The one-hundred holy Dharma assemblies hosted by me, Wangzha, is formally closed today. I have held the entire ritual for the one hundred holy Dharma assemblies. During the time of the one hundred holy assemblies, some Buddhist cultivators were very serious and responsible, their minds and deeds were very focused on chanting the sutra, chanting the Buddha’s name, chanting the mantra, and singing the praise, so that they received a lot of beneficial effects. Some other people, however, were distracted and looked at others’ expressions or actions, listened to others chanting or singing, and most deplorably, commented on others’ good and bad. That has brought impure karma to the holy assemblies…
This Headquarters has received some feedback since we announced the completion of the exams on holiness levels. We will now make solemn and deterministic answers to some important questions in it.
First, we must point out incisively that there is not one person who is an eighth-stage Bodhisattva or above in the over one thousand people who took the array formation holy test. The reason is quite simple. If one is an eight-stage Bodhisattva or above, then one does not need to take part in the holy test…
We now publish the Dharma image of the Elder Monk Yinhai, as well as some other pictures. The body of Holy Monk Yinhai underwent a divine transformation ten days after His passing, setting up the first instance of divine transformation after passing in the entire Buddhist history. Buddhist cultivators can worship these pictures and thus receive great blessings. There are totally seven pictures…
A lot of places are now arranging to hold “the One Hundred Holy Assemblies”. Using that name for their Dharma assemblies is really a joke. People are making a mistake because they don’t really understand what the “One Hundred Holy Assemblies” really are. What you are having is not what is officially named “the One Hundred Holy Assemblies” but just a type of Dharma assembly. It is fine to hold one hundred Dharma assemblies. That is a good thing to do. But, holding “the One Hundred Holy Assemblies” is not fine, because “the One Hundred Holy Assemblies” are the holy assemblies formed with certain holy people, a certain origination, a certain place, a certain time and certain meritorious power.
A great holy virtuous one wrote the following edifying discourse. It is very precise and wonderful, and right to the point. The arguments are not common, proving Him as a Shangzun of Gold Button Level 3! This Headquarters now publishes the original text in the following.