33. The Wonderful-Dharma (AbhiDharma Pitaka)
“Do remember: For each period, there will be the appearance of one Buddha, and what the Buddha said is exactly the words in the Enlightened Lotus Sutra considered as the SadDharma Pundarika Sutra to be remembered and recited. There is nobody who could say the Lotus Sutra nor pretend to be able to explain it.” –T.V.
• By the time of the Blessed One, 2538 years ago, upon the Buddhist calendar, the society honored morality; most of men lived honestly. Knowing that, the Buddha has concentrated on teaching the flower of dharma nature in conformity with that time. He has made use of hearing, seeing and knowing in life to explain the flower of dharma nature to help the Four Species to cultivate in a wonderful practice called the SadDharma Pundarika Sutra.
On His return, Lord Supreme Maitreya was reborn in the scene of the Dharma-Ending Age. He has also known well the extreme toxicity of the flower of dharma nature, awakening and teaching wonderfully, without omission, to the Four Species. Therefore, there is also the SadDharma Pundarika Sutra in this Final Law Period. As a result, many disciples do not see and know the rhythmic movement of the flower of dharma nature in this rebellious Dharma Ending Age. They have impracticably preached the Lotus Sutra of the Buddha in accordance with their study; it is not the current living dharma. It is the strict compliance with the sutra without explaining its meaning which has slandered the Buddhas’ Three Dharma Elements. Each lifetime of Buddha has its own SadDharma Pundarika corresponding to the life that meant neither leaving the sutra nor strictly following it.
“I have made use of it to guide, showing the way of the Supreme Karunaundarika Sutra step by step, which is the path experienced previously by the bodhisattvas, the Buddhas and now by the Four Holy Nobles, and all attestations of the practice are ordained through the Supreme Karunaundarika Sutra.” –T.V.
The Supreme Karunaudarika is a sutra preached by The Blessed One to the Dharani Bodhisattvas. Lord Supreme Maitreya was now guiding the bodhisattvas in the practice to enter to the constitution of Buddhas. Those who are diligent could hear the voice of the Buddhas, of the dharma, of the monks and the sound of serenity, of non-property, of perfection, of non-possession as well as the sound of no-birth no-extinction, of great kindness, of great compassion and of ordination, which are full of wonderful voices.
Lord Maitreya used 'Royal
typewriter' to write Sutra.
In this Dharma Ending Age, the Supreme Pure King, Chief Monk of Long Hoa has taught, adequately the way of practicing according to the Supreme Karunapundarika Sutra preached by the Blessed One to His Four Holy disciples. Today, He has gotten the same success. The four holy disciples have ended their sorrow, peacefully and joyfully living with a calm mind, free from birth and death, free from all ties without leaving any unfavorable dharma.
Though Lord Supreme Maitreya has now attained the Great Eight PariNirvana, His Buddha-Power full of great compassion, of great will, and great bravery has still remained over all, helping the walking holy disciples to get the power of diligence, of observing all dharma: good, super good, the power of Samadhi, the power of meditation and the power of Prajna mind.
“For those who are with a sincere with earnest heart, but feeble minded, unable to dissolve the confusion, He has directly showed and recited the sutra: The Buddha preached the Amitabha Sutra with the objective of helping those who diligently recited the sutra to be able to access the pure land, showing that according to the root cause of guidance, there would be attestation of attainment through the Karunapundarika Sutra.” –T.V.
• For those who are faithful to the Buddha, but do not practice to dissolve all dharma, are attached and rebellious in presence of unfavorable situations, they are erroneously clinging. The Buddha has taught the diligence in praying Amitabha Buddha to be reborn in the pure land, according to our abilities and merits. For example, a disciple who is completely absorbed in reciting sutra, supplicating and praying before... the clay statue of Buddha without correcting his nature, dissolving all dharma, would be reborn after his death. Then paying his debt, he would return to a place where the temples worshipped paper and clay statue of Amitabha, at a certain age like before. That is the fruit of his vow, according to his faculty of practice, without accessing the pure land to meet the Amitabha Buddha.
You could only meet the Amitabha after having attained Buddhahood through practice. That is what the practitioner has to notice. There are some who have practiced for a long time in a temple and expected at the point of his death the Amitabha would show him a lotus throne and believed in himself to be a Buddha. That is quite wrong.
“In the Amitabha Sutra He has taught, He has skillfully and openly spoken that the establishment of one's true nature, the construction of one's mind, the practice of one's vow would lead to success as follows:
The Buddha has reserved the Amitabha Sutra to the Mahayana believers to dissolve all dharma and to clarify their own nature in the construction of their generous mind, resolutely dissolving through practice and conserving the true dharma.” –T.V.