Tonight, we did a Guru Rinpoche
Practice under the guidance of Acho Rinpoche. After which, Acho Rinpoche
informed us that Wula Lama from Nepal (he is the abbot of a monastery which
linked to Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche) who invited him to visit the
hometown of Wula Lama in Nepal. This place is quite inaccessible as it is deep
in a mountainous area, reachable by helicopter or it will take 6 to 7 days on
foot.
Acho Rinpoche mentioned that
Dipankara Buddha has two different titles in Chinese translation which actually
refer to the same Buddha. More than 91 eons ago, when Sakyamuni Buddha was
still a practitioner on the path to enlightenment who was known as Good Wisdom,
he met Dipankara Buddha and laid his hair on the ground, in order to keep the
feet of the Buddha clean from the muddy road. Dipankara Buddha prophesized that
Good Wisdom would become a Buddha one day and he would be known as “Sakyamuni
Buddha”.
Acho Rinpoche also mentioned that any
men or women on earth who saw the opposite sex in the heavenly realm will
succumb to his/her sexual desire aroused by the beauty of the heavenly beings
and died from being burnt by strong sense of sexual desire. Ananda had a wife
before becoming a monk. His wife was very afraid that Ananda would leave her
and follow Sakyamuni Buddha one day, so she tried all means to keep her husband
with her. Therefore, Sakyamuni Buddha brought Ananda to the heaven, showing him
his future abode where he saw an empty throne awaiting his arrival in his next
life. Next, Sakyamuni Buddha brought Ananda to the hell realm, showing him his
future abode after the latter exhausted all his merits through heavenly
enjoyments. Finally, Ananda decided to follow the Buddha and became a monk who
attained the state of Arahat after a period of practice.
Acho Rinpoche then continued to
expound the Lotus Sutra, relating the chapter on the King of Medicine. After
Bodhisattva Dearest to All Sentient Beings burnt his body as a form of offering
to the Buddha, the former passed away but returned to the same Buddha in his
next life. He continued to study under the guidance of the same Buddha teacher.
At this stage, he attained the ability to speak all languages used by the
sentient beings. The Buddha waited for his return and then passed into Nirvana,
after passing the lineage of transmission to his student. So, Bodhisattva
Dearest to All Sentient Beings built 48,000 stupas to enshrine the sacred
relics of the Buddha. After that, he burnt his arm for 72,000 years which
illuminated the entire universe very brightly. He had indeed attained a state
where he could freely manifest in any form and he had accomplished the greatest
aspiration of bodhicitta. Bodhisattva Dearest to All Sentient Beings was none
other than the present King of Medicine. Acho Rinpoche said, for those of us
who could not let go of anything will stand no chance of attaining the state of
enlightenment!
Finally, we ended our prayer by reciting the names of
the Buddhas under the guidance of Acho Rinpoche and dedicated the merits to all
sentient beings - may all sentient beings be happy, free of sufferings and
attain enlightenment swiftly.
Reported
by Sun Moon KFS on 19-5-2018 @Singapore