The Venerable Rambo Tsemang addressing the congregation at the 2025 Dharma Assembly honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III
Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha!
Namo Yuhua Shouzhi Wang Holy Mother the Great Mahasattva!
Namo all Buddhas in the ten directions, Vajra Beings, Bodhisattvas, Sky-goers, and Dharma Protectors!
Buddhist disciples from all over the world have once again gathered here. We give thanks and pay respects to Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III. We learn the “Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III Complete Sutra Collection,” which is the Dharma treasure that Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III bestowed upon humanity. We commemorate the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III annually.
During this Dharma ending age, in which true Dharma diminishes, and evil forces prevail, it has been our tremendous good fortune to encounter the magnificent Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, and learn the true Buddha Dharma that enable us to attain liberation from cyclical birth and death. Whatever questions arise in the course of learning from Buddha and practicing cultivation, we can find all the answers elucidated in the Dharmas expounded by Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III. These Dharmas are available in audio recordings and in published books. As a living being with utmost humility, I will share some of my experiences for everyone’s reference.
First: As Buddhist disciples, our goal is not to seek worldly fame or fortune. Our fundamental goal is to attain liberation! At any time and place, we must remember this goal and resolutely not deviate from it.
The Buddha taught us repeatedly that in order to attain liberation, we must start by cultivating our conduct. Practicing cultivation includes strictly abiding by the precepts and maintaining correct knowledge and views. Precepts are stipulated by the Buddhas. Correct knowledge and views can only come from the Buddhas: In the present era, you can only find them in the audio recordings of the Dharmas expounded by Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III. These Dharmas have been and will continue to be published in the “Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III Complete Sutra Collection.”
To attain liberation, we must also practice Dharma. Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III transmitted many Dharmas to us. These Dharma treasures are rafts that enable us to attain liberation. We must practice Dharma persistently and effortfully.
Second: As Buddhist disciples, our goal is to become arhats, Bodhisattvas, and eventually attain Buddhahood. Therefore, now that we are in our cultivation stage, we must be “sincere and truthful to Buddha, pious to Buddha Dharma, compassionate to living beings, and honest with ourselves.” It is by being sincere and truthful to Buddha that we can receive teachings. It is by being pious to Buddha Dharma that we can practice persistently and effortfully. It is by being compassionate to living beings that we can help them rather than hurt them. It is by being honest with ourselves that we can truly practice cultivation and accumulate merit.
Third: As Buddhist disciples, we must clearly understand and believe in causality. The Buddha’s descent into this world, and the Buddha’s entering Parinirvana were due to the shared karma and causality of all living beings. The arrival of the Dharma ending age was due to the shared karma and causality of all living beings. Yet our own causality is enabling us to learn from Buddha and practice cultivation to attain accomplishment and liberation!
As long as we respectfully listen to audio recordings of the Dharmas expounded by Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III; sincerely study the “Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III Complete Sutra Collection”; reflect upon our own conduct at all times; repent of our own sins; strictly abide by the precepts; matter-of-factly practice cultivation; diligently practice Dharma; propagate the Sutras of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III; uphold and protect the teachings of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III and Namo Shakyamuni Buddha; do all kinds of good deeds; and not do any bad deeds, then we will definitely attain liberation!
Not only are we going to attain liberation, but we must also propagate the magnificent true Buddha Dharma, so that more people may encounter and learn the Dharma expounded by Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, and from which they can achieve perfect good fortune and wisdom, and attain liberation from cyclical birth and death!
Wishing that all congregants here today and all living beings fulfill their beneficent wishes, have good fortune and wisdom, and attain great liberation and accomplishment! Wishing that all countries be strong and prosperous, and all living beings safe and happy! May peace be on earth and may auspiciousness be with all living beings!
Once again, let us pay obeisance!
Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha!
Namo Yuhua Shouzhi Wang Holy Mother the Great Mahasattva!
Namo all Buddhas in the ten directions, Vajra Beings, Bodhisattvas, Sky-goers, and Dharma Protectors!