A Complete and Detailed Exposition on the True Buddha Tantric Dharma

By Living Buddha Sheng-yen Lu
Translated by Janny Chow

First Day: November 24, 1992

Introduction

        Masters, fellow cultivators, good afternoon. This gathering today is extremely auspicious and important. In a way, it marks the first formal use of Rainbow Villa, with many more regularly scheduled programs to come in the future. The goal of this discourse is to give you a complete and detailed exposition on the practice of the True Buddha Tantric Dharma. I will share with you, without holding anything back, the secrets as well as the skills which I have learned from doing this practice. Through this sharing, I hope everyone will obtain a clear and thorough understanding of how to do the practice and follow in my footsteps.
        There is a need to give this complete and detailed exposition on the Dharma, because we have now 1.2 million students in our school and this number is still growing. When a Dharma is passed from one person to the next and then from the next to the third and so on, some of the elements will start changing, and the practice itself will become quite different from what it was originally. It is my hope that all students can have a clear understanding of how to do the practice correctly and, by practicing it accordingly, everyone can arrive at a high level of achievement and experience an expansion of their awareness and perception and, eventually, attain Buddhahood. This is the most important reason for giving this teaching.
        Actually Tantric Dharma itself can be considered a Truth of the Universe. When one practices the authentic Tantric Dharma, one will definitely attain the Supreme Wisdom. There are many key elements to the practice, and omission of any of them will not do. In the past I have, of course, attempted to explain these quite thoroughly in my books, but some of the details were not easy to explain in written form. It is possible that, with all of the students who practice according to my books, some might derive a different interpretation from the written texts and thus miss the mark. Therefore, the main goal of this discourse over the next several days is to provide you with a complete and detailed exposition on the authentic Tantric Dharma.

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