240 - Gateway to Infinite Dharma Treasure

Mind awakening is theoretical,

a realization only in principle,

whereas seeing the Buddha – nature is practical,

realizing it by actual practices.

Sheng-Yen Lu

Preface:Gateway to Infinite Dharma Treasure

In this book, I want to tell everyone that I am the male protagonist in the book, and I am a treasure trove of dharma.

Why am I a treasure trove of dharma? The reasons are as follows:

Firstly:

I am gifted.

After my divine eye opened, I observed that I am actually the Padmakumara. I also journeyed to the Maha Twin Lotus Ponds, which is the Pure Land of the Padmakumara.

I composed this verse:

The original dharma body transcends the heavens.

An ancient pagoda and Buddhist relics however appeared;

Only for the sake of a great cause in the world of human beings,

Transformed into a monk and remained with sentient beings.

Who is Padmakumara? He is the Lotus-hand Bodhisattva, Xiangguang Youth, Baoyi Youth, Baoshang Youth, White Lotus King, White Maha Padmakumara...

He is the Lotus Light Unhindered Buddha.

Because of the above innate gift, I am a treasure trove of dharma.

Secondly:

I have attained spiritual union.

I have an affinity with cultivation, have practiced the Path of Accumulation, the Path of Preparation, the Path of Seeing, the True Path, and have practiced the Ultimate Path.

In Vajrayana Buddhism, I have practiced the Generation Stage perfectly.

In Vajrayana Buddhism, I have practiced the Completion Stage perfectly.

I have attained spiritual union in the Preliminary Practices, Guru Yoga, Principal Deity Yoga, Heruka Practices, Highest Yoga Tantra, and the Great Perfection.

In this life, I only engage myself in cultivation, writing, and disseminating the Buddhadharma.

I have attained spiritual union with Golden Mother of the Jade Pond, Amitabha Buddha, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and many more.

Because I am spiritually awakened, I am a treasure trove of dharma.

Thirdly:

I have awakened the mind.

The awakened mind is being enlightened. I understand that all the phenomenal realms should be viewed as an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, dew, or lightning. I understand the past mind, the present mind, and the future mind are all unobtainable. There is absolutely nothing to be attained.

I understand emptiness.

I understand nirvana.

I understand that “I alone am the honored one in the heavens and on earth.”

After I awakened the mind, I realized the ultimate oneness, which is not two inopposition; it is absolute, not relative.

After awakening the mind, all my thoughts are calm, and everything is extinguished. Awakening is the totally empty and quiescent state which is constant and without discrimination.

The great wisdom is known by few people, so I am a treasure trove of dharma.

Fourthly:

I see the Buddha-nature.

Mind awakening is theoretical, a realization only in principle, whereasseeing the Buddha-nature is practical, realizing it by actual practices.

The Buddhist teachings are vast, and there are various schools. Each school and sect have their own respective practices. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Great Perfection, Mahamudra, Yamantaka, and the Great Perfection Profound Wisdom are four great dharmas that I have practiced for forty years.

I have witnessed the Buddha-nature.

Witnessing the Buddha-nature is rare in the world, so I am a treasure trove of dharma.

Finally, what I want to tell everyone is

Through my wisdom eye, the world, life, universe, cause and effect, reincarnation, nirvana, and everything are all an enormous illusion.

What I found is the ultimate of the Buddhadharma. Once reaching the ultimate, one will realize that even the Buddhadharma is not the Buddhadharma anymore. I have endless supernatural powers and subtle perceptions. Because of my wisdom, I have no regrets in my life!

If you read the book, you will also have a life without regrets.

All will praise this book!

Thumbs up!

To Contact Living Buddha Lian Sheng:

Sheng-Yen Lu

17102 NE 40th Ct.

Redmond, WA 98052

U. S. A.