{"id":5351,"date":"2018-02-17T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huazangsi.org\/en\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2018-02-17T01:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T01:24:00","slug":"answer-2-on-day-2-of-the-lunar-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/answer-2-on-day-2-of-the-lunar-year\/buddhist-books\/important-replies-from-holy-virtuous-ones-and-eminent-monastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Answer 2 On Day 2 of the Lunar year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Answer 2 On Day 2 of the Lunar year<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 What you said is half right. If you genuinely wish to receive an inner-tantric initiation, first of all, your greatly holy master must be happy to perform the Initiation for you. However, that is only passing the first checkpoint. If even the great holy master does not agree, then there is not the slightest hope at all.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It does not matter what merit you have accrued.\u00a0The quality of your mind-cause is fundamentally damaged if\u00a0<\/b>you cannot eliminate doubt to generate faith, if you cannot exterminate all forms, or if you cannot elevate yourself beyond sectarian pursuits, when you are facing a Buddha or a Bodhisattva who is presiding over the Inner-tantric Initiation. The World-Honored One said in the\u00a0Vajra Praise<\/em>\u00a0that one has to \u201ccut off doubt, generate faith, exterminate all forms, and transcend all sectarian beliefs.\u201d It clearly says that doubt is the fundamental reason for eradicating one\u2019s good roots. If you are insincere and you speak falsely\u2013even if you only say one sentence of false words on purpose to your master who is presiding over the inner-tantric Initiation, you have violated the \u201cPrecept against the Fundamental Sin of Speaking Casually.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0As a result, you cannot receive a successful Inner-tantric Initiation.<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Furthermore, if a disciple who has successfully received an Inner-tantric Initiation or an Initiation of State Practice purposely says one sentence of false words to the master who presides over the Inner-tantric Initiation or Initiation of State Practice, the Yidam will leave the disciple. The seed planted from the Initiation will be weakened or damaged. Consequently, the power of the dharma will naturally recede.<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Anyone who has committed such an offense must repent thoroughly right away. Having corrected yourself, you absolutely cannot violate it again even once and must be completely loyal. In the case of receiving an\u00a0Initiation of Dharma Affinity By The Yidam<\/em>, it is one-hundred-percent certain that the Yidam will not come to accept a disciple who speaks falsely.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You have to clearly understand that\u00a0for a person to<\/b>\u00a0receive an Inner-tantric Initiation, he or she must go through two checkpoints. If the master presiding over the Initiation is pleased to transmit the Initiation to you, you have only passed the first checkpoint. You must also go through the second checkpoint, the checkpoint of Zejue (lit.<\/em>\u00a0Determination by Holy Selection).\u00a0<\/strong>The master presiding over the Initiation does not decide the outcome of Zejue. If you have purposely spoken false words to your master who presides over the Initiation, you will not pass the checkpoint of Zejue without a doubt. In that case, the Inner-tantric Initiation will not happen successfully, because\u00a0the Yidam does not approve of you.<\/strong><\/p>

Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters
Written on behalf of great holy virtuous ones to answer questions raised
February 17, 2018<\/p>

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