We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views Concerning Holy Manifestations and Supernormal Powers” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) Sunday, March 7, 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 three classes.
We will continue this series that we started earlier with five erroneous and two evil views related to “Holy Manifestations & Supernormal Powers.” 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
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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