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 mandala cannot cause colored sand to pass through a large rock by means of his vajra powers. Another example is the requirement for a prediction to be made in the Vajra-Bodi Initiation with 100% accuracy. I can personally affirm that I saw both events occur exactly as described below, but that very, very few masters could perform them. In both cases, those of us who participated in the events were given the opportunity to perform these tasks and most could not do it. Do not hold wrong views on these matters. Do not accept counterfeit claims.
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
Many people who practice Tibetan esoteric dharma claim that the mandala they use for practicing dharma is a holy mandala, such as a holy predictions, Vajra-Bodhi pills, mandala of Kalachakra, a holy mandala of Vajrakila, a holy mandala of Guhyasamaja, a holy mandala of Yamantaka, a holy mandala of Chakrasamvara, a holy mandala of Ekajati, or a holy mandala of Samsara-Yama. It is as if every mandala is a holy mandala. The vajra sand they use in the mandalas is sold for money. This situation is utterly chaotic and messy. Remember, there is only one kind of holy mandala. This is a very important dharma concept, second only to the concept of nectar bestowed by Buddhas. Only when the mandala comes into shape telekinetically by a master’s power applied through the blockage of a boulder can it be called a truly holy mandala. Any mandala that does not come into shape telekinetically by a master’s power applied through the blockage of a flat boulder is not a holy mandala.
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
The Vajra Bodhi Initiation is one of the great initiations. Many people think that a Vajra Bodhi Initiation is considered complete upon the performance of a short ceremony following the initiation, without a holy prediction. In fact, the most important aspect of a Vajra Bodhi Initiation is the holy prediction. It is definitely the case that only great acaryas can perform such an initiation. Ordinary acaryas who are dharma kings will not be able to do so. At the time of initiation, 250 bodhi pills marked with a white spot and 250 vajra pills marked with a blue spot are mixed together. All 500 pills are put into a container. Each pill is exactly the same size. Five hundred people will receive the initiation. Each of them will pick one pill from the container. None of them will know whether he picked a bodhi pill or a vajra pill. That is because the container is covered, and the white or blue spot on the pill is very tiny, almost as tiny as the tip of a hair. The spot on the pill is not easy to see. Moreover, the disciple is not permitted to look at the pill he picks. When he picks a pill with his fingers, he is in a dark tent and has to immediately put the pill into his dharma tube and seal the tube right away. Then he will exit the dark tent with his dharma tube. The great acarya who is performing this Vajra Bodhi Initiation has to plant a bodhi-vajra seed for each recipient of the initiation. Once the bodhi-vajra seed is planted, this karmic affinity will never go bad. Even if a recipient of this initiation later creates all kinds of negative karma causing him to descend into hell, after completing the experience of karmic retribution in the hell realm, he can still come back and reconnect to the dharma through this karmic affinity. How does one know whether bodhi-vajra seeds are successfully planted or not? One cannot simply believe the words of the acarya that the seeds were successfully planted. A true great acarya is very modest and would not say, “Ah, good! Today I have successfully planted for all of you indestructible bodhi-vajra seeds. The initiation is now considered completed. Quickly make your offerings to me!” There should be no such thing. A great acarya would say, “Disciples, now I am going to prove your karmic affinity. You will be able to see whether your karmic affinity has been planted or not. I will divide all of you 500 people into two groups. Those on this side will be the ones who picked bodhi pills, and those on the other side will be the ones who picked vajra pills. However, do not open your dharma tube now to look.” The dharma tubes containing either a bodhi pill or vajra pill are all sealed. Each was sealed by the disciple after he picked a pill and put it inside his dharma tube. The great acarya did not distribute the pills to the disciples. When each disciple puts the pill into his dharma tube, the great acarya is at least 30 meters (98 feet) or even over 100 meters (328 feet) away from those disciples. After each of the disciples puts a pill into his tube, the great acarya will practice a dharma. He will then call out the name of each disciple and tell that disciple which side to sit on, left or right. The great acarya will send all of the disciples to one of two sides, with 250 disciples on each side. He will then announce which side has all of the bodhi pills and which side has all of the vajra pills. After that he will order the disciples to open their tubes and look at the pill inside. All of the disciples then immediately do so. At first glance, all of the pills are red pills of the same size and appearance. However, after the disciples very carefully examine their pill, they discover that the disciples on one side are all holding a bodhi pill with a white spot on it, and the disciples on the other side are all holding a varja pill with a blue spot on it, just as the great acarya predicted. This is called a holy prediction. Therefore, practitioners have an erroneous view when they regard a master as a great acarya of the Vajra Bodhi Initiation even though that master did not make a holy prediction when he performed the Vajra Bodhi Initiation. Such a master is a false Vajra Bodhi Initiation master and does not possess the qualifications of a true great acarya.
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