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Roving Over The World
- Book 111: Roving Over The World
- Chapter 15:
The Charm Of Sarira
- Written by Sheng-yen Lu
- Translated by Janny Chow
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Taking refuge in True Buddha school of Buddhism has become a fashion for the death row convicts of the Singapore Prison. After their executions and cremations, \`Sarira\` found in their remains has also become a trend. It is a cyclone of Sarira.
After Shakyamuni Buddha passed away, his disciple, Ananda burned his remains and found that his bones formed into many five-colored pearls. As these pearls were hard and lustrous, they were called \`Sarira\`. \`Sarira\` refers to the bones of a Buddha.
There is a saying:
White Sarira comes from the bone,
Black Sarira comes from the hair, and
Red Sarira comes from the fresh.
Sarira is the culmination of precepts, tranquility and wisdom; it is the end result of cultivation.
Sarira may be in the form of whole body as Prabhutaratna Buddha, or a broken body as Shakyamuni Buddha.
Many people were shocked to learn that Sarira were found in the remains of dead convicts. I explained that Sarira were nurtured by Precept, tranquility and wisdom.
1. Precept - All the dead convicts were confined in their cells. They were unable to leave. By taking refuge in Buddhism, they are able to observe all the precepts and cultivate unceasingly.
2. Tranquillity - Dead convicts had more determination than all of us. As their days were numbered, they put in whole-hearted effort and achieved inner tranquility.
3. Wisdom - they were wise to have chosen the True Buddha School, which has quite a few kinds of undeniable forces:
i. Cosmic power - Dharma realm power
ii. Buddha and Bodhisattva power - Root deity power
iii. Space traveling Dharma protector power - Karma power
iv. Root Guru power - Empowerment power
v. Self tranquillity power - Own power
The sum total of all these power sources is the largest in the whole universe.
After making a wise choice, the dead convicts took refuge in True Buddha School. This is a proof that Living Buddha Lian Sheng has majestic virtue and empowerment power. And True Buddha Tantra is a righteous form of Buddhism.
What the dead convicts cultivated in the prison were none other than four basic rituals, Root-Deity yoga , Guru yoga, Vajrayana practice, and the utmost profound Esoteric Dharma.
The real reason:
\`Because they have taken refuge in a Vajra guru who really has empowerment power.\`
To tell the truth, there is a great source of power in the universe, that is omnipresent and omnipotent. And I (Living Buddha Lian Sheng, Master Lu Sheng Yen) have assimilated myself into this force. I have gained enlightenment and unified with Buddha. I am a Buddha now, and Buddha is me.
The power from dharma realm which is omnipresent enables me to move freely into the present and energize and empower all my disciples in the prison.
As long as they chant my heart mantra, I am able to save them, liberate them and bring them away from transmigration.
I am able to be in many places at the same time - that is the ability of an enlightened person.
To me, the fact that the dead convicts have Sarira in their remains is a trivial issue, and one should not be too alarmed. Many people cannot understand the greatness of power from the dharma realm, so they don`t believe dead convicts can have Sarira.
True Buddha School is branded as unorthodox, but all the dead convicts cultivated Tantrayana which stresses personal cultivation and nothing else. I am not spreading fallacies to deceive people, as it is a fact that Sarira was found in the dead convicts.
The ignorance of human beings makes me very sad indeed!
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