{"id":76437,"date":"2025-07-20T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/?p=76437"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:38:04","slug":"changing-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/changing-form\/thus-have-i-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Early in 2014 the Buddha Master showed me two photos of Himself, one as a beautiful young man and the other as a gnarled, wrinkled, very old man (FIGURE 69). I had heard about him doing a major transformation but had not seen any evidence of this feat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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FIGURE 69: Photos of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III taken on October 18, 2012 (left) and October 19, 2012 (right)<\/a> above an altar at Chua Thai Son, a temple in DaNang, Vietnam.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 They were remarkable photos and can be seen with a statement by the Buddha Master denying he had done anything special in the book Learning<\/strong> from Buddha<\/strong><\/em>. See FIGURE 96<\/a> on page 244 for the image in this book and the words that always accompany the photographs.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When He showed me the photos I remember laughing and saying, \u201cBut I saw you do this ten years ago.\u201d He asked me to explain and I told him the story described below. He then asked me to tell that story at the Grand Dharma Assembly in Hong Kong that would be held in March to release His sutra Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra<\/em><\/strong>. A poster printed with the two contrasting photos and how they came into being was also going to be revealed to the thousands of disciples who would attend.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The following is from my Hong Kong speech<\/a>:<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cI thought for some time, just which great Bodhisattva is my Buddha Master? Then I had a shocking experience that I have not shared publicly. I actually saw my Dharma King Master drastically change His appearance in a very short period of time. Even though my Buddha Master had predicted that He would on such and such a day take on the negative karma of others and would not be available to meet the public, I was not prepared for what I saw. He appeared on the predicted day looking very ugly and old\u2014His face was bloodied as if He had just been severely beaten. His eyes were swollen and half closed! There were many people standing around, but they seemed to be accepting of this condition. I had been thinking that, because of His accomplishments in both exoteric Buddhism and esoteric Buddhism and the Five Vidyas, my Master must be a Buddha, but how could this be true when He looks so old and decrepit? I could barely stand looking at my beloved Dharma King Master when He was like this. Remember, at that time we did not know that our Dharma King Master was a Buddha. In less than an hour, I looked again, and my Buddha Master had changed to a beautiful young man. I was shocked. Oh, my God. How could this be? My Master is a Buddha! What I was thinking is true! He is not just a Bodhisattva, but a Buddha. I looked around, but no one else was shocked or showing any reaction at all to what had just happened. I looked again at my Master and He just smiled. He put His finger to His mouth and quietly said \u201cshhh<\/strong><\/span>\u201d and I realized that no one else had seen this transformation, but I knew this fact about the Buddha. I was not to tell anyone. I had seen my Buddha Master totally transform His appearance before everyone knew about this ability. Now because of the fact that the Buddha Master\u2019s ability to change His appearance from old to young is known internationally, I can tell you all what I experienced, and you will be able to see photos similar to what I saw. Amitabha!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Return-to-Youth Pill<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I had the good fortune to be at the Buddha Master\u2019s hermitage when He came out of an extended retreat. He met with a few of us and blessed each of us with a small blue \u201cReturn-to-Youth Pill.\u201d After taking that pill my hair changed from white and grey to the original light brown or dark blonde of my youth and I felt quite young. I even let my hair grow, just to see for sure. The transformation did not last, but it was quite amazing. My change was nothing like what the Buddha Master did and as I remember it, we were told that these pills were not related to the change described above. I merely wanted to share this experience to give others an idea of the sort of things that happen when you are around the Buddha.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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