《蓮師化虹大法特刊英文版》
Padmasambhava Rainbow Light Transformation Practice Special Edition
Living Buddha Lian-sheng Debut Transmission of Padmasambhave Rainbow Light Transformation
(2022-12-11 Living Buddha Lian-sheng Debut Transmission of Padmasambhava Rainbow Light Transformation Ceremony at Taipei Arena)
Before beginning my discourse, I must pray to Adharma Buddha:
“Om, baz-ha, A-dha-r-ma, da-du, so-ha.”
“Om, baz-ha, A-dha-r-ma, da-du, so-ha.”
“Om, baz-ha, A-dha-r-ma, da-du, so-ha.”
First, let’s pay homage: Supplication to the primordial buddha–Adharma Buddha and Samantabadhra Tathagata. Supplication to the Patriarchs of the Great Perfection and Mahamudra, Baoyi Youth and Baoshang Youth. Supplication to Prahevajra, Vimalamitra, Shri Singha, and Padmasambhava. We pray to the Patriarchs of the Great Perfection and Mahamudra to bless Lian-sheng’s discourse.
I can tell you all that as long as you receive empowerment for the Rainbow Light Transformation Practice, the pinnacle of the nine vehicles, you will be able to transform into rainbow light just as Padmasambhava transformed into rainbow light. Just now, when I was praying and making supplications, Padmasambhava manifested from the void and blessed all sentient beings.
As everyone knows, Padmasambhava is the emanation of the body, speech, and mind of Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Padmasambhava is, in fact, an emanation of Amitabha Buddha. Padmakumara is also an emanation of Amitabha Buddha.
Today, I feel like singing a song. What should I sing? Today, Padmasambhava re-appears by manifesting from the void, so it’s his birthday! The mundane world can now see Padmasambhava. Today, you are able to see Padmasambhava. Indeed, many of you are able to see Padmasambhava. You can see both Padmakumara and Padmasambhava manifesting together in the void!
For this reason, I feel like singing this birthday song in Indonesian:
Selamat ulang tahun, kami ucapkan.
Selamat panjang umur, kita kan doakan.
Selamat sejahtera, sihat sentosa.
Selamat panjang umur, dan bahagia.
Thank you everyone!
Next, I want to mention a few important points:
Our human bodies are a perfect altar. This altar is not outside, nor inside, nor somewhere in-between; originally it was formless. The entirety of space is an altar. This includes, of course, sentient beings, all of whom are altars.
The moment Sakyamuni Buddha attained Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree, he stated: “It turns out that all sentient beings originally have the Buddha-nature.” All sentient beings in the mundane world have the Buddha-nature. After attaining enlightenment, Sakyamuni also stated that he was going to leave the Saha world. Why was Sakyamuni going to leave the Saha world? It was because he didn’t feel like delivering sentient beings. And why not? Well, have you ever thought about why Sakyamuni, after becoming enlightened, didn’t want to deliver sentient beings and intended to leave the Saha world? It was because he knew that all sentient beings will eventually attain Buddhahood! You have never heard this before. In the future, every sentient being in the Saha world, every person, even every organism, will attain Buddhahood!
I can also tell you: “You are the Primordial Buddha, the Pure Dharma-body Buddha.”
Eventually, All Sentient Beings Will Attain Buddhahood
Those who learn Buddhism dignify their enjoyment body with Buddhadharma. If, in the mundane world, one creates no evil, and cultivates only goodness, one is the buddha of the emanation body. In fact, the three bodies, Dharma body, enjoyment body, and emanation body are indivisible. These three bodies are one and the same, inseparable.
Later, Mahabrahma, Lord of the Trayastrimsa Heaven, asked the Buddha to stay in the world. While in the saha world, the Buddha discoursed 84,000 dharmas. Of these 84,000 dharmas, the Rainbow Light Transformation Practice, which I will discuss today, is the most important.
Sakyamuni Buddha taught that there are nine vehicles: the first three are the vehicles of Shravaka, Pratyekabuddha, and Bodhisattva. A Shravaka becomes a holy sage through suffering, arising, quiescence, and path. A Pratyekabuddha accomplishes the path by following the twelvefold causes and conditions. Achieving attainment by following the Six Paramitas is the Bodhisattva vehicle. These are the three vehicles of Sutrayana.
In Vajrayana, the next three vehicles are Action Tantra, Performance Tantra, and Yoga Tantra. These Tantras are followed by Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga. So-called Mahayoga is the Yoga of One Taste. What is Yoga of One Taste? After one has attained spiritual union with one’s personal deity, oneself and the personal deity are one taste, which is absolute, non-dual oneness. One’s speech is mantra. One is the personal deity. One’s positions and movements are mudra. One’s thoughts are identical to those of the personal deity. This is one taste. One’s residence is a palace; all one’s family members are bodhisattvas; one’s friends and relatives, and everyone associated with one are bodhisattvas.
After spiritual union with the personal deity, one’s life, everything, and all sounds one hears are mantras. Every person one encounters is a bodhisattva. One’s thoughts are identical to the thoughts of the personal deity. This is Mahayoga.
Anuyoga comes after spiritual union with the personal deity, and is the cultivation of qi, channels, and light drops. Today, we are discussing the Rainbow Light Transformation Practice, so let me ask you, where does light come from? I’m not talking about that song by Wang Shalang, “Where Does the Wind Come From?”
Where does light come from? Light comes from within one’s body. Vajrayana talks about qi. Padmasambhava said, “What is the best food? It’s qi.” Qi is air. The best food is qi. Humans cannot survive without qi. One relies on a breath of qi. If one cannot draw a breath, one dies. We rely on a breath of qi. Air is extremely important! Concerning “jing, qi, and shen” in Taoism, jing is light drops. Qi is the air transformed from light drops. Light drops are light. Qi is also light.
The first important point is where does the light come from? The light comes from the qi.
One draws one’s qi into the central channel. Padmasambhava said: “All merits arise from Treasure Vase Breathing.” In Vajrayana, one cultivates Treasure Vase Breathing. The Upper-body Qi is pressed downward as the Lower-body Qi is lifted. This breath of qi is like two boxes combining to form a vase in the area four finger widths below the navel. At this time, one’s qi gradually enters the central channel. While one is holding the qi, the qi enters the central channel. This is “pressing down, lifting, holding, and dispersing.” While holding, the Upper-body Qi descends and the Lower-body Qi is lifted, becoming Treasure Vase Qi. While qi is held, it enters the central channel. Your central channel, when it is full of qi, is called the “wind channel of light.” At this moment, light is already being produced.
Vajrayana patriarchs emphasize that qi is light, inner fire is light, and light drops are light.
If you are able to use the inner fire you have generated to dissolve the bodhicitta moon fluid, causing light drops to descend and coalesce, you will be able to open the central channel and the seven chakras in your body.
First open the central channel, then the heart chakra. Your original Buddha-nature will then manifest. Your Buddha-nature is light. This is the most important point! Everything I have discussed today is important!
Treasure Vase Qi enables the qi to enter the central channel. When the central channel is completely open and full of qi, this is called, “wind channel of light.” When one mixes the ascending inner fire with the solidified light drops in one’s body, the seven chakras–crown chakra, brow chakra, throat chakra, heart chakra, navel chakra, sacral chakra, and root chakra all open completely.
Each chakra manifests a color. The brow chakra is white light; the throat chakra, red light; the heart chakra, blue light; the navel chakra, yellow light; the secret chakra, green light; the crown chakra, black light; and the root chakra, purple light. When the seven chakras open, they emit light which radiates through all the pores of the body.
What I have been discussing today is the absolute, although the colors aren’t necessarily correct. Every patriarch describes the colors differently. Some of the colors, however, are accurate; the light of the brow chakra is white, the throat chakra, red; and the heart chakra, blue. As for the other lights, every patriarch describes them differently. The three most important lights are om, ah, hum. Om is white light, ah, red light, and hum, blue light.
(to be continued)
