Anyone who boasts that he or she is a virtuous or holy person and serves as a role model for others is not worthy of being a master nor are they an appropriate role model for anyone. A true guru doesn’t just speak of abstract concepts, but can demonstrate real vajra powers like being able to create a holy mandala through a stone slab like the one shown above.
Erroneous View No. 40: Acknowledging as a virtuous person and paragon of holiness one who praises oneself and shows off. One with this view praises or boasts of himself as being a moral and holy person. Following this view includes you yourself acting like that or approving others acting like that. Anyone who boasts of himself as a virtuous person, holy person, or model for others is definitely an ordinary person who is acting incorrectly.
Erroneous View No. 46: Acknowledging those who speak of their mysterious wonders and preach hollow dharma theories without testing their Vajra powers. Many people like to talk about their wondrous feats. They often say things like, “Look at the Buddha light that appeared while I was practicing a dharma here,” or “Look at the mist that appeared all around while I was practicing a dharma here,” or “Look at those mountain deities who began prostrating while I was practicing a dharma here,” or “You can see that all of the leaves on that tree fell while I was practicing a dharma here,” or “You can see that nectar fell from that tree while I was practicing a dharma here.” In reality, it was just rain drops that fell. They may talk about a rainbow in the sky or other such things. All such phenomena are just illusory. All such talk is unreal, false, and part of this erroneous view. Those people talk about their seemingly wondrous feats and speak hollow theories about the dharma. They talk about hollow theories in a convincing, logical, and impressive way. Listeners who are not experts do not understand anyway. Those listeners would not be able to differentiate what is true and what is false even if there were a lot of mistakes throughout the entire speech. The goal of masters who act like this is collecting offerings of money. However, those who make offerings do not know that they should test the vajra powers of those masters. If such a master wants your offerings, you must first test his vajra powers! How is he qualified to accept offerings if he does not meet the qualifications of a master? The highest test of vajra powers [As demonstrated in the photo above.] is forming a mandala telekinetically through the blockage of a boulder. Next highest are the three divisions of vajra powers. I am ashamed that I do not have vajra powers. That is why I do not accept offerings. In The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, you will see the entire six divisions of tests to confirm the qualifications of masters. Those tests are mandatory and may not be changed! I will not elaborate more on this now.
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