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How Can You Distinguish What Is Real and What Is Illusory? Erroneous View #45

All worldly phenomena are illusory, not real. People are often confused as to what are holy manifestations of Buddha-dharma power and what are merely illusions. A discussion of two related Evil Views on the nature of...

September 9, 2018

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Is there a supreme dharma that can save all living beings?

No. Living beings have very different karma. Some will respond to one kind of dharma, some another. A person must have the karmic affinity to a dharma to be able to successfully practice that dharma. This is why...

September 2, 2018

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"Red-Headed Eagle on a Lone Rock after Having Returned from Thousands of Miles Away." a painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Who Has Buddha Nature?

All living beings are equal. We all have the nature of a Buddha and will someday become Buddhas. We must hold all life to be precious whether they be human or from one of the other realms. Erroneous View #32: THE...

August 26, 2018

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Which Living Beings Are Most Important?

It is not correct to think that larger living beings are more important than smaller ones. we should protect and treasure the tiniest ant, just as we would a mighty elephant. Erroneous View #85: THE VIEW THAT THE...

August 26, 2018

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Misusing Donations

It is wrong to collect offerings for one’s own greedy use, whether under the guise of building temples or stupas, conducting a dharma assembly or event, or for disaster relief. Erroneous View #87: THE VIEW THAT IT IS...

August 19, 2018

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Paying for Dharma

Learning the Dharma should always be free and initiations and transmission of dharma cannot be sold. One can only receive initiations and transmitted dharma if their spiritual foundation or karmic affinity is sufficient...

August 19, 2018

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"Cat," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Personal testimony concerning certain holy events

In esoteric Buddhism, certain amazing manifestations must occur for dharma events to be authentic. For example, it is an erroneous view to consider a mandala to be a “Holy Mandala”, if the vajra master establishing the...

August 12, 2018

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Attachment to self

Does not being attached to self, mean we do not care about the suffering of others? Of course not. That is definitely an erroneous view. We must always put our own interests last and the interests of others first. That...

August 12, 2018

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You must practice the Six Paramitas!

Even if you receive great dharmas and practice them faithfully, you must still be generous, abide by the precepts, exhibit great effort and patience, and develop your concentration, and wisdom. Erroneous View #13: THE...

August 5, 2018

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Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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What is False or Impure Generosity?

Conscious giving where you are attached in any way to the act, is not correct cultivation, although it may be rewarded in this world or the heavenly realms. It does not help you become liberated or a holy person. The...

August 5, 2018

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