LONG HOA HIGHNESS ASSEMBLY, SECOND PERIOD

In the Final Law Period, Phap Tang has especially established meditation to make plain that the dharma intends to clear the mind. By the unique nature of Phap Tang, He has determined that the faithful practitioner must have “faith, obedience, and respect” under the guide of the bodhisattvas. Why? In this Dharma-Ending Age, too much study creates the barrier of reason. Thus, we must be faithful, obedient and respectful so that reasoning will not become the barrier, and we could practice attaining true enlightenment. Following is the “Proclamation” handed down by the Supreme Pure King:

Attestation of Proclamation about Faith, Obedience, and Respect.

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Translated English version of 'Attestation of Proclamation about Faith, Obedience, and Respect'

The Supreme Pure King preached at 42, Hong Bang Street, Nha Trang, on His wooden loft. I heard: “I intuitively remember my former life, which was the Maitreya, but how can I inscribe the name of Maitreya under the SUTRA which I write? I must use another name that is the Supreme Pure King.”

The practitioner who wants to meet Lord Supreme Maitreya must know about His Dharma subject. Lord Supreme Maitreya's Dharma subject is a practice, which focuses on the SIGHT-SOUND-ODOR-TASTE-TOUCH-DHARMA of this secular world and yet not infected by it. Practicing this way, you will realize the Truth in the Maitreya's Dharma Subject. As for Lord Sakyamuni, He was the Founder of a Religion in this Sahaloka. How can I claim myself to be another head of religion in order to dispute His position? I only use the highest function in the religion, the Chief Monk, in order to show my respect toward Sakyamuni, the Founder. I cannot use the term Long Hoa either for the sign or for my teaching in the world. So I have to ask permission for the foundation of Phap Tang Buddhism of Vietnam, but I'd like to remind all Living Creatures in this Sahaloka that the Maitreya has come into this world to re-establish the “past”, under the title Phap Tang Buddhism of Vietnam. I also use the words Highness Assembly, but unfortunately no one including Monks, Nuns, or Buddhist Believers, notice these two words when they look at the large board with its yellow ground and sky-blue letters.

The Supreme Pure King Chief Monk is the Lord Supreme Maitreya Buddha Himself who takes up the great function of teaching the Dharma in the last of the Three Periods, with the attestation of the Supreme Pure King Buddha.

The Supreme Pure King Buddha is the Tathagata Himself in the Orient, and also the God for the Occident. In the Arabian communities, the Supreme Pure King Buddha is their sacred Allah. His names vary from one place to another, but He is the highest power in the universe.

“All Buddhas in the Ten Directions have to meet the Supreme Pure King Buddha before their attainment in order to be attested so that they could associate with Him, forming the One. That is the meaning of “two is one and vice versa.” –T.V.

The Patriarchs, who have attained True Emptiness, Awareness, Great Awareness or Ultimate Awareness, could not yet meet the Supreme Pure King Buddha. The completely Enlightened Ones are called the Supreme Enlightened Ones and are among those who were able to meet the Supreme Pure King Buddha.

Lord Sakyamuni and all the Buddhas were able to see the Supreme Pure King Buddha before entering Nirvana. Lord Supreme Maitreya has also met the Supreme Pure King Buddha, who came to attest His entering Nirvana.

Lord Supreme Maitreya has to wait before entering Great Eight PariNirvana. The Bodhisattvas, Dragon Deities, and Dharma Protectors asked him what He was waiting for. “I'm waiting for Supreme Pure King Buddha to come and attest,” answered the Lord. He then let go His Right Meditation to say that. Soon afterwards the Supreme Pure King Buddha came and attested, and Lord Supreme Maitreya has immediately entered the Great Eight PariNirvana.

All the Bodhisattvas and Maha Bodhisattvas deserved to meet the Supreme Pure King Buddha who came in order to attest the attainment. However, they could not meet the Supreme Pure King Buddha when they depart from life. Only when they return to the world and their vows result in real Buddha hood, will the Supreme Pure King Buddha came to attest.

Even though the Arahants rank, reached the state of Ultimate Awareness, they were still unable to meet the Supreme Pure King Buddha. In the last of the three periods, many who claimed by themselves to be Buddhas are not presented on the list of ordainment of the Buddha according to the Main Ideas. They have to go around within the Six Ways waiting for the Buddha, who is Succeeding Lord Supreme Maitreya, to verify and attest so that they could enter the Constitution.

One day the Supreme Pure King incarnating Lord Supreme Maitreya has said: 

“Just like there is only one King in a nation, and his son inherits the throne upon his father’s death, everything evolves in the same way. At the present time, old leaders transfer the leadership to those who succeed them. There is not much difference between the path of life and that of orthodox tradition.” –T.V.

Many people are not aware of the path of the past Buddhas who had to practice one class after another without omission In order to enter the universal realm, claiming oneself to be Bodhisattva or Buddha without sealed esoteric to master the universe.

There are many people who earn a doctorate degree, but the King or Leader as Prime Minister appoints only one of them. The Prime Minister imposes his will on the whole country and his signature is highly valued. Meanwhile, the other doctors earn a living each in their own way as much as they can. Their signatures are not as valid as those of the Prime Minister. The one who succeeds the Prime Minister is as authoritative as the former. Likewise, the Bodhisattva who succeeds the Enlightened One has similar authority. One attains Nirvana while continuing to handle, convert, and save all Living Creatures.

Lord Supreme Maitreya has said: “In this Final Law Period, I have to re-establish the practicing and training policy. If the living creatures follow the way shown by the Enlightened One, they would become citizens of the Buddhist nation. Otherwise, their studies and high level of education would only enable them to return to the physical world.

If you believe in the Buddha and practice Dharma only through scriptures and images of the Buddha made of wood, cement or drawing on paper, you only have integrity or good faculty. At the hour of death, you will be reincarnated in a place where there is Buddhist temple. You will have another chance to practice Dharma and continue to remain in the birth and death cycle.

Believing in the Bodhisattva, you should practice the main ideas. Therefore, He must clearly guide the disciples. Losing faith in the Chief Monk or in the succeeding Patriarch would mean becoming lost in the Birth and Death circle. Why?

 If you don't believe in those who well experienced the Birth and Death path when you are not yet certain of what is right and wrong in your daily practice, you will surely be lost. You, therefore, must believe. Otherwise, you will not be able to escape from the birth-death cycle by practicing Dharma in this way, as you like and exactly in accordance with the Sutra.

• Losing Faithfulness and Obedience, you will continue to be sunk in the Six Ways.

Generally, countless people strongly believe in Buddhism, but few believe in the Enlightened Ones. They have to recognize the Truth before they can believe it. It is difficult to practice Dharma by believing in wise men, but it is much more difficult to be enlightened only by obedience.

By neither being obedient nor practicing what the Enlightened One teaches, we could not detach ourselves from following the six ways and sink into them: heaven, mankind, asura, hungry devil, animal and hell.

    –As for heaven: Practicing fixed-thought and wishful thinking. That is called Desire Thinking.

    –As for mankind: Usually attached to clemency, justice, politeness, intelligence, confidence, does not accept differences and is often clinging.

    –As for asura world: Often hot- tempered, easily produced, easily destructed, and attached.

    –As for hungry devil: Greedy, disputatious.

    –As for animal world: Usually produced, combining to be metamorphosed and multiplied.

    –As for hell: Clinging, using only violence not listening to anyone. Acts as a dictator and is easily perished.

• Without Respect, They will be separated from knowledge of nature and the three periods of Buddha.

Those, who neither respect the Enlightened Ones nor have integrity, are ill-natured and cruel because they do not believe in the Buddha, the Dharma, or the Sangha. They are separated from the three periods of Buddha, which means they believe neither Buddha in the past or present nor in the future. After their death, they will live in Hell, and will not be able to hear the words of Virtue.

• Being fully Faithful, Obedient and Respectful means believing in Favorable as well as Unfavorable things, not being attached and obstructed. When the Awakened man purposely utilizes the contrary, he aims at making the faithful disciple understand the Tathagata Basket. These are the Merits toward the Tathagata, and the offerings to Tathagata. By clearing your own living creatures’ natures, you will be ordained into Buddha by Lord Tathagata.

During the last of the three periods, the Supreme Pure King incarnating Lord Supreme Maitreya has taught the followers that they must vow together, work together, in company with all the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in order to benefit from the truth and attain the liberation through wisdom. If they don't have the same vows and devotions, practicing separately according to their own wishes they will never get results. They are losing the way that was recently reorganized by the Lord in the Final Law Period.

In the following Sutra, Lord Supreme Maitreya has written: “... The Mountain Deity, Water Deity, Fire Deity, and Wind Deity... all of them have all been helping efficiently.

    –Mountain Deity: The Deity living in the mountains, at the foot of the mountain, and at the foot of a tree.

    –Water Deity: The Deity with landscape in Living water such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and the sea.

    –Fire Deity: the Deity with landscape in the fire, and eating fire.

    –Wind Deity: the Deity with landscape in the wind, and living in the wind.”

There are other countless landscapes in the eyes of a Master of Meditation.

Following is a story, which took place in the 20th century, the century of civilization and progress, in which spacecraft reached the Moon. It was a strange but true story.

It was approximately 1978, at the Re-education Camp of A.30 in Tuy Hoa. I had a friend in the same ward, named Hoa. He had been working with the blacksmith's group during the time we lived in the Camp of Da Ban. When we were transferred to A.30 in 1978, all of us were extremely short of food. Each of us received 4 kg of rice and some cassava each month. Everyone was starving. One day, Hoa's wife came to visit him, bringing him 10 kg of rice. Seeing me for many days in hunger, Hoa gave me one milk-can of rice. “Oh, thank you, a piece in hunger is worth a package in the comfort,” I said while cooking the rice given by Hoa, I prayed for his family before the meal. Hoa and I were, at the time, in a re-education camp, and his wife was in Tuy Hoa City, which was about 30 km away. The next harvest, the whole country suffered from the drought along with spreading insects. As a result, the crops of Tuy Hoa Province and the whole country were gravely damaged. There was almost no harvest crop of rice.

During her visit, Hoa's wife told us that only her rice field had been miraculously fruitful while all the others’ were greatly damaged. The local officials came and asked her about the plantation technique, praising her and inviting other farmers to visit her rice field in order to benefit from her experience. Mrs. Hoa answered that she had grown the rice in the ordinary, usual way, giving it no special care, but she did not know why her field has obtained such a big success.

Through this story, we can see that faithful, obedient and respect for the Buddha is very essential for good results. As for the people who have faithfulness in the superiors and respect for Deities and Buddhas, they will truly benefit from it. Those who behave well toward their inferiors and love them are also praised and admired by the past followers.

Words and actions must sincerely go together. Do not be insincere by using beautiful words and behave the opposite way to kill Deities and Buddhas. Those who behave this way will only go to extremely painful Hell.

Once incarnating Lord Supreme Maitreya, the Supreme Pure King has said that it is not unusual that Hell detains 5000 wicked people in the same place. They are pitifully, screaming and groaning all the time.

• “Co-invited: The twelve Yaksas, Generals of the Eastern Buddha of Medicine, give efficient protection and help.”

These twelve Generals have been around there with the Supreme Pure King incarnated as Lord Supreme Maitreya to help the wicked ones to repent and return to Goodness.

The Eastern Land Medicine Gem Halo Tathagata, who is the founder of religion based on meditation, has sent his 12 Generals to protect the Main Dharma, while Lord Supreme Maitreya has incarnated and started the teaching. Presently, they are actively and efficiently helping the Bodhisattvas to establish the Main Dharma. Those who criticize on the ground of illusion are unjust. It is only the insight that can see and hear correctly.

“Protection and help should be given to the True Disciples according to their own correct application and appropriate retribution or compensation for his previous existence as a result of his past deeds.”

Up to now, the Lord has affirmed that all Dharma practitioners, according to the level of Faithfulness, Obedience and Respect will lead every true disciple toward the Dharma path. He has pointed out, using His measureless Abilities, Merits, will be assisted. If the true disciples wish to attain Buddhas' knowledge and wisdom, that means attaining the highest enlightenment through ways of the practice, they will receive the direct compensation for his previous existence called Blessed Reward. The true disciples who practice Dharma will have received a reward of men and Devas.

For the Living Creatures practicing Dharma outside the path of the Buddhas according to their own wishes, they will also receive the retribution of their deeds with equality.