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Khenpo Dazhen: Why should I take refuge in the guru and the Three Jewels in Tantric Buddhism?

Khenpo Dazhen: Why should I take refuge in the guru and the Three Jewels in Tantric Buddhism?

Question: Why do we need to take refuge in the guru and the Three Jewels in Tantric Buddhism?

Answer: The exoteric teachings also emphasize good teachers.Once Ananda once said to the Buddha: "I only realized the importance of a good teacher, and most of the achievements of practice depend on a good teacher."The Buddha said: "It's not the majority, but all depends on good teachers.

”The Buddha has already passed away. The sutras left to us are very profound and extensive, and the secrets are scattered. You cannot realize them without the guidance and guidance of good teachers.The Buddhist scriptures also say that all Buddhas in the ten directions and three times have achieved success by good teachers, and there was no Buddha before there was no good teacher.This is all said in the exoteric teachings.

Buddha is the teacher, which is called taking refuge in Buddha;The Dharma is the way, which is called refuge in the Dharma;A monk is a fellow Taoist, which is called taking refuge in the monk.This is the Three Jewels of Refuge.However, in Tantra, the guru is more emphasized, especially in supreme yoga and Dzogchen.The master is the whole of the Three Jewels, whose mind is Buddha, whose speech is Dharma, and his body is a monk.

As a monk, the master is a monk and follows him as an example.First of all, you must observe that a master who is not virtuous is not a true master. If a master who is virtuous is a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, he should take him as an example and follow him to study and practice. This is called a monk as a fellow Taoist.Such a master who truly possesses Dharma image, his teachings are Buddhism, Dharma, and secrets. We must follow the teachings to study and practice, and take this Dharma as the path to practice.The master’s intention is the Dharmakaya Buddha, which corresponds to the master. Our mind and nature are the Buddha nature. We must return to our original appearance and dissolve into the Dharma Realm.This is what Tantra, especially the Great Perfection Dharma, emphasizes particularly.

The Buddha has Dharma body Buddha and physical body Buddha. The physical body Buddha is divided into reward body Buddha and incarnation Buddha.For example, Amitabha Buddha and Medicine Buddha are the reward body Buddhas;Sakyamuni Buddha and Padmasambhava are incarnation Buddhas.Are the reward body Buddhas and the incarnation Buddhas true Buddhas?Not a true Buddha.

What is the real Buddha?It is the Dharmakaya Buddha.The physical body Buddha is the incarnation of the Dharma body Buddha, and it is transformed from the Dharma body Buddha.The Dharmakaya Buddha is the Dharma Realm, which is the self-nature of the mind and the nature of all dharmas.

2024-02-05 18:02
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