Why use the expression “Thus Have I Seen (or Heard)”? It is said that Ananda, Shakyamuni Buddha’s cousin and attendant for His last twenty-five years on this planet, was present at most of the discourses given by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago and had an understanding with the Buddha that he would be given the discourses he missed. It is also believed that Ananda had perfect recall and after the Buddha’s death was called to recite all of these discourses from memory. At that time, he began reciting these discourses with the words “Thus Have I Heard….”
Now, I am not saying that my level of realization is anything near that of the Buddha’s cousin or that I have a fraction of that ability to remember, but I do realize that I am one of very few non-Chinese disciples of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III who has witnessed many of the holy manifestations or amazing events connected to His Holiness and have been able to receive private discourses and translations of other more public discourses given by this great holy being that are not available to the general English-speaking public as well as many higher initiations and empowerments. Since seeing is believing and I have seen and heard so many wondrous things, some of which are hard to believe even when seen, I decided to try and document some of the events and teachings that have been so important to my spiritual evolution so that others can know that the true Buddha Dharma still exists in this world and that you, too, can benefit from these teachings.
CLICK for PREFACE, Part I – Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform
CLICK for PREFACE, Part II – The Phoenix and the Chicken
CLICK for PREFACE, Part III – Seven Gems Logo
CLICK for INTRODUCTION, Part I – Why I Follow H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
CLICK for INTRODUCTION, Part III – The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform
CLICK for excerpts from CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE–Your Yidam.
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