What Can You Do?

        In this book, I tried to convey my personal experiences on tour, at the temple and beyond, and to describe my own awakening through the various teachings, empowerments, and initiations I was most fortunate to receive. That was intended to show what is possible. But how does that help you, the reader? As of the time this book was written, there are still very few Dharma discourses or Dharma texts available in English for you to study and follow and you may not be able to learn directly from the Buddha Master or receive His empowerments and initiations. What can you do? I’ve given a lot of thought to this matter and usually end up feeling very sad. I must confess to shedding many tears over this matter and the fact that more do not yet have the karmic affinity to learn the true Buddha Dharma. What I want to share here is my best take on what you can do if you cannot read or understand Chinese, because we do have the foundational teachings in English. And I am going to assume a few more critical texts will be published by the time this book is published, or soon thereafter. All of this is to help those who cannot understand Chinese learn the true Buddha Dharma. This simple book is intended to help augment all these efforts.

        I already told you the Buddha Master told me in a dream how I should propagate the Dharma when He helped me develop the logo for the Xuanfa Institute. He said I should use the following seven jewels to propagate the Dharma.

        1. Good Fortune: Following the teachings of the Buddha can enable you to have good health, wealth, to avoid disasters, and enable you to have the resources you need to be able to both practice the Dharma and bring others to the Dharma.

        2. Holy Manifestations or Miracles: I have shared some of my experiences with the supernatural abilities of holy beings who do follow the teachings of the Buddha.

        3. Five Vidyas: Following the Buddha’s words you, too, can obtain supernormal powers and extraordinary skills and learn how to behave like a Buddha or Great Bodhisattva. These are explained in Chapter Twenty-Three.

        4. Wisdom: You need to study and practice Imparting the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra and other texts as per the following strategy to learn the correct Buddha Dharma.

        5. Compassion: See Chapter Twenty-Two and the following strategy.

        6. Sainthood: See Appendix B on the paths to develop your wisdom and compassion to become a Holy Person or Saint.

        7. Enlightenment: You are able to escape the suffering of samsara and will ultimately become a Buddha.

        This strategy for learning the correct Buddha Dharma has not been approved by the Buddha Master, so it can only be offered as background research. It is only what I have observed, heard, and experienced. Please quickly develop your wisdom to be able to know what is true and take what works for you.

        I believe with all my heart that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III offers us a system of practice that can enable us to have good fortune and happiness in this life and the ability to become holy persons so that we can also become accomplished in our compassion and wisdom to end the cycle of birth and death in samsara and to be able to truly help other living beings—all our relations. His teachings represent the original Buddha Dharma taught by Shakyamuni Buddha over 2,500 years ago that has enabled many to become enlightened and be liberated from the painful cycle of birth and death. He has corrected errors in understanding and translation that have crept into what we think of as Buddhism today and presented the truths known and revealed by Shakyamuni Buddha. And He does so in succinct, understandable, and direct ways that are appropriate for this time and place.

        I will continue to share what I have in preliminary translations at our temple and any other way I can for as long as I can. And I will continue to practice the Dharma I have and cultivate myself. We must all pray that official and correct translations be quickly made available in English and available to everyone.