Great Dharma King Yangwo Yeshe Norbu Teaches the True Meditation Practice
The great compassion and sincerity of the Rinpoche moved the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to empower him. This year in late February, when he had prostrated as far as Kaohsiung, he suddenly received a notice from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas telling him to open immediately the secret, small bag made of brocade that Great Dharma King Yangwo Yeshe Norbu gave him and told him to wear on his chest. Inside the brocade bag was a piece of paper telling him the mantra he would intone during his meditation retreat. That brocade bag is no ordinary thing.
In the summer of last year, Hengxing Jiacuo Rinpoche vowed to prostrate around the island of Taiwan so as to suffer on behalf of other living beings. This vow moved Great Dharma King Yangwo Yisinubu to transmit dharma to him and confer an initiation upon him. He and two other famous Dharma Masters were initiated together. They received the highest esoteric dharma. It is the essential dharma that leads to enlightening one’s mind and seeing one’s original nature. Sakyamuni Buddha practiced that dharma under the bodhi tree when he became enlightened. This dharma is called the Vajra Samadhi Buddha Great Enlightenment Meditation. Later, Guru Padmasambhava taught this dharma in Tibet. In the Supreme Secret-Tantric Division of Tibetan esoteric Buddhism, this dharma is called “Great Perfection Whispered (i.e. transmitted from mouth to ear) Profound Essence Vajra Meditation.” It is also called “Three-Disciple Initiation.”
Besides the Rinpoche, two other eminent monastics were transmitted the dharma that day. During the time the Great Dharma King performed the initiation and transmitted dharma, suddenly, all three of them saw that the altar area, the building they were in, and everything else completely disappeared. They could only perceive the voice of the Great Dharma King, which was loud and clear. Various kinds of startling special phenomena appeared. It was extremely wonderful. After transmitting the dharma, the Great Dharma King blessed that small brocade bag and gave it to Henghsing Gyatso Rinpoche.
However, the Great Dharma King told him that he must wait until the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas instruct him to open it.
Hengxing Jiacuo Rinpoche continued his prostrations around the island of Taiwan. When he reached Kaohsiung, he received notice from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to open the brocade bag. The paper in the bag told him that he should enter into retreat to practice the dharma since the karmic conditions had matured.
