what he said was empty talk or a reference to an
actual great dharma!
In September 2018, Dharma King Gar Tongstan beseeched his beneficent Buddha Master, H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III,
to perform a holy fire-mandala grand offering. He said, “Your Holiness
the Buddha should use this highest and greatest dharma of the Tathagatas
to verify whether those who flaunt the banners of their lineages in
society are ordinary or holy people, whether they are amateurs in
Buddhism who have lost the lineage of true dharma. Those who carry evil
views have made much efforts in social-media websites on the internet to
undermine and slander the conduct and dharma of my beneficent
Master, H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III. This is the only way for us to refute their evil and show what true Buddha-dharma is!”
H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha IIIsaid, “You are wrong. One
must not cause others to feel bad for one’s own sake. I am not able to
perform that dharma. Even if I were to perform it, I would only be able
to chant according to the rituals.”
Dharma King Gar Tongstan continued to beseech, “My beneficent Buddha
Master, even assuming that dharma is not performed for the sake of
validating Yourself, that dharma still needs to be performed for the
sake of validating the true dharma of the Tathagatas, for the sake of
living beings in the entire Western world so as so eliminate their
disasters and pray for their good fortune, and for my sake, Your
disciple Gar Tongstan Ciren Gyatso, who is beseeching true Buddha-dharma
so that I may have the requisites for my accomplishment!”
H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha IIIthen
said, “Since this relates to the great cause of spreading true
Buddha-dharma in the entire Western world, and for the sake of praying
for good fortune to benefit living beings, you can rest assured that
this dharma assembly will be performed. Even if I do not do perform it, a
person of tremendously holy virtue will perform it.”
On September 17th, a metalwork specialist led a team to rush the
fabrication of a brass cauldron. On September 18th, Sister Xuan
Hui brought sandalwood pieces and charcoals from the residence of Dharma
King Gar Tongstan to be burnt during the homa fire-offering. On
September 19th, the “Holy Fire-Offering Grand Dharma Assembly” was
formally held at the Holy Miracles Temple in the United States.
The “Holy Fire-Offering Dharma” is the king of all dharmas in
eliminating karmic hindrances and increasing good fortune. About eighty
years ago in Tibet, this dharma was once successfully performed by
Master Phapongka and Kangsa Rinpoche. Ever since, both in Tibet and the
regions of the Han Chinese, the so-called fire-offering dharma has been
something that is merely described in books or described orally as being
a holy dharma practice; that is, there has not been any actual
manifestation of holy states during that time. There have only been
conventional dharma practices performed through the chanting of rituals.
However, on September 19th at the Holy Fire-Offering Grand Dharma
Assembly that was performed by one of tremendously holy virtue at Holy
Miracles Temple in the United States, Vajra Maternal Buddha personally
arrived in the sky. Her entire tall and enormous blue body emitted
light. In an article published on the internet, someone said
that they saw Vajra Maternal Buddha flick a finger, sending forth a
flash of light from the sky. The fire inside the cauldron then ignited.
However, I have interviewed quite a few people who saw something
different. They saw that Vajra Maternal Buddha, who was blue, manifested
Her appearance in the sky. She was enormous, very tall, and extremely
dignified and majestic. Her body and movements changed. A net of fire
and lightning swirled around Her entire body. As soon as the
fire-ignition guardian finished beseeching Her to ignite the fire, Vajra
Maternal Buddha suddenly emitted a flash of light from between Her
eyebrows directly into the fire cauldron. In an instant, a raging fire
started burning! At that time, only five pieces of sandalwood had been
placed inside the fire cauldron. How could such a raging fire possibly
ignite in an instant?
Subsequently, the demons captured inside the vajra demon-subduing
bowl struggled desperately to escape, trying to shake the bowl to find
an exit. Right at the moment that the bowl shook, Vajra Maternal
Buddha again sent forth a flame from between Her eyebrows directly
toward the demon-subduing bowl. Suddenly, the sound “Hong” was heard.
The demon-subduing bowl emitted golden flames, instantly turning the
demons and black karma of the attending cultivators into pulverized
powder. Vajra Maternal Buddha subdued the demons, whose souls were
brought to a Buddha-land to be edified! The nearly 100 cultivators
attending the dharma assembly were greatly astonished, and they were all
kowtowing non-stop to pay obeisance!
At the dharma assembly, the one of tremendously holy virtue announced
to the practitioners, “This dharma assembly has now been
performed. Dharma King Gar Tongstan will very soon leave the world.”
Sure enough, this was precisely the last dharma assembly that Dharma
King Gar Tongstan said he was waiting for. On the next day, the Dharma
King took a bath, changed his clothes, and entered his dharma practice.
In front of his meditation seat, there was a writing desk, brush and
ink, paper, and white-out fluid. After writing a letter respectfully
bidding farewell to H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III, the Dharma King immediately went into a sitting meditation and passed away in a state of liberation.
When monastics from different temples heard the news and quickly made
their way to the site, they found that right after the Dharma King put
down his brush, he passed away in a state of liberation gracefully and
completely at ease. At that time, everyone came to realize that the
Verses of Respectful Farewell written by Dharma King Gar Tongstan are
pointing living beings to where the true, great dharma of the Tathagatas
is. That is, the true dharma is held and controlled by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III.
It is the same as the dharma of Sakyamuni Buddha; namely, Buddha-dharma
that is non-sectarian and belongs to the entirety of Buddhism!
The following are the Verses of Respectful Farewell written by Dharma King Gar Tongstan:
Verses of Respectful Farewell
Namo beneficent Master, H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III
Disciple Gar Tongstan Ciren Gyatso has decided to leave this world.
As life is filled with suffering,
I rushed about learning Buddhism and seeking enlightenment.
I have followed many masters:
Guang Qin, Xuan Hua, Kalu,
And Dharma King Dilgo Khyentse,
Diligently practicing their dharmas and the Sakya unshared LamDre Dharma,
All to no avail.
Thankfully, I met my Buddha Master.
Through the
Mahamudra of Liberation that is supreme and unsurpassed,
And the secret initiations and transmissions of holy dharma from my Buddha Master,
I achieved control over my own birth and death.
My direct realization is reality.
I now put down my brush and leave this world,
Entering into the state of liberation before the ink dries.
Namo my beneficent Master, H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Disciple Tongstan respectfully bids farewell.
September 20, 2018