Acknowledging that following the “Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion” requires one to pay respect to a fake holy master.
“The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
Since the publication of The Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion, numerous people no longer dare to oppose their master. Because The Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion has such a rule, people think they may not oppose their master regardless of whether he is good or bad. You must now clearly understand that this is exactly where you get trapped. Although The Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion provide that you must respect your master, you must first determine whether your master is acting in accordance with the Dharma and whether he truly possesses the qualifications of a master. If he follows erroneous views or even evil views, do you still want to follow him? Wouldn’t you leave him? If you do not leave him, you will be stained by that same dark karma. If you do not leave right away, you will be doomed. You should not respect false “holy masters.” The Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion requires you to respect true holy masters, not false ones. Therefore, using The Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion as the basis to demand that you respect false “holy masters” reflects an erroneous view.
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