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The Original Consciousness and the Dharma Realms
Sungchili
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The purpose of demonstrating Dharmic realities (phenomena)
is to reveal Buddha's wisdom and illustrate the truth of his
visions. By "emitting light" and releasing Divine Light
Avatars (or "Fen Shen"), the radiant Dharma realms can be
illuminated for all to see.
The method of demonstrating Dharmic phenomena is to emit
light and release "Fen Shen," a conscious and separate
spiritual entity who can lead humans to the higher realms
and all of the various Buddha-lands (the "Pure Lands").
The purpose of demonstrating Dharmic phenomena is to
illuminate and unlock the wisdom and abilities hidden within
our Original Consciousness, with which we can then enter the
Pure Lands.
The various fantastic visions and images witnessed by
followers of Sungchili's "Fen Shen" are precisely these
demonstrations of Dharmic phenomena. When the brilliance of
the Dharma realms meets, coincides, and resonates with the
wisdom and ability in our own consciousness, suddenly, in
the blink of an eye, all of the "three periods of time" and
the "ten directions of space," as well as all of the
heavenly Buddha lands will manifest spontaneously from the
Original Consciousness, and enlightenment will be reached. A
Buddhist sutra states: "¡Kall of us have a Buddha-self
nature, and the Pure Lands lie within our consciousness."[1]
The Dharma realms embody space and time; in fact, the Dharma
realms encompass all the dimensions of space and time of the
universe, including humanity's past, present, and future
(the three periods of time). Simply put, the Dharma realms
are the collection of all dimensions of space and time of
the universe ¡V the term "Dharma realms" is used to refer to
and represent all things contained in universal time and
space. The visions of the Dharma realms, as witnessed by
"Fen Shen"'s followers, are a direct consequence of the
light emitted by Sungchili's Divine Light Avatar. The reason
that Sungchili's "Fen Shen" emits light to illuminate the
Dharma realms is to reveal the origins of Celestial body and
ultimate destination of human life: to transcend the
transience of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and dwell
in the permanence, peace, and everlasting light of the
Dharma realms (or Heavenly kingdom or all Buddha's Pure
Lands). After transforming the nature of our lives from
transient to eternal, how do we humans live peacefully and
forever in the radiant Pure Lands? How do the heavenly
worlds exist and subsist? What does it mean that cremated
ashes (the result of a transient life on earth) are
transformed into precious crystals by "Fen Shen's" light
emitting? Is it an illusion or a true reality that "Fen Shen"
reveals the heavenly realms of the Pure Lands?
Sungchili's "Fen Shen" radiates light to unfold the concept
and purpose of universal life. From the minute details of
our daily life, to the magnificence and splendor of all of
the universe's contents, the teachings of "Fen Shen" prevail
in the lives of all modern people. When his "Fen Shen" is
caught on camera, the transcendental thought form
photographs which emerge are visual illustrations of higher
realities. When his "Fen Shen" appears during the disasters
of human life, it replaces calamities with blessings. At all
times, his "Fen Shen" is silently witnessing the human
condition, from birth through the processes of aging,
sickness, and death, and making the appropriate
"adjustments." The recipients of his light emissions
experience these adjustments as inner balance, harmony, and
peace. When the body expires, "Fen Shen" radiates light to
transform the cremated ashes into precious gems to entice
forth the wisdom and ability inherent in our Original
Consciousness that will allow us to take on the same
appearance of our current human form again, in order to
march toward the eternally bright Dharma realms.
By resurrecting the Original Consciousness of the humans who
exist on earth today, "Fen Shen" transforms human wisdom and
gives it form, animation, and material, just as the nature
of the Universal Light Body is materialized when cremated
ashes are turned into crystallized gems. Those who have
personally experienced the miracles of "Fen Shen" are able
to truly recognize that theory has become reality and myth
has become real. "Fen Shen"'s followers have joyfully
exclaimed, "This has never happened before!" The Divine
Light Avatar emits light to illuminate the treasures of the
Dharma realms, which far transcends the experience contained
in all of human science and philosophy.
With appreciative hearts and without any prior notice, many
followers of "Fen Shen" spontaneously gather on Sundays to
create an assembly that praises the Light that they have
witnessed. With hearts full of joy and eyes filled with
tears, they gratefully extol the virtues and miracles of
life. The glow and joy of their inner hearts seem to
transcend the mundane cares of the world and elevate them
into holiness. When the five senses of the physical body can
penetrate the endless layers of radiant Dharma realms, we
realize that the three periods of time, the ten directions
of space, and all the Buddha-lands in the Buddhist sutras
are no longer distant and unreachable. Heaven is truly
close. Paradise is not far away. After enlightenment, the
boundless future Pure Lands immediately present complete
brightness and joy. The distance between life and death is
actually only as thin as a line. The boundaries between near
and far, big and small, ancient and modern, inside and
outside, and beginning and end have become impossible to
draw. When our consciousness joins the Dharma realms and
begins to follow its constantly revolving movement,
everything can be induced or contained within a thought.
Eternity merges into a single thought; a single thought
encompasses eternity. The Original Consciousness and the
Dharma realms harmoniously re-unite, returning to equality,
to balance, to the center (which is the true meaning of the
"Wheel"), and to the steadiness of the absolute.
The experiences and the hearts of "Fen Shen's" followers
contain understanding, brightness, and joy, for they have
found the true meaning of life, and were made to see, in an
instant, the true direction and purpose of life. Human life
is no longer aimless, illusive, and full of endless
hardship. Humanity need no longer bemoan the uncertainty and
helplessness of life. The Original Consciousness has
obtained resurrection and rebirth. The followers are
empowered to face the processes of birth, aging, sickness,
and death with joy and celebration. They have achieved
sudden enlightenment with just a single thought, and
therefore released themselves from life's constraints,
transcending worry and hardship to join existence in the
eternally radiant Dharma realms.
Human life is insignificant because it is transient. The
Dharma realms, on the other hand, are immense, as vast as
space. And space is permanent, existing eternally, and
eternity is immense! The distinction between insignificance
and immensity, the boundary between transience and eternity,
the line between life and death; therein lies the truth and
purpose of universal human life, which flows out vividly
through the mouths of "Fen Shen's" witnesses.
"Fen Shen's" followers often ask for demonstrations of the
Dharma. Sungchili's "emission of light" through his "Fen
Shen" or "Divine Light Avatar" are, in themselves,
demonstrations of Dharma. Revealing Dharma with the spoken
language can actually create and increase doubts! Language
has no way of illustrating the contents of the Dharma
realms, so we can only observe quietly and purify our hearts
with personal proof, or with our own experiences as witness.
Following the light of the Celestial Body, our own
consciousness can, by means of exaltation from the light,
revolve all around the Dharma realms, and the wisdom and
ability of our consciousness can thus be accordingly
invoked. If the wisdom and ability of our own consciousness
manifests itself into an image, into a "Fen Shen," then the
purpose of the Dharma demonstrations will have been
attained. "Fen Shen's" followers, or "those who glorify the
Light," then attain enlightenment by witnessing the
demonstrations of Dharma given by Sungchili's Divine Light
Avatar.
The Dharma realms cannot be understood using language or the
spoken word. The Dharma realms are born from within our own
consciousness. Therefore, by returning to the heart, each of
us can develop the wisdom and ability hidden there, and in
doing so, can activate our own Original Consciousness. This
will allow us to leave our physical body and enter the
radiant, heavenly Dharma realms, there to dwell peacefully
and in utmost bliss!
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References
[1] Buddha's Teaching on the Amitabha Sutra, trans. Kumarajiva, 14
Dec. 2007 http://www.cbeta.org/result/normal/T37/1762_001.htm |
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