Explanation of the "Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha" Dharma Name#
On April 3, 2008, the book "The Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha" published by the Global Buddhist Publishing House and the World Dharma Sound Publishing House held a solemn and grand launch ceremony at the Library of Congress in the United States. The Library of Congress officially collected this book, and it was then that people learned that the highly respected Master Yi Yun Gao, Yang E Yi Xi Nu Bu Dafa Wang, who had been respected by everyone, was recognized by the leaders or regents of the major Buddhist sects and the living Buddhas of the world as the third incarnation of the Buddha Dorje Chang, with the Dharma name of the Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha. Since then, people have been calling him "Namo Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha". This is similar to before Shakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha, his name was Prince Siddhartha, but after Shakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha, he was called "Namo Shakyamuni Buddha". Therefore, we now call him "Namo Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha". Especially on December 12, 2012, the United States Senate Resolution No. 614 officially named the Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha as His Holiness (H.H. Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha). Since then, the title of Namo Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha has been officially established. Moreover, the Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha is also the legally recognized name, and the previous names of "Yi Yun Gao" and the honorable titles of Master and Dharma King no longer exist. However, this news was published before the Dharma name of Namo Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha was announced, and at that time people did not yet know the true identity of the Buddha. Therefore, in order to respect the truth of history, we still retain the names used before the official recognition of the Dharma name of the Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha in the news. However, everyone should be clear that except for the name of H.H. Third Generation Dorje Chang Buddha, which is legal, the previous names no longer exist.
Religious Miracle: Cultivating Pure Land and Seeing Amitabha Buddha, Hou Yushan Passes Away Peacefully without Pain from Lung Cancer#
ETtoday News, June 5, 2003, 18:55
On June 1, Buddhist disciple Hou Yushan passed away peacefully with the handprint of rebirth in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 73. His wife, Hou Li Qingqiu, witnessed Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, and Guanyin Bodhisattva coming to the sky to guide her husband to the Pure Land. Before his death, Hou Yushan urged his wife to follow his teacher and learn Buddhism in this life.
Hou Li Qingqiu, a licensed Chinese medicine practitioner in California and the wife of Hou Yushan, spoke to more than 20 monastic monks who came to the house to perform rituals on the day of Hou Yushan's passing, describing Hou Yushan's study of Buddhism and the process of his passing:
Hou Yushan had been studying Buddhism for many years. Four years ago, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and suffered from long-term painful treatments. A year and a half ago, Hou Yushan and his wife went to the Yi Yun Gao International Cultural Foundation and heard the Dharma teachings of Master Yi Yun Gao on audio recordings. They were shocked to learn that such a subtle Dharma existed in the world. After hearing the true Dharma, Hou Yushan had infinite respect for Master Yi Yun Gao and was wholeheartedly devoted. Since then, he participated in the foundation's group practice and never missed a single teaching by Master Yi. He also volunteered at the foundation all day, and his colleagues at the foundation greatly admired him and advised him not to overwork himself at the foundation and to go home and rest. However, he said, "No, I am doing Buddhist work, which you cannot understand. I only hope to see Master Yun Gao as soon as possible."
In February of this year, Hou Yushan and his wife, Hou Li Qingqiu, took refuge in Master Yi Yun Gao under the guidance of Lama Losang Jia Cuo Rinpoche of the Yi Yun Gao International Cultural Foundation in the United States. After meeting the master, Hou Yushan and his wife were surprised to find that Master Yi Yun Gao was completely different from what they had imagined. They had imagined that Master Yi Yun Gao was unapproachable, but after meeting him, they realized that Master Yi Yun Gao was very approachable. They sincerely sought empowerment and teachings, and offered their savings as offerings. However, Master Yi Yun Gao said without even looking at them, "I cannot set a precedent by accepting your offerings." He politely declined. But without hesitation, Master Yi Yun Gao gave them empowerment and transmitted the teachings to them. After receiving the teachings, Hou Yushan diligently practiced and quickly deepened his understanding. His cancer pain suddenly disappeared.
On the day of Vesak, in May, Hou Yushan and Hou Li Qingqiu once again saw Master Yi Yun Gao. Master Yi Yun Gao asked him what he wanted this time. Although Hou Yushan was terminally ill, he did not ask for relief from his illness. He respectfully and sincerely asked his Vajra Guru, Master Yi Yun Gao, "I don't ask for anything else. I just want to know how to be reborn in the Pure Land smoothly. This is my only wish." Master Yi Yun Gao told him, "Since that's the case, you need to change your practice. Switch to the Pure Land school's method of reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha, 'Namo Amituofo'. But the most important thing is that I will teach you a secret handprint for rebirth. You will soon be able to see the realm of Amitabha. In this way, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will guide you to the Pure Land as soon as possible." The master compassionately called Hou Yushan to sit beside him and secretly transmitted the handprint to him. Hou Yushan received the profound practice of reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha and was extremely excited and overjoyed.
Since receiving the practice of reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha on Vesak, Hou Li Qingqiu, who is a doctor, has seen golden light emitting from her husband's head and back at all times, composed of yellow and red colors, shining brightly and auspiciously. He no longer resembled a cancer patient! From that moment on, all the cancer pain in his body disappeared without a trace. The pain, swelling, and even the morphine painkillers prescribed by the hospital were no longer needed. One day, he asked his daughter Lily, who works as an anesthetist in the hospital, "How do I look?" His daughter replied, "Dad, you look really good, you are in good spirits, and you don't look like a patient at all."
On the morning of May 25, Hou Yushan told his wife, "Last night, while practicing, I entered the Samadhi state and went to the Pure Land. The Pure Land is truly beautiful. The red color there is indescribably beautiful, as is the yellow color. I can't describe how beautiful the green, purple, and other colors are."
Hou Li Qingqiu asked, "Can you give me an example of how beautiful it is?" After thinking for a moment, Hou Yushan said, "The colors in the Pure Land are incomparable to anything in this world. As for the scenery, do you remember when we were young and visited West Lake? The early morning at West Lake, the colorful scenery created by the morning glow through the mist on the lake? The scenery in the Pure Land is much more beautiful than that. Moreover, the Buddha told me that he will come to take me in seven days and asked me to tell the world that the best Dharma is with our teacher. He wants to tell people to learn Buddhism earnestly."
On May 31, Hou Yushan made all the arrangements for the affairs at home and left a message for his daughter, saying, "You must not blame your mother for anything she has done in her life, but there is one thing you can criticize her for, and that is if your mother deviates from Buddhism and falls into decline, you must criticize and remind her to follow our teacher, Yun Gao, and practice diligently. She must not fall into decline." Then, he said to his wife, Hou Li Qingqiu, with great emphasis, "In your life, it doesn't matter if you do other things right or wrong, but there is one thing that cannot be wrong, and that is to follow our Vajra Guru diligently. Only by following him can you achieve success. His Dharma is the true Dharma." After finishing his instructions, Hou Yushan told his wife that he would pass away tonight and instructed her, "Tonight, you must be alert. At the moment of my passing, I am afraid of falling into a state of unconsciousness and entering a demonic realm. You must not sleep. Remind me to visualize the Vajra Guru above my head and visualize Amitabha Buddha above my head. Recite the mantra with single-minded devotion."
That night, in their seaside home, Hou Li Qingqiu had already foreseen that her husband, Hou Yushan, would be reborn in the Buddha's land, so she set four alarms at different times, each ringing every hour. Sure enough, at 6:15 a.m. on June 1, Hou Yushan's pulse and breathing slowed down. Hou Li Qingqiu shook his hospital bed and both of them continuously recited, "Namo Vajra Guru! Namo Amitabha Buddha!" Hou Yushan held the secret handprint transmitted by Master Yun Gao. At this moment, Hou Li Qingqiu suddenly heard the sound of heaven, and Hou Yushan's body emitted increasingly strong golden light. She saw Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas appearing in the sky by the seaside. The light of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas merged with the light of Hou Yushan, becoming stronger and stronger. After about five minutes, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas disappeared, and the celestial music also disappeared. It was at this moment that she remembered to quickly check her husband's pulse. Hou Yushan's pulse and heartbeat had already stopped.
Zhang Tianyou, the president of the Yi Yun Gao International Cultural Foundation in the United States, was the first to arrive at Hou Yushan's home after his passing. He saw Hou Yushan lying on the bed as if he were sleeping, with no expression of pain on his face, holding the secret handprint for rebirth. His face was very peaceful.
Rong Hui, the president of the International Buddhist Sangha Association and the abbot of Huazang Temple, was deeply moved by this event and praised the greatness of Master Yi Yun Gao. She said that she often saw the pain of cancer patients at the end of their lives, especially lung cancer, which was indescribable. They couldn't even recognize people, let alone receive the handprint and recite the Buddha's name. The Pure Land method of reciting the Buddha's name taught by Master Yi Yun Gao allowed a lung cancer patient to have such auspicious and magnificent golden light surrounding him within less than a month, with the pain disappearing, and being personally guided by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to the Pure Land. Such a great Dharma of the Tathagata cannot be described in words!
On the night before Hou Yushan's passing, he personally prepared a package of gifts and $5,000 in cash and told his wife, "The teacher never accepts offerings. During my lifetime, the teacher did not accept my offerings. I will pass away tonight, so tomorrow you should take these offerings to the teacher and ask him to accept them." On June 1, Hou Li Qingqiu followed her husband's instructions and brought the package of offerings to Master Yi Yun Gao. She knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face, and earnestly pleaded with Master Yi Yun Gao to accept the offerings, shouting loudly, "My supreme Vajra Guru Buddha!"
The master said to her, "You should not address me like that. I am not a Buddha or a Guru. I am just an ordinary practitioner, just like everyone else."
Hou Li Qingqiu explained that these offerings were Hou Yushan's testament, and Master Yi Yun Gao said, "It seems that there is no other way. I cannot refuse to accept them." He had to accept the offerings and arrange for them to be displayed in the temple. They could not be used for personal purposes. He immediately took $6,000 from his own living expenses and sent it to Hou Yushan's home as a burial subsidy, and notified the monks from two large temples to come and assist in accumulating merit.
Yi Yun Gao International Cultural Foundation in the United States