The office has received some comments, the most representative of which is: "With such a famous and well-learned living Buddha, if there are still problems, it will harm the wisdom and lives of sentient beings. Can we still follow his teachings? We have doubts. How can a highly respected living Buddha who has spoken at the Hong Kong conference not be in accordance with the Dharma?"
Based on the mentality of those who question, it can only be said that such people are unreasonable and unimaginably foolish! I assert that you are not practitioners following the teachings of the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche. In order to protect the interests of the public and avoid being deceived by bad people, the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche has repeatedly emphasized in announcements and correspondence that no matter how high the position of a teacher is, they are not qualified to give teachings. Even a great saint above the level of the Three Stars, Sun, and Moon is not fully qualified to give teachings. In addition, any high-ranking teacher can only lead everyone to listen to the Dharma teachings of the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche. It is also specifically stated that even the Two Stars, Sun, and Moon have the danger of deviating from the path. You should go and see how many stars, sun, and moon the teacher you mentioned has. Maybe they are not even qualified to be a star, sun, or moon.
The announcement repeatedly emphasizes not to be deceived by external status, identity, or lineage. No matter what kind of teacher, high monk, Dharma king, or saint, they must be verified according to the 128 views. If they fall into the three wrong views or one evil view, you should advise them to repent and correct themselves. If they do not change, they are evil teachers, and you should immediately leave them, otherwise you will share their negative karma. Don't say that they have spoken at a conference or praised in Dharma teachings. The Third Dzogchen Rinpoche personally said that many high-ranking Dharma kings, venerables, living Buddhas, great masters, and authors in the world are fraudsters. Only two or three percent of those with the title of saint are truly qualified. The Rinpoche said that among his disciples, even those with photos in the book "The Third Dzogchen Rinpoche," at least half of them have problems. This already shows that there is not just one or two fraudsters, so the only way is to verify all teachers and practitioners with the 128 views, discerning between right and wrong, and making choices!!!
The Buddha repeatedly emphasized and reminded you not to judge based on status and identity, but you questioners treat the teachings of the Rinpoche as if they were nothing. Your audacity is truly astonishing. You do not listen to the teachings, do not follow the announcements, and even refuse to read them. Instead, you collude with fraudulent teachers to create chaos. You dare to shamelessly claim that if a teacher has problems, it will sever the roots of many people's virtues. In fact, those who claim to have their roots severed never had any virtues to begin with. What can be severed? They only have the roots of negative karma and the roots of being deceived by fraudulent teachers! When fraudulent teachers have problems, it does not sever their virtues, but severs the roots of those who collude with them and assist them in their deception. This precisely proves that the teachings of the Rinpoche are correct and unbiased, and they help cultivate the virtues of practitioners!!! These extremely foolish questioners continue to ignore the teachings of the Rinpoche, ignore the announcements and correspondence from the office, and question principles that have already been clearly stated. They are truly incurable false Buddhists. Their mentality and actions are similar to those of evil teachers and fraudulent people. If you continue to judge people based on external appearances and lineages, without considering the announcements issued by the office, and without discerning right from wrong with the 128 views, then you are simply false practitioners and false Buddhists waiting to fall into the three lower realms, because there are still many fraudulent teachers waiting for you! If you understand the announcements issued by the office, you will naturally develop right view, recognize fraudulent teachers from authentic ones, cultivate correct practice, learn the true Dharma, and follow the path of enlightenment correctly, achieving true liberation!!!
The Third Dzogchen Rinpoche said: "We should pray for anyone who has problems, hoping that they will completely change, free themselves from suffering and disasters, become new people, truly learn and practice Buddhism, and benefit the public."
Office of the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche
June 3, 2014
https://www.hhdcb3office.org/html/information/announcement_no42_2014_06_03.html