tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post5784349017657003568..comments2023-11-13T05:48:21.769+08:00Comments on Tantrismuskritik: True wisdom of Buddism from posts of ShalomTzeng (Ver. 2)TK.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07949842293112639247noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-65780549280775865922011-12-08T22:10:55.365+08:002011-12-08T22:10:55.365+08:00Indeed, I learn from this "case" how the...Indeed, I learn from this "case" how the Tibetan Buddhism misleads the readers and their followers. And I expect to read the article about "Exploring the Stealing of Buddhist Terms by Tibetan 'Buddhism'". It must be very beneficial.<br /><br />Do you know that? I always feel I did not do much thing. But it is nice to read comments like yours which make me clear and also the readers on the website.<br /><br />Yes, let's keep courage and move on!TK.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07949842293112639247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-77357072756377039152011-12-07T13:42:58.682+08:002011-12-07T13:42:58.682+08:00Not at all, this is an orthodox Buddhist's obl...Not at all, this is an orthodox Buddhist's obligation to guard the Buddha dharma. Your English is very good, no worries, but the statement itslef was full of inconsistencies. At the first sight, I thought it was a post from my schoolmates, I was more than happy to read it. Nevertheless, through years of studying, we are able to distinguish the correct dharmas from the false ones by one or two sentences immediately. This is also a prove of the wondrous Buddha dharma, once you have gained the prajna wisdom, you can see through the faults, and you have to explain the reasons why to the people as well.(So others can learn from this case, which would turn the karma into a positive issue)<br /><br />Now T.K. and some readers have personally experienced the fact of how some individuals would deliberately mislead others. That is exactly what Tibetan Tantric "Buddhism" is doing, stealing Buddhist terms to teach their followers of non-Buddhist views. Very soon, there will be an article to be published about "Exploring the Stealing of Buddhist Terms by Tibetan 'Buddhism'"; an article which is quite difficult to read through, but a very worthwhile subject for everyone.<br /><br />As for those Tibetan Tantric followers, they do not know any better because they were misled by the "superficial similar" dharmas from the very beginning already; we just have to go on with our postings. Let's keep courage and move on!<br /><br />Thanks T.K. for your website and posts!<br />Shalom TsengAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-24243565584203380672011-12-05T15:59:09.496+08:002011-12-05T15:59:09.496+08:00Thanks for explanation to the superficial similar ...Thanks for explanation to the superficial similar statement, Shalom Tseng. When I read that comment, I thought my english ability was too poor to understand it. After reading your explanation, I understand that it is a "superficial" similar statement of consciousness which misleads the readers. Thank you very much again!TK.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07949842293112639247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-68489137275343881192011-12-05T10:44:08.371+08:002011-12-05T10:44:08.371+08:00Furthermore, let's have a closer look: if this...Furthermore, let's have a closer look: if this statement were true - "Your eight consciousness will hold all the seed of birth and death.This consciousness is also the knowledge management system and is within the five skandals," then all heavens were to be overcrowded with new-reborns; it is because nobody were to be born in inferior conditions, hell, or ghosts realms; all beings were to choose and "manage with knowledge" to be reborn in the best realms, who would be stupid enough to accept all retributions from the past lives? <br /><br />Moreover, the "law of causality 因果法則" cannot be substantiated since all consciousnesses are to be terminated when an individual passes away along with his decaying physical body, and you stated that "the eight consciousness is within the five skandhas"; so, the eighth consciousness were to vanish according to your viewpoint, how could it hold the seeds of birth and death? This is an extremely serious issue! Unless you believe in "You only live once."<br /><br />One more question: Could you tell me please, after all, within which skandha exists "the eight consciousness"? <br /><br />Many thanks for your attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-59798928896627950102011-12-04T22:44:12.929+08:002011-12-04T22:44:12.929+08:00Bodhisattva Xuanzang stated in the Tang Dynasty: “...Bodhisattva Xuanzang stated in the Tang Dynasty: “It is difficult for the correct dharmas to manifest if the erroneous ones are not destroyed.”<br /><br />Do you know what you are writing about?<br />Your "superficial" similar statement is very wrong; everyone is able to see your obvious inconsequent faults.<br /><br />It is the eighth vijnana which stores all the seeds of deeds, including your intention of posting here. The Alayavijnana is "not" the knowledge management system and is "not" within the five skandhas.<br /><br />Your consciousness stays only one life. So please give up your consciousness talk.<br /><br />Thank you.<br />Shalom TsengAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-41939812301994173762011-12-03T07:13:57.800+08:002011-12-03T07:13:57.800+08:00Your eight consciousness will hold all the seed of...Your eight consciousness will hold all the seed of birth and death.This consciousness is also the knowledge management system and is within the five skandals. Mahayana Theravada is only the sixth consciousness<br />divided into eight consciousness. <br />6 & 8 =5 & 7<br />Our mind is like photographic light; to shine like a mirror you must clean the filthy dirty sludge of the light, this floating dust blinds us from our true nature.<br /> Form,: reception(5) consciousness: conception (6)consciousness: mental action(7) consciousness: and consciousness: the (8) consciousness.<br /> That is why they say The Ch'an tradition is not comprehensive enough. Because they clam the eight consciousness which is part of the five skandles is your ture nature. <br />The Buddha said the Tathagatas are not composed of the skandha bases of consciousness.<br />Their own Sixth Patriach also said Fundamentally there is no Bodhi-tree nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void from the beginning, Where can the dust alight ? . It is said the the bodhisattva will take care of the sick first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-20641737640646593652011-07-27T00:58:07.646+08:002011-07-27T00:58:07.646+08:00The Hinayana saints observe and realize the “empti...The Hinayana saints observe and realize the “emptiness-appearance” of all dharmas, but they do not know the ultimate truth; they trusted the Buddha’s teachings completely that their Buddha nature will be in the state of remainderless nirvana after death. In fact, they will never know the state themselves, because there is no worldly dharma whatsoever in the state of remainderless nirvana. To be really straight and strict, an arhat does not enter the remainderless nirvana after death; he just perishes from this world, only his Buddha nature remains.<br />The Alaya vijnana does not belong to any of the mundane phenomena; it is without any form or appearance. If we try with our limited words to describe the nature of ultimate reality, it sounds much too philosophical. That is exactly what the Buddha tried to depict the mental entity or the nature characteristic of the Alaya vijnana to all Buddhists in the “Heart Sutra” - “Neither arising nor ceasing, and neither increasing nor decreasing; form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.” Because the Buddha nature is not created, it will never cease to exist; it does not fit in our usual daily two extremes. Most importantly, the Alaya vijnana does have its own functional distinctions beyond the three realms. It seems empty in this material world, yet, it possesses its emptiness-nature. The Liberation-Way (Hinayana) saints do not comprehend or realize the emptiness-nature of true reality in all dharmas. On the other hand,the Buddhahood-Way practitioners not only realize the emptiness of person by cultivating and realizing the emptiness-appearance of all dharmas, they further cultivate the true reality of prajna and aim to realize the eighth vijnana so that their prajna wisdom can arise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-86443826437990796502011-07-20T23:04:52.767+08:002011-07-20T23:04:52.767+08:00As for the practice of the Liberation-Way (Hinayan...As for the practice of the Liberation-Way (Hinayana), its final goal is to break the bond of cause and effect in order to have the long cycle of births and deaths come to an end. So the practitioners’ focus point shall be on the worldly physical body and mind, namely the five aggregates (skandhas), twelve sense-fields (ayatanas), and eighteen sense-realms (dhatavahs). The practitioners will contemplate on the worldly matters as of conditional arising and conditional cessation; in this way, they realize the emptiness manifestation of the mundane world. Therefore, they confirm the emptiness of the impermanent “ego of the perceptive mind” and actually realize that the conscious mind is impermanent and thus empty. As a result, they will never recognize the conscious mind as the origin of all dharmas. They realize the emptiness of a person by eliminating self-view and self-attachment; what they know about and eliminate belongs to the worldly dharmas, which are active dharmas within the Three Realms, and are called mundane truth. So most of the time, they concentrate on themselves, they avoid creating new karma, they choose to be aloof from mundane affairs. <br />Logically, they would never do as what we are doing towards Tibetan Tantrism, since the Hinayana practitioners are determined to terminate their future lives after death, so everyone of them, their Buddha nature will no longer manifest within the Three Realms, everyone’s Buddha nature will be in the state of remainderless nirvana. (It is only natural if the readers could not understand the exact meaning, because the context is against daily life, it is about departing from the regular pattern we are used to for so long. But you are truly the lucky few, who are able to get close to the true Buddha dharma.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-91462453690218477452011-07-19T15:30:01.109+08:002011-07-19T15:30:01.109+08:00The Buddha nature (also known as Alaya vijnana, Ta...The Buddha nature (also known as Alaya vijnana, Tathagatagarbha, the eighth vijnana, etc.) is the core of all existence; this is also the exact approach what Buddhism expounds. Yet, knowing and believing the truth without actual “enlightenment” would at most achieve merely the highest level of the Liberation-Way (arhat fruition). In other words, a Buddhist practitioner has to initially witness the Buddha nature (enlightenment) in person, then he or she is positively set foot on the right path to Buddhahood, since then his or her true prajna (supra-mundane wisdom) would be gradually brought forth. Prior to a Buddhist’s enlightenment, all sorts of correct cultivation efforts are meant for the preparatory practice, e.g. six paramitas, four noble truths, etc.<br />Therefore, it is extremely important for all Buddhists to foster correct comprehension of the middle-way view prajna. Otherwise, how could anyone get “enlightened” if one doesn’t even know the characteristic of the Buddha nature?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-87012843098110161042011-07-14T00:14:53.011+08:002011-07-14T00:14:53.011+08:002500 years ago, the Buddha passed down Buddhism as...2500 years ago, the Buddha passed down Buddhism as a human being (path) of the six paths of existence. This fact ensures that human beings have the most potential to cultivate to attain Buddhahood. For this reason, Buddhist cultivation is deeply interlinked in everyone’s daily life. For instance, a handful of few individuals are trying untiringly to tell the public that “Kalachakra Tantra” has nothing to do with peace, compassion, and freedom in order to prevent the masses from being misled into believing this ritual is benefiting the society, most importantly, the “Kalachakra Tantra” is abusing the name of true Buddhism. What we are doing is an obviously unpopular campaign against a Nobel laureate. Yet, from the Buddhahood-Way viewpoint, this act is a matter of Buddhist cultivation. When a person is acting on other’s benefit without aiming for one’s own profit, this is almsgiving (giving or offerings), probably a righteous non-religious person will do as well. But, the Buddha’s name is involved in this issue, while the true Buddhists keep reiterating the contexts of the true Buddha Dharma, so the whole issue becomes the Dharma almsgiving of the paramita. It is the best among three givings (Dharma, belongs and fearless). If only the lamas would have listened and stop their non-Buddhist practice, and the participants would not have been misled, and the lamas would have minimized their gravest sins; the lamas and their followers could have had the chance to hear the true Dharma of paramita. In reality, the negative consequences for those who attend the “Kalachakra Tantra” gathering will not be only this single life. The negative effects will last till their countless future lives, because they innately possess their own Alaya vijnana, therein stores all the seeds of deeds of every past lives awaiting the ripe moment to sprout and manifest in the future. Throughout this gathering, they financially support the occasion and are connected with Tibetan Tantrism, thereby their collective karma have been formed. That is how causes and effects work. This is from the viewpoint of the Budhhahood-Way cultivation, as for the Liberation-Way, that will be an entirely different story.<br />In fact, our actions are exactly as stated by the Buddha, “What are cherished by the true path shall be disregarded by the worldly public.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-29329527048070737392011-07-12T07:26:25.603+08:002011-07-12T07:26:25.603+08:00Buddhism is neither a philosophy by itself, nor an...Buddhism is neither a philosophy by itself, nor an academic research system. It is a matter of actual realization. In other words, the Buddha dharmas are the Buddha’s personal experiences that are feasible for Buddhists to carry out. That is to say “enlightenment” is viable and is to be personally realized accordingly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-27480038330952897942011-07-11T16:01:27.073+08:002011-07-11T16:01:27.073+08:00History repeats itself.
This corroborates what Bod...History repeats itself.<br />This corroborates what Bodhisattva Xuanzang stated in the Tang Dynasty: “It is difficult for the correct dharmas to manifest if the erroneous ones are not destroyed.”<br />It is of vital importance that all Buddhist practitioners must have the right knowledge and correct dharma gates (practice methods) to approach orthodox Buddhism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835931418571721412.post-75543298287469406832011-07-09T18:37:47.092+08:002011-07-09T18:37:47.092+08:00T.K. acted as a true bodhisattva to connect and gu...T.K. acted as a true bodhisattva to connect and guide people to the right pathway. We are all grateful to your compassion. To liberate oneself from this desire realm is certainly not easy, because we are all full of emotions and desires. That is also why Tibetan “Buddhism” is so popular, because it matches humans’ longing for superficial vanity, fame, myth, peace, freedom, sex, etc. The Buddha also stated that what are cherished by the world shall be disregarded by the true path; what are cherished by the true path shall be disregarded by the worldly public. It’s not like a piece of cake to follow the truth.<br />Seeing how the lamas being misled by their ancient gurus and causing enormous harm and grave retributions in their future lives to come, let alone those countless innocent followers.<br />And Tibetan “Buddhism” is still misleading the masses now, the masses will follow Tibetan Tantrism in their next lives as well, the same as they did follow Tantrism in their past lives. That’s why they have no ears for our warning words today.<br />That’s why keep close to the correct dharma even though you do not understand it right now is so important, since the Alaya vijnana will store all the records, positive and negative alike. The Buddha nature in yourself and the Buddha will connect once…<br />A wise and correct master is of vital importance to any true Buddhist.<br />The book “Behind the façade of Tibetan Buddhism” is worth reading. It is a very heavy book (literally and figuratively) even for Chinese readers, but the contents will shake the earth upside down. The author (my Head Master) had studied 262 Tibetan-Tantric-related books from ancient till nowadays and had indicated the erroneously points in comparison with orthodox Buddhism. The English version (Volume 1) is in progress. (preliminary version is available at this website)<br />The Buddha Dharma (definitely not Tantrism) stated in the book is exactly what Confucius was willing to die for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com