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Continued Study of “128 Views Concerning Protocols & Family”

“An Old Farmer’s Grain-Drying Yard,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views Concerning Protocols and Family” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) Sunday, February 28, 2021 starting at 2:00 pm. We will continue for several more weeks covering the remaining views as listed below. The actual times and dates are subject to revision as the classes evolve. 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.

CLICK to register for a continuation of an on-line Buddhist class on cultivation using the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL). Everyone will need to register again for the next four classes.

We will continue this series that we started earlier with nine erroneous and two evil views related to “Various Protocols and Family Mattters.” We will hold a debate and a session reflecting on what we learned from these and the other views discussed in this series of classes and those remaining after we discuss each of them. CLICK for the brief discourses that the Buddha Master gave on each of these views.

VIEWS TO BE DISCUSSED 

FEBRUARY 28, 2021: Protocols & Family Matters

Erroneous View #08: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO HEAR OR READ THE HERETICAL IDEAS OF SOMEONE WITHOUT NOTIFYING LIVING BEINGS THAT SUCH IDEAS ARE HERETICAL

Erroneous View #36: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO ALTER A DHARMA MANUAL, MUDRA, OR MANTRA

Erroneous View #60: THE VIEW THAT ONE WHO HAS UNDERSTOOD HIS MIND AND SEEN HIS ORIGINAL NATURE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL TO AND WORSHIP THE IMAGES OF THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS

Erroneous View #62: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR A DISCIPLE TO SIT ON A SEAT HIGHER THAN THE SEAT OF HIS MASTER OF HOLY VIRTUE

Erroneous View #63: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO PLACE BUDDHIST BOOKS AND IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AT A HEIGHT LOWER THAN THE SEAT OF AN EMINENT MONASTIC OR PERSON OF GREAT VIRTUE

Erroneous View #65: THE VIEW THAT THOSE WHOSE STATUS IS THAT OF A BUDDHA OR BODHISATTVA NEED NOT WORSHIP IMAGES OF HOLY BEINGS AFTER ENTERING A TEMPLE

Erroneous View #79: THE VIEW THAT MONEY MUST BE PAID IN EXCHANGE FOR LEARNING DHARMA OR LISTENING TO DHARMA

Erroneous View #80: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR LISTENERS OF THE DHARMA TO TREAT RECORDED ORAL DISCOURSES ON THE DHARMA DISRESPECTFULLY

Erroneous View #41: THE VIEW THAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS DO NOT HAVE TO KINDLY GUIDE THEIR PARENTS TOWARD CORRECT VIEWS

Evil View #12: THE VIEW THAT CUTTING OFF ATTACHMENT TO SELF MEANS CUTTING OFF FEELINGS FOR YOUR PARENTS

Evil View #22: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO RESPECT THE BUDDHAS AND YOUR MASTER BUT NOT SHOW FILIAL PIETY TOWARD YOUR PARENTS

MARCH 7, 2021: Holy Manifestations & Supernormal Powers

Erroneous View #06: THE VIEW THAT ONE WHO HAS EVIL OR ERRONEOUS VIEWS CAN STILL SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOP SUPERNATURAL POWERS THROUGH HIS PRACTICE

Erroneous View #27: THE VIEW THAT REGARDS AS A HOLY OBJECT A TERMA THAT IS NOT A TERMA IN THE DEFINITIVE SENSE

Erroneous View #42: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO CALL A MANDALA A HOLY MANDALA WHEN THAT MANDALA IS NOT COMPOSED OF COLORED GRAINS OF SAND THAT CAME INTO SHAPE TELEKINETICALLY BY A MASTER’S POWER APPLIED THROUGH THE BLOCKAGE OF A BOULDER

Erroneous View #44: THE VIEW THAT PILLS MADE OF ORDINARY MEDICINE ARE REAL NECTAR

Erroneous View #50: THE VIEW THAT UNREAL, ILLUSORY PHENOMENA ARE HOLY MANIFESTATIONS

Evil View# 27: THE VIEW THAT STRANGE PARANORMAL PHENOMENA ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF SUPERNATURAL POWERS THAT FLOW FROM THE BUDDHA-DHARMA

Evil View #32: THE VIEW THAT APPROVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWERS BUT WHO DO NOT ACT OUT OF BODHICITTA

MARCH 14, 2021: Initiations & Predictions

Erroneous View #12: THE VIEW THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO PRACTICE BODHICITTA AFTER YOU RECEIVE A GREAT INITIATION

Erroneous View #15: THE VIEW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO PERFORM AN INITIATION FROM A PLACE FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THE RECIPIENT OF THE INITIATION IS

Erroneous View #20: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO PERFORM AN INITIATION OR TRANSMIT BUDDHA-DHARMA IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY

Erroneous View #47: THE VIEW THAT YOU CANNOT BECOME ACCOMPLISHED IN THE DHARMA UNLESS YOU RECEIVE AN INITIATION EVEN THOUGH YOU LEARN DHARMA AND CULTIVATE YOURSELF

Erroneous View #48: THE VIEW THAT REGARDS SOMEONE AS A VAJRA BODHI INITIATION MASTER EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT MAKE THE REQUISITE PREDICTION DURING SUCH AN INITIATION

Erroneous View #56: THE VIEW THAT REGARDS THE INSERTION OF AN AUSPICIOUS STRAW INTO THE CROWN OF THE HEAD WITHOUT SEEING TRUE EVIDENCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AS BEING AN OPENING OF THE CROWN OF THE HEAD

Erroneous View #67: THE VIEW THAT ACCEPTS A PREDICTION THAT A GREAT GLOBAL DISASTER WILL OCCUR IN A PARTICULAR YEAR

MARCH 21, 2021: Emptiness

Erroneous View #18: THE VIEW THAT REALIZING EMPTINESS IS UNRELATED TO THE LEVEL OF ONE’S REALIZATION AND MERIT

Evil View #07: THE VIEW OF SUBSTANTIALISM IN WHICH WORLDLY PHENOMENA TRULY EXIST AND ARE NOT ILLUSORY

Evil View #08: THE VIEW THAT EMPTINESS IS SEPARATE FROM AND INDEPENDENT OF WORLDLY PHENOMENA

Evil View #10: THE VIEW THAT THE DHARMAKAYA IS A BODY WITH FORM

Evil View #16: THE VIEW THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO SIMPLY EXPOUND THE PRINCIPLES OF EMPTINESS WITHOUT SPEAKING ABOUT REAL CULTIVATION THROUGH CONCRETE PRACTICE

Evil View #36: THE VIEW THAT APPROVES OF IMPURE GIVING IN WHICH THE GIVER REMEMBERS AND IS ATTACHED TO HIS ACT OF GIVING

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