THE CORRECT DHARMA OF TRUE BUDDHISM HAS APPEARED IN THE UNITED STATES
SEVEN TYPES OF HOLY STATES APPEARED BEFORE ONE’S EYES;
BASED UPON BUDDHA DHARMA REALIZATION, WATER WAS POURED;
THIS IS THE TRUE BATHING OF THE BUDDHA
May 26, 2004 of the Gregorian calendar and April 8th of the lunar calendar was the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha. The sun over that place in the United States was unusually radiant and beautiful. On a lawn of a religious site surrounded by large blue curtain screens that formed a dignified-looking mandala (Buddhist altar area), great Rinpoches, great Dharma Teachers, and great laypersons from all over the world assembled. An unprecedentedly wonderful “Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly” was taking place. This was certainly not an ordinary, worldly bathing of the Buddha accompanied by chanting that one is used to seeing in temples. On such occasions, the participants merely show their respectful hearts. In contrast, the bathing that took place that day was a true bathing of the Buddha grand assembly. At such a Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly, the conductor must have the state of realization of a Buddha or Bodhisattva to invoke the manifestation of holy supernatural sights. At the May 26th assembly, the Buddha personally arrived, the Dharma protecting Bodhisattvas exhibited holy sights, and celestial dragons and other Dharma protecting deities laughed in the sky. It was a grand Dharma realm assembly in which various holy scenes unimaginable to worldly people appeared. Supreme Vajradhara Great Dharma King Yisinubu, who is the supreme leader of both exoteric and esoteric Buddhism, conducted that assembly and practiced the Dharma during that assembly.
The Dharma Assembly was divided into an internal mandala and external mandala. The internal mandala was the central area where the Buddha was bathed. The external mandala was the Dharma realm of accomplishment. Eminent monastics and persons of great virtue attended the Dharma Assembly. Those who were part of the internal mandala included Akou Namo Great Rinpoche, Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, Dharma Teacher Long Hui, Dharma Teacher Jue Hui, Dage Gongla Rinpoche, Bodi Wentu Rinpoche, Dharma Teacher Kui Zhi, Dharma Teacher Ruo Hui, layman Ciren Jiacuo, Dharma Teacher Miao Kong, Dharma Teacher Baolian, and others. Those who were part of the external mandala included Fuzang Wanghu Great Rinpoche, Yan Long Great Rinpoche, Awang Nuobu Great Rinpoche, Kang Qin Great Rinpoche, Xirao Zhibenge Rinpoche, Yixi Kanbu, Dharma Teacher Cikong, Dharma Teacher Fahai, Dharma Teacher Cixin, Dharma Teacher Haoling, and others.
The Dharma stipulates that the purpose of a Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly is pouring Dharma water that has been used to bathe the Buddha. The ability to pour such Dharma water is based upon one’s true level of realization. Pouring such water bathes the celestial beings in the various heavenly realms. It shows that the Buddha blessed the celestial beings in the various heavenly realms, the Dharma protecting deities, and the seven types of disciples. Thus, there must be a successful “pouring of water based upon one’s true realization.” Otherwise, it is not a Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly.
Additionally, at that Dharma Assembly all seven holy states were manifested. The seven types of holy states are: (1) Wind Celebrates the Mandala, (2) Flowers Rain from a Tree, (3) A Dharma Object Manifests Holiness, (4) A Cloud Provides an Umbrella-Like Covering, (5) Celestial Dragons Laugh Joyfully, (6) A Rinpoche is Given a Sign, and (7) The Color of Dharma Water Is Received.
The successful “pouring of water based upon one’s true realization” is the most important part of such a Dharma Assembly. It is the key aspect of a Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly. It is why the name of such a Dharma Assembly contains the words “Highest Form.” Three to five thousand pounds of Dharma water are used to bathe the Buddha. After the Buddha is bathed, this water is used to bathe the celestial beings in the various heavenly realms. When bathing the celestial beings, the Dharma water must be poured down from the lotus tub used to bathe the Buddha into the tub used to bathe the celestial beings. During the pouring process, one cannot touch the Dharma water with any part of one’s body, nor can one use any type of container to be filled with water. That is because the human body and containers are soiled by unclean dust and dirt. People are only allowed to tilt the entire lotus tub used to bathe the Buddha so that water is poured downward.
With such a heavy amount of Dharma water in the lotus tub used to bathe the Buddha, how could anyone tilt that tub to pour the water down into the tub used to bathe the celestial beings? One must rely upon one’s Buddha Dharma state of realization. But no more than ten people can attempt to lift the lotus tub used to bathe the Buddha. Otherwise, it would not be regarded as the Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly. If the Dharma water is not successfully poured into the tub used to bathe the celestial beings, then no matter what types of supernatural holy sights may appear at the Dharma Assembly, it cannot be called a “Highest Form of Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly.”
