We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) next Sunday, January 31 starting at 2:00 pm. The Buddha Master has said that you will not become enlightened in this lifetime if you hold any of these views. They should be used to evaluate all Buddhist masters, rinpoches, and dharma kings as well as any Buddhist texts or translations of texts, commentaries, or sutras. However, they should mostly be used to evaluate your own mind, speech, and behavior.
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We will continue this series that we started today with three erroneous and evil views related to “Becoming a Buddhist” and two evil views related to “Causality” by adding two evil and nine erroneous views related to Dharma Practice. This includes Evil View #25 that discusses how it is not acceptable to mix heretical practices such as feng shui and fortune-telling with the practices of the Buddha Dharma. We will hold a debate and a session reflecting on what we learned from this series of classes after we discuss each of them. You can find the short Dharma Discourses that the Buddha Master gave on each of the following views by clicking the title.
VIEWS DISCUSSED JANUARY 24, 2021:
Erroneous View #49: THE VIEW THAT TAKING REFUGE AND RECEIVING PRECEPTS IS THE REFUGE STATE
Erroneous View #90: THE VIEW THAT ONE WHO HAS TAKEN REFUGE IS DEFINITELY A BUDDHIST
Evil View #2: THE VIEW THAT ATTAINING SUPERNATURAL POWERS IS THE GOAL OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE DHARMA
Evil View #15: THE VIEW OF NOT CLEARLY BELIEVING IN CAUSE AND EFFECT BUT SUPERSTITIOUSLY BELIEVING IN DIVINATION AND LUCK INSTEAD
Evil View #26: THE VIEW THAT THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT IS IMAGINARY AND NOT REAL
VIEWS TO BE DISCUSSED JANUARY 31, 2021:
Erroneous View #3: THE VIEW THAT SIMPLY APPLYING MUDRAS AND CHANTING MANTRAS IS DOING YOUR DHARMA PRACTICE
Erroneous View #4: THE VIEW THAT DOING A DHARMA PRACTICE IS CULTIVATING YOURSELF
Erroneous View #13: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE NOT TO PRACTICE THE SIX PARAMITAS
Erroneous View #16: THE VIEW THAT AS LONG AS YOU DO GOOD DEEDS YOU CAN ATTAIN LIBERATION WITHOUT DOING YOUR DHARMA PRACTICE
Erroneous View #17: THE VIEW THAT CUTTING OFF ATTACHMENT TO SELF MEANS NOT CARING FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF OTHERS
Erroneous View #23: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO SLACK OFF IN YOUR PRACTICE AFTER YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD YOUR MIND AND SEEN YOUR ORIGINAL NATURE
Erroneous View #30: THE VIEW THAT YOU CAN BECOME ACCOMPLISHED IN THE DHARMA IF YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE GREAT PILLS
Erroneous View #33: THE VIEW THAT AS LONG AS ONE LEARNS DHARMA ONE WILL ATTAIN REALIZATION POWERS
Erroneous View #86: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO RECITE SUTRAS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF THE TEXT
Evil View #19: THE VIEW THAT PERSONAL INTERESTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE BUDDHA-DHARMA
Evil View #25: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO MIX HERETICAL PRACTICES WITH THE PRACTICES OF THE BUDDHA-DHARMA
CLICK for more on “Taking Refuge & Receiving Precepts.”
CLICK for earlier article on how to practice the Buddha Dharma that covers the last two evil views on this list.
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