作者：吴占科 编辑：张致君 校对：冯仍 翻译：戈冰
南无本师释迦牟尼佛！顶礼莲花生大师！顶礼诸位上师大尊者！诸位真修师兄，嗡嘛呢叭咪吽！诸位藏传佛教的信仰者，扎西德勒！
我家祖上是贩卖安化黑茶去川西藏地销售的，在因缘和合下得受宁玛派僧人教化，世代相传到我是第七代。我从小就在佛堂里长大，耳濡目染爷爷和其弟子们举办法事，我在旁边得受教化；十一岁因为家庭变故，得蒙绿度母慈悲庇护，从而逃离地狱。然后我流离失所，无家可归，机缘巧合而开始经商，直到33岁；期间每有变故，也多次被随身所带佛珠佛牌所救助，才幸免遇难。29岁的一天晚上，正当我被世俗纠缠，痛不欲生之时，一首（千手千眼大悲陀罗尼咒）将我拯救，当天，明悟太极双鱼图对世间众生的奥义，于是追寻佛陀解脱正法；
2016年，我前往汉传佛教的祖庭，河南洛阳的白马寺，陕西西安的大慈恩寺，去求法而不得。在西安古玩街，看见佛陀画像时，一副佛祖给鬼子母与诸天王讲法的画掉下来击中我三次，于是被我恭请回来供养。
2018年，遵循祖迹，前往四川甘孜州甘孜县甘孜寺，以及色达五明佛学院求法，一到寺庙就感觉到莫名其妙的归家亲切感，但却因是汉人的身份，而无缘出家学习佛法。因为我家被毁，祖上传下来所有佛像，唐卡，经书，嘎巴拉法器，金刚杵等全部都没有了，我就只好回乡，在当地修建佛堂，供养本师，及诸菩萨；以及偷偷供养达赖活佛。佛堂安置好后，打坐时得到观自在菩萨灌顶，当晚爬山，乌云盖顶，念诵大悲咒时，突发奇想，自己是否命运真属我佛，若是的话，请让我在这伸手不见五指的黑暗里，看见明月；咒语念完礼敬南方时，突然乌云渐开，得见小片明月与星空，跟周围天象格格不入，于是我坚定本心，生出离心。然后我白天健身房锻炼身体，晚上夜深人静的时候偷偷学习佛法。
2019年无量光，无量寿佛，也就是汉地的阿弥陀佛宝诞日，我在佛堂供奉礼敬后，发下无上大菩提心，得蒙佛祖指引，参悟过去七佛偈语得悟，进入般若法界。顶礼莲花生大师，参悟莲师图之无上妙意。
2020年得证，受地藏王菩萨嘱托，讲解（地藏菩萨本愿经），以期望有情众生都能得见自己的内心世界地底深藏的那颗菩提心。
2021年，我在讲解（金刚经）简化版时，告知众生，世间一切相都不是永恒不变的，不需要执着。
2022年讲解（妙法莲华经），在观世音菩萨普门品一章时，四天五夜没有合眼，智慧如同地涌金莲般显现。
2023年四月，我遵佛祖教导，将自己所有佛学智慧全部翻译讲解成通俗易懂的笔记，共23本供有缘者学习。然后佛祖教导我前往西方传法，结束末法时代，但是因为印中关系紧张，我办不到印度签证，无法前往印度投奔达赖活佛；只能舍弃性命踏上偷渡美国传法之路，得蒙诸佛菩萨护佑，多次历经险地，死里逃生，最终成功逃到美国。心中信念为效仿昔日达赖活佛，带领诸多圣贤前往印度将菩提法门生根发芽，使得保留下诸多珍贵佛门密要，让先贤智慧得以流传。
因为藏地得天独厚的优势，使得藏传佛教有活佛世代传承，慈悲讲法，教化众生；不像汉传佛教那样出现智慧断代。这才使得藏地百姓人人信仰佛教，而汉地百姓只信仰金钱的根本所在，我们都知道一个人如果缺失信仰，那是不可能快乐的，只会在欲望的血海里沉沦。更不可能懂得三宝摩尼宝珠智慧。般若智慧之利剑更不可能斩断红尘欲望，八吉祥皆远离。所以藏民相对于汉民或者其他少数民族，在六道轮回中，实在是天，人，阿修罗上三道对畜生，恶鬼，地狱下三道，一个知道满足，一个欲壑难填；一个真诚善良，一个坑蒙拐骗；一个善因广种得以身心轻灵，早睡早起，洁净身体后就去寺庙转经筒洗涤灵魂，一个恶因遍种导致苦海沉沦，麻痹堕落，拖着疲惫不堪的身体做着虚伪的自己。甚至让自己变成曾经自己最讨厌的人。而佛陀的智慧，正是教我们如何做人做事，让有情众生明白自己错在哪里，又该如何从错误的道路上清醒觉悟，远离痛苦。这才是真正的无上根本上师！
每个人都会死，但并不是每个人都真正的活过。如何从欲望的漩涡里解脱出来，找到原本善良的自己，这才是生命的意义！任何你喜欢的人和事物都会离你而去，任何你在意或者不喜欢的人和事情都不会永远存在。这是世间一切有为法的演变过程，我们谁也无法改变！但是我们可以尽自己的努力和才能，使得昙花花期的美丽，能让更多人有缘得见。我们每个人内心都有一颗菩提心，这是与生俱来的，就同如来佛性一样，如同黄河源头一样清澈明净，净如琉璃！只是因为后面不断的污染，而变得浑浊不堪。我们自己心中都有一尊佛，只是未觉醒而不可得见。国中无佛，则只能由国王支配，指使国民去劳作，而国王尚未觉悟，所以也就良莠不齐，于是各个不同的分身行业不同，所造因果不一；而唯有在自心世界十方国土中，哪一天有国民分身突然得悟法门真谛，自心世界十方菩萨皆来集会，听佛讲法。就像一个从小迷路走失的孩子，终于投入父母的怀抱，享受仁爱慈悲。
有人认为六道轮回在死亡之后，而我却认为六道轮回就在世间。比如世间有人身处地狱道，就会看不得别人好，自己还不努力，羡慕嫉妒恨别人的成就，于是产生各种损人不利己的恶劣破坏。比如世间有人身处饿鬼道，就会永远不知道满足，即使拥有无数的财富，豪宅，豪车，俊男美女，还欲壑难填，依然如同貔貅一样贪婪无度。比如世间有人身处畜生道，就会无有道德观念，唯有自心欲望，虎毒尚不食子，而他/她却连自己得子女都不放过，让孩子感受不到半分家庭的温暖和幸福，终日只想早日逃离魔爪；如果有选择，绝对不会愿意来到这个世间受苦受难。 而为什么我们说身处三恶道，是在时刻不停承受苦毒无量的阿鼻地狱之苦，求片刻停息而不可得呢？我们接着上面所讲，如果有人因为前世之因，今生沦落受胎，生于这样的父母家庭，他/她本来就不是一个贤良者，自己还没有学会如何做人做事，也没有受过良好的教育，唯一的成就就是实现了人类的繁衍，礼貌素质文化修养无限接近于最低值，也就是无有下限，你永远都分析不出来他/她能坏到什么程度。他/她看不得自己子女过得好，一定要把在自己身上曾经吃过的苦让子女们再吃一遍，甚至变本加厉，享受虐待的过程，有的甚至好奇，试着去换位当时的自己，这样才能让孩子不脱离他/她的掌控，听她/他的话。自私自利不愿意给子女们带来一点帮助，除了几句注意安全，不要被骗的话外，却总奢望得到无数的回报。一心一意只奢望回报，把孩子们当成满足自己欲望的工具，给孩子们带来无穷无尽的麻烦，只为了满足他/她所谓的面子；甚至教唆孩子们去犯罪，但是却把自己撇得干干净净，最后让孩子们出来背锅，还故意为了维护自己的所谓面子而大义凛然；把自己做父母的责任甩得干干净净，却义正言辞地把孩子打得满地打滚。他/她从来不讲道理，欺软怕硬，利用他人的良善之心，从来不觉得羞耻，甚至还恬不知耻的颠倒是非黑白，自私自利到极致。他/她从来不想付出，只想得到，又最擅长用道德来绑架子女或他人，用圣贤的标准要求他人，却用人渣的标准要求自己。他/她永远都不知道感恩珍惜为何物。为了达到目的而不择一切手段，甚至泯灭人性，不信因果，无有下限的造下无边罪孽。 因为执着于空性，所以没有顾虑，就会不停的作恶祸害周边，它们的所作所为，常人是想都不敢想的。也许会有人质疑，为何此处会用它？别急，且听我之如实阐述。它们会强暴自己年幼的女儿，侄女，孙女，甚至是五六岁的小女孩都下得去手，更有甚者丧尽天良到连襁褓中的婴儿都不放过。它们的兽行甚至能得到孩子母亲，奶奶的帮助，不听话就不给饭吃，打骂责罚，甚至会用家丑不可外扬，天下无不是之父母，等统治思维来奴役孩子为它们产生利益。等女孩子长大点后就逼着她去做妓女，赚钱来养活它们；等年纪大了，看时机差不多了，再用高价彩礼卖掉，给哥哥弟弟结婚娶妻生子。但剥削依然不会停止，继续给她洗脑，不停的往娘家搬东西，哪怕闹得小夫妻离婚都不管，一心唯有自己的利益，甚至挑唆离婚分家产。等把这家的价值榨取干净后，或者不管不顾她死活，任由其自生自灭。或者再将其二嫁，再来一轮压榨的过程。这个就看良心和实际情况了，反正啥样的都有。等它们老了，再将她们招回来，伺候照顾直到它们死去；这些女性从生到死一刻不停的被剥削，从来没有停止。不管付出多少，它们是永远都不会满足的。它们甚至会令人瞠目结舌的教你，你也可以这样对你的孩子！只要老子生前过得好，哪管它们死后洪水滔天。这就是执空的可怕，三恶道之所以被称为下三道，执空者被称为不可接触，就是这个原因，近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
在专制国家，这样的事情层出不穷，比比皆是。为了政权的稳定，一心只想掩盖事情的真相和错误所在，导致社会道德不断退步，而无恶不作者却能逍遥法外；他们不去解决问题，却将提出问题的人解决，沦为世界的笑柄。摊上这样的父母，孩子需要用一生来治愈，有的则承受不了折磨而死亡，却反而是一件好事；因为死容易，而活着更难。有的人有好的父母，说起父母的成就来都可以引以为傲，而有的人活着却比苦毒无量的阿鼻地狱还苦。身处阿修罗道之人多嗔怒，容易怒火攻心，迷失智慧，造成不可挽回的结果，时常悔不当初；而身处人道之人，多有自我思维，但很多人的思维都是事情反正不是发生在自己身上，受苦受难的也不是自己，与自己的利益不冲突，所以站着说话不腰疼。但事情一旦发生在自己身上，早就不知道会怎样了。身处天道之人多明事理，懂得如何进取和改正，所以，说法最起码都是在诸天，因为只有这个层次的人才能懂得如何去见贤思齐。
不管你愿不愿意，宇宙演变不会停止，天地万物运行亦不会停止，六道轮回这个永动不停的碾盘，碾压我们也不会停止的；而我们唯有改变自己，心不死，则道不生。自己心中的魔王不退，佛陀就不能出世安住，我们就不能跳出六道轮回，也不能做到大丈夫断绝红尘诸欲，更不可能做到清净解脱。我们无法选择自己的出身，但是我们可以选择未来的道路。我用自身向诸位证明：世间就没有打不破的墙，尤其是当所有人都认为它坚不可摧的时候，就是它最脆弱的时候！
如果他/她的父母有已经觉悟的活佛教育，能够言传身教的教化人们，该怎样去做人做事，该怎样去为人父母，该怎样去以身作则教育自己的孩子，甚至善待他人的孩子，慈悲怜悯。勿以善小而不为，勿以恶小而为之。试问又能减少多少恶行恶果呢？再加上三世因果的蝴蝶效应之涟漪呢？
正是因为这么多代活佛的不断传承，才使得藏地佛教的佛前供灯，不曾熄灭；才使得佛前供水，不曾干涸；才使得转经筒，不曾停止；才使得念经声，不曾断绝……风，将我们的智慧之音传播得更高远；水，将我们的智慧流传得更广阔；火，将我们的般若光明普照十方幽暗；地，将我们的菩提智慧如同 地涌金莲 般显现。
所以，作为一个得悟者，我是真心希望活佛制度得到保留，并得到光大。在我得到身份后，也将第一时间跟随自由雕塑公园雕塑家陈维明先生一起前往印度，拜见达赖活佛！
最后，因为学识不多，写作能力，时间和精力都有限，白天做义工，晚上书写，所以只能是想到什么写什么，如果其中有错误和遗漏的地方，请诸位贤者见谅！
再次感谢大家，愿我佛慈悲，早日结束末法时代，迎接法门盛世的到来。
2026年4月30日 写于美国加州自由雕塑公园
A Brief Discussion on Welcoming the New Living Buddha: Perspectives from Han Chinese Disciples
Author: Wu Zhanke Editor: Zhang Zhijun Proofreader: Feng Reng Translator: Ge Bing
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha! Homage to Guru Padmasambhava! Homage to all venerable masters! To all fellow practitioners on the path of genuine cultivation, Om Mani Padme Hum! To all followers of Tibetan Buddhism, Tashi Delek!
My ancestors were merchants who sold Anhua black tea in Sichuan and Tibet. Through a series of fortunate circumstances, they received teachings from Nyingma monks, and this tradition has been passed down through the generations—I am the seventh in line. I grew up in a Buddhist chapel, observing my grandfather and his disciples conducting rituals, and receiving their teachings from a young age. At the age of eleven, due to a family tragedy, I was mercifully protected by Green Tara and thus escaped from a living hell. I then became homeless and adrift, but by a stroke of fate, I began a career in business, which I pursued until I was 33; During that time, whenever I faced adversity, the Buddhist prayer beads and amulets I carried with me saved me on numerous occasions, sparing me from disaster. One night when I was 29, just as I was entangled in worldly affairs and in such agony that I wished to die, the “Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Great Compassion Dharani Mantra” rescued me. That very day, I gained profound insight into the profound meaning of the Tai Chi Double Fish Diagram for all sentient beings in the world, and thus I set out to seek the Buddha’s Dharma of liberation;
In 2016, I traveled to the ancestral temples of Han Buddhism—Baimasi Temple in Luoyang, Henan, and Daci’en Temple in Xi’an, Shaanxi—to seek the Dharma, but to no avail. While on Xi’an’s Antique Street, I saw a painting of the Buddha; a portrait depicting the Buddha preaching to the Goddess of Children and the Four Heavenly Kings fell from the wall and struck me three times, so I reverently invited it home to venerate.
In 2018, following in the footsteps of the ancestors, I traveled to Ganzi Monastery in Ganzi County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, as well as the Serta Five Sciences Buddhist College to seek the Dharma. Upon arriving at the monastery, I felt an inexplicable sense of homecoming and warmth; however, because I was of Han ethnicity, I was unable to ordain and study the Dharma. Since my family home had been destroyed, all the Buddhist statues, thangkas, scriptures, gabala ritual implements, and vajra staffs passed down from my ancestors were lost. I had no choice but to return to my hometown, where I built a Buddhist shrine to venerate my spiritual teacher and the Bodhisattvas, as well as to secretly pay homage to the Dalai Lama. After the chapel was set up, I received an empowerment from Avalokiteshvara while meditating. That night, as I climbed a mountain with dark clouds overhead, I chanted the Great Compassion Mantra and was suddenly struck by a thought: Is my destiny truly bound to the Buddha? If so, please let me see the full moon in this pitch-black darkness where I cannot even see my hand in front of my face. After finishing the mantra and paying respects to the south, the dark clouds suddenly began to part, revealing a small sliver of the moon and the starry sky—a sight that stood in stark contrast to the surrounding darkness. This strengthened my resolve, and I developed the mind of renunciation. From then on, I worked out at the gym during the day and secretly studied the Dharma late at night when all was quiet.
In 2019, on the birthday of Amitabha Buddha—known in Han Chinese tradition as the Buddha of Infinite Light and Infinite Life—after paying homage and making offerings in the Buddha hall, I vowed to cultivate the supreme bodhicitta. Guided by the Buddha, I contemplated the verses of the Seven Buddhas of the Past and attained enlightenment, entering the realm of Prajñā. I prostrated before Guru Padmasambhava and contemplated the supreme meaning of the Guru’s mandala.
In 2020, having attained realization and entrusted by Earth Store Bodhisattva, I expounded the *Sutra of the Original Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva*, hoping that all sentient beings might come to see the Bodhicitta deeply hidden within the depths of their own inner worlds.
In 2021, while expounding a simplified version of the *Diamond Sutra*, I informed sentient beings that all phenomena in the world are impermanent and should not be clung to.
In 2022, while expounding on the *Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law*, during the chapter on Avalokiteshvara’s Universal Gate, I remained awake for four days and five nights, and wisdom manifested like a golden lotus emerging from the earth.
In April 2023, following the Buddha’s teachings, I translated and expounded all my Buddhist wisdom into 23 volumes of easy-to-understand notes for those with karmic affinity to study. The Buddha then instructed me to travel to the West to spread the Dharma and bring an end to the Latter Age of the Dharma. However, due to strained relations between India and China, I was unable to obtain an Indian visa and could not travel to India to join the Dalai Lama. I had no choice but to risk my life and embark on a clandestine journey to the United States to spread the Dharma. By the grace of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I survived numerous perilous situations and narrowly escaped death, ultimately succeeding in reaching the United States. My heartfelt aspiration is to emulate the Dalai Lama of old, leading many sages to India to plant the seeds of the Bodhi Dharma, thereby preserving numerous precious Buddhist esoteric teachings and ensuring that the wisdom of our forebears is passed down through the ages.
Thanks to the unique advantages of the Tibetan region, Tibetan Buddhism has maintained a lineage of living Buddhas who have passed down teachings through the generations, preaching with compassion to enlighten all sentient beings; unlike Han Buddhism, which has experienced a break in the transmission of wisdom. This is the fundamental reason why every person in Tibet believes in Buddhism, whereas people in Han regions believe only in money. We all know that without faith, a person cannot be happy; they will only sink into the blood-red sea of desire. It is even more impossible for them to comprehend the wisdom of the Three Jewels, the Wish-fulfilling Gem. The sharp sword of Prajñā wisdom cannot sever worldly desires, and the Eight Auspicious Symbols remain out of reach. Therefore, compared to Han Chinese or other ethnic minorities, Tibetans in the cycle of the Six Realms occupy the upper three realms—Heaven, Human, and Asura—while the others dwell in the lower three realms: the Animal, Hungry Ghost, and Hell realms. One knows contentment, while the other’s desires are insatiable; one is sincere and kind, while the other deceives and swindles; one sows abundant good karma, achieving a light and agile body and mind, rising early and retiring early, purifying the body before going to the temple to spin prayer wheels and cleanse the soul, while the other sows widespread evil karma, leading to sinking into the sea of suffering, becoming numb and degenerate, dragging an exhausted body while living a life of pretense. They even allow themselves to become the very person they once despised most. The Buddha’s wisdom teaches us how to live and act, helping sentient beings understand where they have gone wrong and how to awaken from the path of error to escape suffering. This is the true, supreme root guru!
Everyone will die, but not everyone has truly lived. How to break free from the vortex of desire and rediscover our inherently kind selves—this is the true meaning of life! Everyone and everything you love will eventually leave you; everyone and everything you care about—or dislike—will not last forever. This is the natural course of all conditioned phenomena in the world, and none of us can change it! Yet we can do our utmost, using all our effort and talent, to ensure that the fleeting beauty of the night-blooming cereus is witnessed by as many people as possible. Within each of us lies a Bodhicitta—an innate quality as inherent as the Buddha-nature, as clear and pure as the source of the Yellow River, as crystalline as lapis lazuli! It is only through constant pollution that it becomes murky and unrecognizable. We all have a Buddha within our hearts; it is simply that, as long as we remain unawakened, we cannot see it. If there is no Buddha within the nation, the king must rule and command the people to labor. Yet since the king himself has not awakened, the people are a mixed bag of good and bad. Thus, their various incarnations and occupations differ, and the karma they create varies accordingly. Only within the ten directions of the realm of the mind—where, one day, a citizen’s incarnation suddenly attains enlightenment regarding the true essence of the Dharma—will Bodhisattvas from the ten directions of the realm of the mind gather to listen to the Buddha’s teachings. It is like a child who has been lost and wandering since childhood finally returning to the embrace of his parents to enjoy their love and compassion.
Some believe that the Six Realms of Rebirth exist only after death, but I believe they exist right here in this world. For example, those in the hell realm cannot bear to see others prosper; they make no effort themselves, yet envy and resent others’ achievements, leading them to engage in all sorts of destructive acts that harm others without benefiting themselves. For instance, those in the realm of hungry ghosts are perpetually insatiable; even if they possess boundless wealth, mansions, luxury cars, and beautiful partners, their desires remain unquenchable, and they remain as ravenous as mythical beasts. For instance, those in the animal realm lack any sense of morality, driven solely by their own desires. Even a tiger, though vicious, does not eat its own young, yet such individuals spare not even their own children, depriving them of even a shred of familial warmth and happiness. The children spend their days longing to escape these clutches as soon as possible; if given a choice, they would absolutely refuse to come into this world to suffer. And why do we say that those in the Three Evil Realms are constantly enduring the immeasurable torments of Avici Hell, seeking even a moment’s respite but finding none? Building on what was discussed earlier, if someone, due to causes from a past life, is reborn into such a family, they are not inherently virtuous. They have not yet learned how to conduct themselves or handle affairs, nor have they received a proper education. Their only “achievement” is having fulfilled the human duty of procreation. Their manners, character, and cultural refinement are as close to rock bottom as possible—in other words, they have no bottom line. You can never fully fathom just how depraved they might become. They cannot bear to see their children living well; they must make their children endure the same hardships they once suffered—and even intensify them—taking pleasure in the process of abuse. Some are even curious, trying to put themselves in their children’s shoes at that time, believing this is the only way to keep the children under their control and make them obey. Selfish and self-serving, they are unwilling to offer their children any help beyond a few words of caution to “be careful,” “don’t get scammed,” they constantly expect endless rewards. Their sole focus is on receiving returns, treating their children as tools to satisfy their own desires, and causing them endless trouble—all to preserve their so-called “face.” They may even incite their children to commit crimes while washing their own hands of the matter, leaving the children to take the fall, all while feigning righteousness to protect their “face”; They shirk their parental responsibilities entirely, yet beat their children senseless with righteous indignation. They never listen to reason, bully the weak and fear the strong, exploit others’ kindness without a shred of shame, and even shamelessly twist right and wrong, taking selfishness to the extreme. He or she never wants to give, only to take, and is most skilled at using morality to manipulate children or others, demanding that others meet the standards of sages while holding themselves to the standards of scum. He or she will never know what gratitude or appreciation means. To achieve their goals, they will stop at nothing, even extinguishing their humanity, disbelieving in cause and effect, and committing boundless sins without any limits. Because they are obsessed with emptiness, they have no qualms and will continuously commit evil deeds that harm those around them; their actions are beyond what ordinary people dare to imagine. Some may question why the term “it” is used here. Don’t be hasty; let me explain the truth. They will rape their own young daughters, nieces, granddaughters—even five- or six-year-old girls—and some are so utterly depraved that they do not spare even infants in swaddling clothes. Their bestial acts are even aided by the children’s mothers and grandmothers. If the children disobey, they are denied food, beaten, and punished. They are even enslaved through controlling rhetoric like “family shame must not be aired publicly” and “all parents have their faults,” all to force the children to generate profit for them. Once the girl grows a bit older, they force her into prostitution to earn money to support them; when she is older and the time is right, they sell her off for a high dowry to help her brothers marry and start families. But the exploitation never stops—they continue to brainwash her, constantly moving her belongings back to her parents’ home, unconcerned even if it leads to the young couple’s divorce. Their sole focus is their own gain, and they may even incite divorce to divide the family assets. Once they’ve squeezed every last drop of value from her, they either abandon her to fend for herself, regardless of her survival, or they remarry her off to start another round of exploitation. This depends on their conscience and the actual circumstances—there are all kinds of people out there. When they grow old, they’ll call her back to serve and care for them until their deaths; these women are exploited nonstop from birth to death, never ceasing. No matter how much you give, they will never be satisfied. They will even shock you by teaching you that you can treat your own children this way! As long as they live well while they’re alive, they couldn’t care less if the world goes to hell after they die. This is the horror of clinging to emptiness. This is why the Three Evil Realms are called the Lower Three Realms, and why those who cling to emptiness are called “untouchables”—because “those who associate with the red become red; those who associate with the black become black.”
In authoritarian states, such incidents are all too common. In the name of political stability, the regime is obsessed with covering up the truth and concealing its mistakes, leading to a steady decline in social morality, while those who commit every conceivable evil remain unpunished; Instead of addressing the problems, they eliminate those who raise them, making themselves a laughingstock to the world. Children born to such parents may spend their entire lives trying to heal from the trauma; some cannot bear the torment and die—which, in a way, is a blessing, for dying is easy, but living is far harder. Some are blessed with good parents, taking pride in their achievements, while others endure a life more agonizing than the boundless torments of Avici Hell. Those in the Asura realm are often filled with anger; they are prone to letting rage consume them, losing their wisdom and causing irreversible consequences, often regretting their actions afterward. Meanwhile, those in the human realm tend to think only of themselves; yet many believe that since the events aren’t happening to them—and since they aren’t the ones suffering—and since it doesn’t conflict with their own interests, they can easily criticize others without feeling the pain. But once such events befall them personally, who knows what will become of them. Those in the heavenly realms are generally wise and discerning; they understand how to strive for progress and make amends. Therefore, the Dharma is taught at the very least among the heavenly beings, for only those at this level can truly grasp how to emulate the virtuous.
Whether you like it or not, the evolution of the universe will not cease, nor will the operation of heaven and earth and all things. The ever-turning millstone of the Six Realms of Rebirth will not stop crushing us; and we have no choice but to change ourselves. If the mind does not die, the Way cannot be born. As long as the demon within our hearts refuses to retreat, the Buddha cannot manifest and dwell in this world; we cannot break free from the cycle of reincarnation across the Six Realms, nor can we, as true men, sever all worldly desires, much less achieve purity and liberation. We cannot choose our birth, but we can choose our future path. I offer myself as proof to all of you: there is no wall in this world that cannot be broken, especially when everyone believes it to be indestructible—that is precisely when it is most fragile!
If his or her parents had received the teachings of an enlightened living Buddha—one capable of instructing through both word and deed—on how to conduct oneself, how to be a parent, and how to set an example for one’s own children, or even to treat others’ children with compassion and mercy—if they had been taught not to neglect even the smallest acts of kindness nor to commit even the slightest wrongdoing—how much could this have reduced the accumulation of evil deeds and their consequences? And what of the ripples of the butterfly effect across three lifetimes of cause and effect?
It is precisely because of the unbroken lineage of living Buddhas across so many generations that the lamps before the Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism have never been extinguished; that the water offerings before the Buddha have never run dry; that the prayer wheels have never ceased turning; that the sound of chanting has never been silenced… The wind carries the sound of our wisdom ever higher and farther; water carries our wisdom to ever broader horizons; fire shines the light of our Prajna wisdom upon the darkness of the ten directions; earth manifests our Bodhi wisdom like a golden lotus emerging from the earth.
Therefore, as one who has attained enlightenment, I sincerely hope that the system of living Buddhas will be preserved and further exalted. Once I have received my official status, I will immediately travel to India with Mr. Chen Weiming, the sculptor from Freedom Sculpture Park, to pay my respects to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
Finally, due to my limited knowledge, writing skills, time, and energy—as I volunteer during the day and write at night—I can only write whatever comes to mind. If there are any errors or omissions, I ask for the forgiveness of all the wise ones!
Once again, thank you all. May the Buddha’s compassion bring an early end to the Age of the Dharma’s Decline and usher in a golden age of the Dharma.
April 30, 2026 Written at Liberty Sculpture Park, California, USA
