Once again, Buddhists are reminded to understand that the same level of holy virtue can have completely different achievements!!! This is mainly due to the difference between single-track holy virtue and comprehensive holy virtue. Single-track holy virtue belongs to the achievement of "virtue track", while comprehensive holy virtue belongs to the achievement of "virtue essence". The difference lies in the fact that one is the holy virtue behavior achieved in a certain aspect, while the other is the holy virtue composition achieved in the overall essence. Note that this does not mean that in the four categories, one should select one or several tracks to combine for comprehensive assessment. Instead, one must include one's own overall achievement content in the application, even if only one track in a category is considered, as long as one includes one's own overall achievement content, it belongs to comprehensive assessment. For example, in the application for writing a document, stating "My achievement is a certain level of holy virtue", or "I am an Arhat", or "I am a Bodhisattva in a certain place", this is the comprehensive assessment of essential achievements. In other words, what is being assessed is the holy virtue achieved by the person's body, speech, and mind, and the content of this achievement.
Perhaps some people, upon seeing this, think that it is impossible to pass the essential assessment, and that single-track assessment is worthless, so they have already made up their minds not to take the assessment. Disciples of the Buddha should observe that they usually only boast about themselves, or praise others through articles, claiming that someone is an extraordinary saint reincarnated. Now they dare not apply for the assessment, which indicates that this teacher is not a holy person pretending to be a saint, but at least a fraudster. If people do not separate themselves from such a teacher, they will inevitably suffer the consequences. It should be understood that those who can pass the single-track assessment already possess rare and precious holy conduct.
After reading the brief description of the Vajra Formation in the announcement dated January 7, 2015, some people raised concerns that the Eight Winds Formation might not be a worldly mechanism or hidden weapon, right? In response to this, let me briefly explain the "Eight Winds Formation of the Cycle of Life and Death". If it were a worldly mechanism created by humans, how could it accurately determine the level of achievement? Would the applicants be convinced? The Eight Winds Formation is completely different from the Vajra Formation in terms of cultivation and formation. It is second only to the Vajra Formation in terms of power, but it is not a worldly mechanism or hidden weapon. Instead, it is the relative destructive power generated by the attachment to desire, anger, ignorance, love, joy, and sorrow. It is purely the Buddhist Dharma of the Peacock King Tathagata, which serves as the final confirmation after candidates have passed the assessments of scriptures, precepts, practices, and views, and have demonstrated their level of attainment. This last part is the exact and certain holy assessment, the result of the decision made by the Tathagata and the Dharma protectors, and it is not influenced by human factors!!!
The Eight Winds Formation is also divided into a large formation and a small formation. The large formation covers an area of about five acres, with a gate of achievement in the middle, about half an acre in width, and green in color. It is called the "Realm of Blessings and Joy". Surrounding it is the "Realm of Life and Death Reincarnation", covering an area of about four and a half acres, and black in color. The gate has a very wide passage, about twenty meters wide, and one can directly enter the "Realm of Blessings and Joy". Candidates first practice walking into the "Realm of Blessings and Joy" several times. Once they become proficient, they burn their application documents on the spot. After burning the documents, they walk towards the "Realm of Blessings and Joy". Those who have passed the assessment smoothly can enter the "Realm of Blessings and Joy", while those who have not passed cannot enter. They can clearly see that it is right in front of them, but no matter how they try, they cannot enter. They may even walk further away and get caught in the Eight Winds Formation, only able to wander in the realm of black reincarnation. Can any worldly mechanism or hidden weapon have such power? Those who are trapped in the realm of reincarnation can only be saved by holy virtue. The overall strength of the large formation is eight-eighths, but because candidates cannot withstand it, we only set it at three-eighths. The strength of the small formation is only one-eighth. After on-site verification, it has been proven that this formation can accurately assess the level of qualification and distinguish between true and false at a glance. It is also safe for the candidates! There were seventeen people on-site, with seven holy virtues and ten certified teachers supervising the formation. Those who have entered the Realm of Blessings and Joy after passing the assessment will undergo personal verification. They will seal their own divination in a sealed bowl, and neither the candidates themselves nor the supervising teachers will know the divination result. Then, in front of the seven holy virtues and ten certified teachers, the candidates will open the seal of the bowl for verification. If the divination result matches the level assessed in the Eight Winds Formation, they will be awarded holy virtue certificates of different levels, guaranteed by the supervising teachers.
World Buddhist Headquarters
June 29, 2015