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Chapter 16 - The Dharmakaya Of Shakyamuni Buddha
In the Buddhist Sutras, it was recorded that Buddha had three bodies, i.e. Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya,and Nirmanakaya.
What is body of self-nature? This is the foundation of all Buddhas, the true and pure dharma realm, usage and equality. It is formless, immobile, and has uncountable merits. The dharma nature is equality, which is the truth. We may say in the dharma realm, the pure Buddha nature is body of self-nature.
What is body of uses? It can be subdivided into self use and other use. All the Buddhas use their perfect, clean and omnipresent human body to bring benefits to others. They also use the equality wisdom to manifest their wonderful meritorious body to reside in pure lands and show all kinds of mystic powers to the Bodhisattvas of ten lands, turn the dharma wheel, solve the doubts of others, so that they are able to use their bodies to enjoy the dharma bliss derived from the Mahayana.
What is body of changes? All the Buddhas have the wisdom of accomplishment of whatever they are doing, and they are able to manifest into many bodies, to reside in the Pure Land or Filthy Land, to give sermons when necessary, to succour all sentient beings so that they are able to gain benefits for themselves.
The sutras that mentioned about the three bodies included:
Zhi Guan sutra " dharmakaya is the enlightenment stage,. Sambhogakaya is the accomplishment of wisdoms, and Nirmakaya is the application. Guang Ming Xuan sutra "dharmakaya is the essence of dharmas and truth. Sambhogakaya is the essence of all the wisdoms and Nirmakaya is the essence of all merits"
Let me quote a real example:
I think all of you can understand my explanation now. A lot of people are very confused over the terms Sambhogakaya and Nirmakaya. simply put, Sambhogakaya is residing in the pure land and enjoying the dharma bliss. Whereas Nirmakaya is omnipresent in this world to succour other sentient beings.
A Mongolian disciple said:
In short the letter talked about seeing a big rosary bead descended and changed into a big square shrine, and five stupas were erected, and the main stupa in the centre was occupied by Shakyamuni Buddha sitting on golden lotus flowers. The face of Shakyamuni Buddha is the same as the face of Lu Sheng Yen. And he believed that the dharmakaya of Shakyamuni Buddha must be Grandmaster Lu Sheng Yen.
Two revered monks, dharma master Dao An of Wu Zhong temple in Xian and dharma master Jing Xi of Tian Tai sect, said before:
The Tian Tai Tantra believed, Vairocana and Shakyamuni Buddha are one and the same Buddha. The dharmakaya is Vairocana and the Nirmakaya is Shakyamuni Buddha.
In the Tantra, the Five Directional Buddhas are:
Amosha Buddha is also known as Kai Fu Hua Wang Buddha in the Garbhadhatu, and Kai Fu Hua Wang Buddha is another name of Shakyamuni Buddha, that is why we may also say Shakyamuni Buddha is Amosha Buddha.
Moreover we say Buddha Eye the mother of all Buddhas embodies Vairocana and Shakyamuni Buddha, her real name is: "all the Buddha eyes with great auspicious Vajra, hearts of mother of all the Buddhas"
The Tantric Sutra of Zha Nu mentioned :
Guan Shi Explained:"Vajrasattva is yoga......if the wheel is prefect, it will be known as Shan Yoga. Empower the body, speech, and mind and the eyes of the deities; and enter into the wheel of wisdoms, and praise the maha-offerings is called Maha yoga."
Yoga means spiritual response. I believe tby using the third Shan Yoga, we are able to change into our root deity and enter into the chakras (wheels) of lotus flowers and reside there to be born as the deity. The chakras will then be even more perfect.
In other words, if a Tantric cultivator has reached the level of Shan yoga, he can change into all kinds of deities to make the chakras perfect.
For the same reason, I am able to change into the 32 forms of Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Unrestrained Flower Light Buddha, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhsattva, and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.......
Changing into others was mentioned in the Pu Men Pin "If there are human beings, that must be succoured by the body of Buddha, Avalokitesvara will change into the body of Buddha to give the sermon..........."
I go through all the troubles to extract this paragraph to prove that :
Avalokitisvara Bodhisattva Changing into many forms and landing in many lands to succour sentient beings. And now Living Buddha Lian Shen, Changing into many forms and landing in many lands to succour sentient beings. Many disciples saw me changing myself to Shakyamuni Buddha.
When they chanted the guru heart Mantra, Amitabha Buddha appeared. They even saw Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva - the king of the nether world had the same face as me Living Buddha Lian Shen Lu Sheng Yen.
I am telling you the truth. When I first had my deva-eyes opened, I made a vow, upon enlightenment:
I shall fly to the residence of Peach Pond Golden Mother, and help her (the king of all deities) to succour all sentient beings.
I shall fly to the Western Pure land, the residence of Amitabha Buddha, and help him (the king of the Buddhas) to succour all sentient beings.
And finally I shall fly to the nether world, the residence of Ksitigarbha to help him (king of the nether world) to succour all sentient beings.
I shall not forget about my vow.
Later on I learned my past:
Thereafter, Shakyamuni Buddha reaffirmed me as "Unrestrained Flower Light Buddha".
As I have cultivated the dharma of "Perfect Heavenly Wheel", I am able to manifest in any body I want. It is nothing strange for me to assume the body of Shakyamuni Buddha. The reason is obvious.
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