In order that the public truly understands World Buddhism
Association Headquarters and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III,
World Buddhism Association Headquarters specially states the
following:
1. We at World Buddhism Association Headquarters will assume all legal
liability for the veracity of this statement.
2. H. H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the supreme world leader of
Buddhism. Such a status is not self-investiture! The status of H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III as a Buddha did not result merely from
Buddhists calling Him that out of respect. Rather, in accordance with
the Buddhist system of status-recognition that is more than 1,000 years
old, such status was recognized by those Dharma kings, regent Dharma
kings, and eminent monastics who have status-recognition authority
within Buddhism. They include Dharma King Dodrupchen, who is the
sole lineage-holder of the highest Rainbow-Body Accomplishment Dharma;
Dharma King Penor, who was the third supreme world-leader of the Nyingma
sect; Dharma King Achuk, who was the foremost monastic of great virtue
in modern Tibet; Dharma King Gongbao Dumu Quji, who is the
Yidam-Dharma Initiation Master of the 17th Karmapa; Dharma King
Jigme Dorje, who is the supreme world-leader of the Jonang sect;
Sleep Yoga Dharma King Mindrolling Trichen, who was a master
of the Dalai Lama; Dharma King Trulshik, Dharma King Taklung
Tsetul, and Dharma King Chogye Trichen, all three of whom were
masters of the Dalai Lama; Dharma King Jigdal Dagchen Sakya,
who is the supreme leader of the Sakya sect; Regent Dharma King
Shamarpa, who was a master of the 17th Karmapa; Regent Dharma
King and National Master Goshir Gyaltsab, who is the Sutra-Master
of the 17th Karmapa; and others. These leaders are all publicly known
in current Buddhist circles to be first-rate eminent monastics and
people of great virtue from various Buddhist sects. All of them have
individually issued an official document of recognition or corroboration
to affirm the status of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. All such documents
carry recognition authority according to Buddhism.
Because H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has received so many
recognition and corroboration certificates, which total more than any
leader, patriarch, or rinpoche in the history of Buddhism has received,
we are unable to list here all them one by one. We invite all of you to
go online to read the following website: https://ibsahq.org/buddha-data-en?id=162.
Many of the Dharma kings not only issued a recognition or
corroboration in writing, they also recorded their recognition or
corroboration through photo or video.
According to the Buddhist system of status-recognition, as long
as two people with recognition authority who are Dharma kings,
rinpoches, or lamas recognize the status of someone, then the status
of the person recognized is established. However, as history evolved,
the statuses of many people were established in Buddhist circles
after they were recognized by just one rinpoche with recognition
authority. For example, the popularly known 14th Dalai Lama only
received one recognition from one person, Reting Rinpoche V. The
17th Karmapa likewise only received two recognitions. Moreover,
the one or two recognitions they received came from within their
own sects.
However, with respect to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the
situation is completely different. His Holiness the Buddha has
received over 100 recognitions and corroborations, making Him
the first person in the entire history of Buddhism to have received
such a large number of recognitions. Furthermore, those recognitions
and corroborations did not come from just a single Buddhist sect.
Rather, they were recognition documents written and issued by
the top leaders of all of Buddhism and each of the major Buddhist
sects. The status recognized was not the status of a rinpoche; rather,
it was the status of a Buddha (Buddha Vajradhara), which is the
highest holy being in the entirety of Buddhism. A Buddha is the
highest leader of all of Buddhism.
3. The accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in
the Five Vidyas are the highest in the history of Buddhism.Shakyamuni
Buddha, the supreme leader of Buddhism in our Saha world,
prescribed in the sutras that “Bodhisattvas must possess the Five
Vidyas.” Since Bodhisattvas must possess the Five Vidyas, a Buddha
must all the more be a champion in the Five Vidyas.
Perusing historical records, one finds that in the history of
human civilization, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been the
only one who has reached the pinnacle of accomplishment in the
Five Vidyas, whether in terms of worldly or transcendental
accomplishments. His Holiness is the pre-eminent, tremendously
holy one within Buddhism who truly meets the criteria of “perfect
mastery of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism, and perfect accomplishments
in the Five Vidyas” as prescribed by Shakyamuni Buddha!
The accomplishments of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are too
numerous to mention and too exceptional to describe. From poetry,
iambic verses, odes and songs, to calligraphy and writing, to medicine
and healing, to paintings and sculptures, to science, technology, and
craftsmanship, to the teachings and principles of the Buddhist
scriptures, to the absolute truth of the Dharma, and to the intrinsic
reality of all phenomena, His Holiness has unimpeded proficiency
and wondrous excellence in all of these fields without exception.
No other person in history can be found who is comparable.
With respect to the Craftsmanship Vidya alone, there has been
for many years an open offer with huge reward money for anyone
who can duplicate certain sculptures or the painting “Dragon-Carp
Playing in a Lotus Pond,” all of which were created by H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III. The reward is still being offered to this day, but
no one has yet been able to reproduce such artworks through their
own sculpting knife or painting brush! If you cannot duplicate it,
you can ask someone else to attempt a successful duplication. If
anyone is successful, we will admit right away that these were not
the products of the enlightenment and wisdom of a Buddha!
Based on the real accomplishments mentioned above and
the recognition and corroboration certificates that accord with the
Buddhist system of recognition, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is a
true Buddha. A Buddha is the original entity that all Buddhists take
refuge in and learn from. The appellation of “Buddha” indicates one
with the greatest and highest state of enlightenment in all of Buddhism.
No patriarch or Dharma king within any sect of Buddhism is
qualified to have a status above that of a Buddha! At present, in
this world, there is only one Buddha who is the highest leader
of Buddhism—H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There is no other!
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is inherently a Buddha. A
Buddha is relied upon by all Buddhists as the one from whom
they learn and receive teachings. Not only is His Holiness the
Buddha the model that we at World Buddhism Association
Headquarters follow and learn from, numerous other Buddhist
organizations also rely on, follow, and learn from Him. Buddhists
learn from the words of as well as the personal example set by
His Holiness the Buddha. They have set up Dharma-listening
centers to listen to and learn from the audio-recorded Dharma
imparted by His Holiness the Buddha. Furthermore, H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III is the only tremendously holy being in the
history of Buddhism who does not accept any offerings but
simply serves all people voluntarily.
4. Even though H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is an authentic
Buddha, His point of view regarding His status has remained
consistent. His Holiness the Buddha clearly expressed His
attitude through His words that were published alongside
the two contrasting photos showing the reversal of His
appearance from old age to youthfulness. Which of those
words carry the slightest element of self-boasting? H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III said, “Although the title of Buddha has
been legally affirmed in my name, the name Dorje Chang
Buddha III means nothing to me. I am not a Bodhisattva,
not an Arhat, not a venerable one, not a Dharma king, and
not a rinpoche. I am not a holy person. I am one with a
heart of humility.”
5. When H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was still living in
China, because He propagated Buddhism and upheld justice
and morality, He was persecuted by some people in the Chinese
public security system. On August 1, 1999, H.H. Dorje Chang
Buddha III came to the United States with a valid visa and
subsequently settled down here. During the almost twenty
years since then, His Holiness the Buddha has never returned
to China even once. However, on June 20, 2002, the Chinese
public security bureau in Shenzhen went so far as to groundlessly
fabricate the allegation that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III “in
April of 2000 in Shenzhen, sold a building to Liu Juan, defrauding
Liu Juan out of RMB150 million.” They used this pretext to
establish a case and started to persecute H.H. Dorje Chang
Buddha III and some of His disciples.
Since H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was in the United
States throughout the month of April 2000, how could He possibly
have gone to Shenzhen to sell any building? On the contrary, it was
some public security agents who bulldozed the only residence that
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III had in China, without giving any
compensation at all. Public security personnel took away more
than 700 paintings and calligraphic works that were painstakingly
created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. As of today, there is no
trace of the whereabouts of those artworks. Public security agents
also arrested some disciples of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III,
changed their names, and secretly incarcerated them.
Meanwhile, since those public security personnel were
afraid that the truth would come out about their embezzlement
of paintings and calligraphic works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha
III, they made use of certain news media that were under their
control. The day before the case against disciples of H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III was to be heard in court, newspaper media
were already spreading rumors that the trial resulted in a guilty
verdict and were defaming H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and
His disciples as being bad people who defraud others. The
public security personnel went even further by requesting
INTERPOL to issue warrants for the arrest of H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III and some of His disciples.
However, after conducting an investigation into the case,
INTERPOL found that the details of the case provided by the
Chinese public security bureau were not true and that H.H. Dorje
Chang Buddha III and His disciples did not commit any fraud.
On such basis, between October 30-31, 2008, during the 72nd
Session of The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s
Files held in Leon, France, INTERPOL reached the decision
to cancel the arrest warrant against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
Also, during the time INTERPOL was investigating this case, China
likewise found out through investigation that the facts are that
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III did not commit any fraud or
crime. Therefore, on June 11, 2008, on its own initiative,
China requested that INTERPOL withdrawal the arrest warrant
against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. His Holiness the Buddha
underwent thorough investigation by INTERPOL and was found
not to have committed any crime. China requested the withdrawal
of the arrest warrant. This clearly demonstrates how law-abiding
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is and how morally pure His conduct
is. That is why He was found to be innocent of any crime or offense!
However, such a holy and pure person was not commended
for this. On the contrary, a small number of people who do not
understand the truth have assisted evildoers in defaming
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Does this kind of conduct have any
morality to speak of? What kind of lowly character do such people
have? Does this kind of news media have any credibility?
Although the arrest warrant for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
was canceled a long time ago, those who embezzled paintings
and calligraphic works of His Holiness the Buddha continue to
circulate the cancelled, nulled arrest warrant on the internet and
in newspapers to delude the public and prevent the case from
being re-opened for investigation.
To minimize the likelihood of people being duped, an
inquiry was made to INTERPOL through legal channels. In
response to that inquiry, on November 19, 2009, INTERPOL
specially issued a letter to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The
letter clearly states that China requested that the arrest warrant
against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III be cancelled and that such
arrest warrant no longer exists. INTERPOL also notified all of its
member countries that they cannot use this arrest warrant as a
pretext to detain H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
Attached hereto is the official letter issued by INTERPOL.
It must be clearly stated that this letter from INTERPOL uses the
name Yungao Yi. Spelled according to the Pinyin transliteration
system, this is the secular name that was used by
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III more than twenty years ago while
He was in China. Also, the lower-left corner of this letter from
INPERPOL originally contained the
residential address of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. For the sake
of security and privacy, the address has been omitted. However,
every other part of the entire letter is the identical copy of the
original. Not even one word was altered.
This is the truth about the INTERPOL arrest warrant against
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III! We ask all of you to think about
something—Is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III a person of noble
morality or a villain who has committed a crime? Additionally,
multiple times over the past many years, the so-called victims in
this fabricated case—Liu Juan and Lau Pak Hun—have separately
written statements or held press conferences proving that
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III not only never swindled them,
He instead selflessly helped them. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
is a good person who selflessly benefits the public.
6. With respect to the recognitions of the status of
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the letter from INTERPOL,
evidence that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was persecuted,
and other information, please go online to the website https://ibsahq.org/buddha-en.
Just as we did in the past, we at World Buddhism Association
Headquarters will take the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
and Namo Shakyamuni Buddha as our foundation and will guide
Buddhists all over the world to learn and practice the Buddha Dharma
so that they will become good people who are unselfish, benevolent,
and law-abiding, who contribute to society and have happy family lives,
who eventually realize the true suchness of Dharma-nature, and who attain liberation.
World Buddhism Association Headquarters
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