（Cintamani Cakra)
Tonight, we did a Cintamani Cakra Wealth Accumulation
Practice under the guidance of Acho Rinpoche. After which, he mentioned that
the Taoist practice of praying to the Year God annually around every Chinese
New Year may also be practised by a Buddhist, as it is a traditional practice
among the Chinese and it is also a form of spiritual practice; ultimately it is
beneficial to oneself and others too. As for a wealth accumulation practice, it
could help a practitioner gain some financial wealth to support his spiritual
practice. So, he sees nothing wrong with doing such practices.
Dharma Brother Shao shared with us on his experience during
our recent trip to Petaling Jaya of Malaysia, when accompanying Acho Rinpoche
who did a soul deliverance practice for the late Jigme Khenpo who passed away
there. On the Friday night when we did a group prayer in the hotel in Petaling
Jaya, he had a vision of Jigme Khenpo appearing in the spiritual space. He also
had a vision of the numerous emanation bodies of Acho Rinpoche appearing in the
left hand corner of the space above Acho Rinpoche, with every emanation holding
a different implement in his hand and riding on a spiritual animal, returning
from every corner of the universe after helping the sentient beings. The emanation
bodies re-entered the central channel of the body of Acho Rinpoche but soon
after, exiting again to every corner of the universe, continuing their dharma
works to help the sentient beings. They looked extremely busy going all over
the places helping the sentient beings! On the following day, when we were
searching for the location of the FPMT center, again, he had a vision of Jigme
Khenpo appearing in the spiritual space, guiding us to find its location!
Acho Rinpoche told us that on the first day when he reached
Kuala Lumpur he felt a sudden pain in his foot and started limping. However,
half-way through the soul deliverance prayer around noon, he felt that the pain
had strangely disappeared! We also saw a bird resting briefly on his head while
being released to freedom during the prayer, which was indeed a very rare
occurrence. He shared with us that he had a dream in the past where there were
tens of thousands of birds flying in the sky, lifting him in the air and flying
together. It was a sign that showed the strong karmic bond between him and the
birds, for he saved numerous of them in the past. When he was blessing the
fishes to be released to freedom during the prayer, there were tree branches
above the FPMT center that suddenly broke and fell to the ground. It seemed to
be another silent message with a certain significance too. Finally, after the
prayer, Konde Rinpoche witnessed a rainbow appearing in the sky and he said
that it was an inconceivable occurrence, for he had done many prayers with the
lamas with no rainbow sighted most of the time! Acho Rinpoche wished that the
locals would support Konde Rinpoche in his spiritual endeavors which are
beneficial to the locals. He also mentioned that, in fact, the merits generated
by the soul deliverance prayer was simply tremendous.
Acho Rinpoche told us that one day, when he was doing his
walking meditation in a garden near his house, he saw a huge cloud in the sky
that resembled the image of Maitreya Bodhisattva. A beam of light was emitted
from the top knot of the image into the sky, drawing a distinctive line between
two sections of the sky that appeared in different colors. He also mentioned
that his house was currently undergoing a renovation and he had a vision one
day of Vajrayogini Cave, where it appeared to be very dusty as there were many
people busy digging the ground for the hidden treasures. It signified that the
soil dug out from his house during renovation is similar to the sacred soil in
the Vajrayogini Cave, for he and his entourage had been practising incessantly
in his house over the past many years.
Next, Acho Rinpoche continued to expound the Lotus Sutra,
touching on the eighth chapter which mentioned the prophesies made by Sakyamuni
Buddha about his students attaining the state of Buddhahood eventually.
Sakyamuni Buddha prophesized that Punna would become a Buddha in future, named
“Dharma Light Buddha”, who would be presiding over a pureland with its sentient
beings living on the spiritual joy of Dharma and meditation as their food. Mahakasyapa
and 1,200 other Arahat students were also being prophesized by Sakyamuni Buddha
that they would become a Buddha in future. Añña Kondañña was also being
prophesized by Sakyamuni Buddha that he would become a Buddha in future after
serving 6,200,000,000,000 other Buddhas, named “Omni Light Buddha”. There were
five hundred other Arahat students in the assembly who were also being
prophesied by Sakyamuni Buddha of their attainment of Buddhahood in future,
named “Omni Light Buddha” too.
Next, Dharma Sister Bai from Hangzhou of China shared with
us her recent experience. During one of her recent sadhana sessions, she had a
vision of herself practising in a cave, with Acho Rinpoche sitting before her,
while she was chanting the heart mantra of Acho Rinpoche. In another sadhana
session, she had a vision of herself practising in a big hall which was bright
and clean; she appeared in the form of an old lady doing her practice in a very
calm manner. Acho Rinpoche commended her of her great experience and congratulated
her that she did not see herself being surrounded by many decendents instead.
It was, in fact, a great experience that she saw herself doing her practice in
a very carefree manner.
Acho Rinpoche stressed again that a practitioner must abide
strictly by the precepts; otherwise it will be useless to be practising
vigorously. A practitioner must master the fundamental principles of being a
good person. A practitioner who abides by the precepts is liken to a clean
vessel filled with nectar, who will be able to accomplish his spiritual
practice swiftly. A practitioner who does not abide by the precepts is liken to
a filthy vessel filled with nectar which turned into poison instead, who will
never accomplish his spiritual practice but will fall into a lower realm.
Finally, we ended our prayer by reciting the names of the
Buddhas under the guidance of Acho Rinpoche and dedicated all merits to the
sentient beings - may all sentient beings be happy, free of sufferings and
attain enlightenment swiftly.
Reported
by Sun Moon KFS on 13-3-2018 @Singapore
