Announcement 20160114: The retribution from not reading the public announcements
There have been quite a few Buddhists inquiring at the United International World Buddhist Association Headquarters. They requested answers to some pretty stupid and ignorant questions. They say their masters are very famous people and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s disciples. Therefore, in their minds, their masters have become great holy beings. But these masters’ teachings are not following the Dharma imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, nor are they following the sutras. These masters’ words and deeds, when observed in real life, are the exhibition of ordinary people. There have been so many things that perplexed them and gave them doubts. They are afflicted and cannot judge whether their masters are good or bad, right or wrong. What should they do?
This problem was already solved a long time ago. You have been reminded many times in the public announcements where the explanations were apparent. You have been shown the methods and standards to examine and judge what is correct or evil and what is good or bad. We ask you this now. Is your master a great Bodhisattva? Has your master passed the grad of Gold Button Level 3 in the holy test to be a Shangzun? Your master doesn’t qualify to give teachings! You people don’t read the public announcements and insist on getting cheated. This Headquarters feels very sorry and angry for you people who don’t accept the advice! We have no choice but to say some things that may not sound so sweet but are very practical today, and that is if you do not judge what is right or wrong according to the public announcements, then you deserve being cheated, because that is the retribution you will get for not reading the public announcements, not verifying what is right or wrong using the public announcements, and not listening to the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III! His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III treats all living beings as family. Without exception, no one is a crony. Only those who have passed the high levels in the test are the ones the Buddha will groom first because what the Buddha wants are people who genuinely learn from Buddha and cultivate themselves. The higher accomplishment they can have, the more they can help shoulder the undertakings of Tathagata and to more broadly benefit people and all living beings with a tremendous compassionate mind.
The difference between real holy beings and imposters or between great accomplishment and little accomplishment must be examined factually in the levels and the buttons on the robes they wear! It is because they are the actual status results that the masters obtained from the test with all their might. No one wants to be lower than others when it comes to the test!
Thus, we remind you once again. If, as usual, you still do not read the public announcements and use them to examine your master, if you do not check the levels and the buttons on their dharma attire, if you do not grasp the meaning of the treasure book Learning from Buddha, or you do not examine your master against the 128 evil and erroneous views, then you deserve the retribution to continue being cheated! In that case, this Headquarters cannot help you. Nor can we save you.
United International World Buddhist Association Headquarters
November 22, 2016
(English translation by Zunba)