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International Buddhist Monks and Nuns Association Announcement Announcement No. 2012028

The Dalai Lama's Tibetan Religious Foundation in Taiwan has been maliciously defaming the Third Panchen Lama's group, and has been sued by some members and organizations of the International Buddhist Sangha Association in Taiwan for dozens of civil and criminal cases. The Department of Religion and Culture of the Dalai Lama's exiled government issued a letter on March 27, 2012, which further intensified their malicious defamation of the Third Panchen Lama's group. In order to prevent all Buddhist disciples and the general public from being misled, the International Buddhist Sangha Association has to make the following announcement. Here, I will simply state the facts and express my opinions, without any intention of defaming the Dalai Lama's Tibetan Religious Foundation or the Department of Religion and Culture of the Dalai Lama's exiled government.

First, Master Yigong Gao (the Third Panchen Lama) is the spiritual leader of the International Buddhist Sangha Association, and his spirit, thoughts, religion, philosophy, etc. are the guiding principles of the International Buddhist Sangha Association. The International Buddhist Sangha Association is the group of Master Yigong Gao. Master Yigong Gao has been certified and congratulated as the Third Panchen Lama by the heads of the major sects, regents, and lamas of Tibet. The certification and congratulatory documents were issued by well-known and named heads of the Tibetan Buddhist sects, regents, and lamas, and were handed over to the International Buddhist Sangha Association, not to Master Yigong Gao. They have nothing to do with Master Yigong Gao, but the Department of Religion and Culture of the Dalai Lama's exiled government actually falsely accuses Master Yigong Gao of claiming to be the Third Panchen Lama.

Second, in the former Tibet, the head of the Gelug sect is the Dalai Lama, the head of the Gelug sect in the latter Tibet is the Panchen Lama, and the leader in Mongolia is the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu. The overall leader of the Gelug sect is Master Tsongkhapa, but Master Tsongkhapa is not the leader of the entire Tibetan Buddhism, let alone the Dalai Lama. The Third Panchen Lama said, "The only leader of our world Buddhism is Shakyamuni Buddha!"

Third, the Department of Religion and Culture of the Dalai Lama's exiled government stated in its document on March 27, 2012, "Vajradhara Buddha is a manifestation of the historical Shakyamuni Buddha in the Tantra." After speaking a few sentences, it also said, "Vajradhara Buddha has always been interpreted as the teacher of Shakyamuni Buddha." The previous conclusion is that Vajradhara Buddha is a manifestation of Shakyamuni Buddha, and the later conclusion is that Vajradhara Buddha is the teacher of Shakyamuni Buddha. Since it is one's own manifestation, how can it become one's own teacher? What's even more serious is that according to the "Great Perfection Grand Mind Essence Transmission Sequence," the Third Panchen Lama is the teacher of Amitabha Buddha. When Shakyamuni Buddha became enlightened, he said in the Amitabha Sutra, "Amitabha Buddha became a Buddha in the infinite past kalpas." Please pay attention, at the time when Amitabha Buddha became a Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha had not yet become a Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha had not even become a Buddha, so how could he manifest as the Third Panchen Lama and teach Amitabha Buddha? This document is nonsense, self-contradictory, and has no legal effect.

Fourth, the Department of Religion and Culture of the Dalai Lama's exiled government is a political institution that can only represent individual people of the Dalai Lama, and it does not have the qualification to recognize or not recognize anyone. The International Buddhist Sangha Association is not under the jurisdiction of his exiled government. I am in the United States, on American soil, under the management of the United States government, and I abide by the U.S. Constitution and laws. I do not recognize the Dalai Lama as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism because he is not the founder and leader of the major sects of Tibetan Buddhism. I do not recognize any exiled government, a political institution without territory or citizens, and it has no authority to dictate the International Buddhist Sangha Association under the jurisdiction of the United States, and has no right to interfere with our spiritual leader. Our organizations in Taiwan, such as the Dharma-listening institutions, belong to Taiwanese citizens and are only part of Taiwan. The exiled government of the Dalai Lama has no right to command Taiwanese citizens to follow its documents as policy guidelines. The International Buddhist Sangha Association recognizes the Third Panchen Lama as the true Vajradhara, and we recognize the certifications and congratulations made by the major sects of Tibetan Buddhism. We do not recognize the words spoken by the Dalai Lama, who only represents one-third of the Gelug sect.

Fifth, the International Buddhist Sangha Association and the Dharma-listening institutions around the world are the group of Master Yigong Gao (the Third Panchen Lama). The Buddhist teachings and Dharma teachings of the Third Panchen Lama are the Buddhist teachings and practice guidelines studied by all members of the Third Panchen Lama's group in the temples, organizations, lamas, rinpoches, masters, and Dharma teachers of the International Buddhist Sangha Association. In the Dharma-listening institutions around the world, the only Dharma practice is to listen to the teachings of the Third Panchen Lama, and this is used as the teaching method, based on compassion, benefiting all sentient beings, making the world more auspicious and prosperous, and making humanity more charitable, friendly, and helpful. Apart from listening to the teachings of the Third Panchen Lama, we do not listen to the teachings of anyone else.

The International Buddhist Sangha Association hereby announces.

Chairman: Shi Longhui
May 9, 2012

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