The Aura of Wisdom By Living Buddha Sheng-yen
Lu This was translated from Grandmaster Lu's 154th book, 智慧的光環. CHAPTER 9 - Self Importance Master Ching Hai once told her disciples, `Presently, there are indeed some enlightened masters in this world. I am the Enlightened Master. When you find me, there is no further need to search out for others. I am the One.` What Master Ching Hai said is fair and modest enough. Someone by the name of Li who runs a certain Gong once said, `The Dharma transmitted by Sakyamuni Buddha is just a minor teaching. The Dharma or Fa that I transmit is Da Fa, or major teaching. In the past, man cultivated Dharma. Today it is Dharma or Fa that cultivates man.` Someone asked Mr. Li, `Presently, who is liberating sentient beings in this world?` Mr. Li said, `Only me. There is no other.` What this statement implies is that Mr Li feels he is the only `Buddha` in the whole universe, whereas all others are merely devils. He once commented that a senior monk was a manifestation of the devil, and that Sri Satya Sai Baba was being possessed by a serpent entity. The Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult was derived from hell ghosts. The qigong masters from mainland China are all being possessed by animal entities. Li says he is the only right path. I know of yet another Mr. Xiao who claims, `I am the manifestation of Vairocana, the Lord of tens and thousands of Buddhas in the universe. Sheng-yen Lu is only a tiny little Buddha who is under my jurisdiction.` All right! The reason I write this article is to convey the message that everyone has claimed to have attained realization and reached enlightenment, that they say others are bad and that he or she alone is the greatest, praising themselves and discrediting others, competing to beat others in the game of being the biggest and highest in spiritual attainment. I just want to say this to you, that as a Buddhist and practitioner, you need to open your eyes to discern: Who really is being egotistical? Who really are praising themselves and discrediting others? Who really has wonderful teachings? Who is able to remain undistracted? And who is the perfectly enlightened hermit? |
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