Editor's Note: The following is the original text reported by the Las Vegas News on March 11, 2019. However, there are several details that are incorrect, and I would like to clarify them here: 1. The correct name should be "Shengji Temple" instead of "Shengji Temple"; 2. The weight of the "Landing Hall Vajra Pestle" is 1000 kilograms, not 1000 pounds.
On the afternoon of March 6, 2019, thunder roared and exploded above the Shengji Temple in the United States, causing the earth to shake and heavy rain to pour down. The main hall of the Shengji Temple was crowded with nearly a thousand Buddhists from all over the world. They held Hadas in their hands and respectfully knelt to welcome the great accomplished one, Wangzha Shangzun.
Wangzha Shangzun is a three-stage great accomplished one with a golden buckle. In this life, he has relied on the Dajieqiang Buddha's seat for cultivation and has achieved great spiritual attainments. He can be called the unparalleled great power king in the global Buddhist community. He once presided over the Mahakala Mantra Selection Ceremony, and according to the law, he selected the reincarnated true body of the Buddha, the third Dajieqiang Buddha. In 2016, he personally presided over the holy examination of world Buddhist leaders, living Buddhas, masters, teachers, and acharyas at the World Buddhist Headquarters. He used his spiritual attainments to assess the level of practice of nearly ten thousand Buddhists, shocking the world! However, Shangzun has no attachment to fame and fortune, and although he has been diligent in his Dharma work for several years, he rarely meets with ordinary Buddhist disciples except for a few high-level practitioners. This time, the Shengji Temple's Lamp Buddha Hall is about to be completed. Under the repeated requests of the temple's monks, Shangzun finally agreed to regularly recite scriptures and mantras in the Lamp Buddha Hall, and to perform rituals and prayers for the worshippers who light the lamps. It is only because of this affinity that he decided to meet with Buddhist disciples publicly.
In the evening of March 6, Wangzha Shangzun appeared at the Shengji Temple, with steady steps and a resounding landing, as if a Vajra had descended from the altar. There was a huge Vajra Pestle weighing one thousand pounds at the entrance of the main hall. According to the ancient rules during the time of Master Yilianhuasheng, any great accomplished one above the third stage of the golden buckle must lift a corresponding weight of the Landing Hall Vajra Pestle based on their body weight and age in order to enter the main hall. This is to test whether their physical condition is healthy and whether they have reached extraordinary standards. According to the rules, Wangzha Shangzun should lift a Vajra Pestle weighing one thousand pounds in order to enter the main hall and pay respects to the Buddha.
Tall and majestic like a Vajra, Wangzha Shangzun walked to the Landing Hall Vajra Pestle, bent down and gently lifted the one thousand pound Vajra Pestle. With a powerful appearance, when he put it down, the ground and the main hall trembled, shocking everyone. Then Shangzun lightly crossed the Pestle and entered the main hall. While bowing and paying respects to the Buddha, he sincerely said, "I, disciple Wangzha, respectfully pay homage to the great third Dajieqiang Buddha!" Then he bent his back and walked slowly until he reached the Buddha. The Buddha touched his head, and after the head-touching ritual was completed, Shangzun stepped back and sat on the side, saying to the audience, "Buddhist disciples, I am very happy to see all of you here today. I am happy because you have the affinity to meet the third Dajieqiang Buddha in this life, so you can learn the authentic, unaltered, and original Buddhist teachings. Because of this, you can achieve spiritual attainments in this life, so of course, I am very happy."
Wangzha Shangzun went on to touch the heads of all the Buddhist disciples present, blessing them one by one, and only left when it was late at night.
After Shangzun left, the Buddhist disciples couldn't help but be curious about the one thousand pound Vajra Pestle. They came to try their strength in front of the Pestle, including strong athletes who trained in the gym. However, no matter how much strength they exerted, they couldn't even move it, let alone lift it. It's no wonder Shangzun is called the "Great Power King".
Kangkun Renbo, the attendant of Wangzha Shangzun, said, "Among all the living Buddhas and spiritual leaders on this earth, there is simply no one who can lift the Landing Hall Vajra Pestle. That's why their main halls don't have the Pestle, because it is a weapon that exposes the nature of ordinary people. If they are not true great accomplished ones, who would dare to display it? Why is this? The reason is simple, the true Buddhist teachings have been lost. What everyone has learned is just fragmented and incomplete theories, so-called teachings that are empty and hollow. Therefore, no matter how famous or high their status is, most living Buddhas and spiritual leaders are basically empty shells with no spiritual essence. How can they have the Vajra body cultivated by the true Buddhist teachings? To see the internal evidence of their accomplishments, one can only find it with the Master Qiang Buddha, only Wangzha Shangzun, the trusted disciple of the third Dajieqiang Buddha, is the real deal, the true Buddha-Dharma. I dare say that some Tibetan living Buddhas, who chant empty theories of lineage, are pitiful. They only engage in useless things to deceive the ignorant. No matter how they sit on the Dharma throne in front of everyone, pretending to be spiritual, they are still weak and sick in their bodies, and they even fabricate empty and false Buddhist teachings. Because practitioners do not see the true strength, they only listen to empty words, it's strange if they are not deceived! This is exactly what Shakyamuni Buddha said about the strong influence of demons and the weak power of the Dharma in the Dharma-ending age. Some living Buddhas and spiritual leaders say 'our lineage does not emphasize this' to cover up their ordinary nature! I say you can only deceive fools! Regardless of whether you emphasize it or not, since you claim to be a holy and extraordinary being, a transcendent sage, why doesn't your body have the power of a holy being? Your lack of strength, poor physical condition, and weak body are undeniable facts, aren't they? If you don't believe it, just try lifting the Landing Hall Vajra Pestle! Just like the Five Eyes, there are many people pretending to have the Five Eyes, but where are the five qualities? Can you present them one by one? What about the height of the Five Eyes? It doesn't exist! Shakyamuni Buddha stipulated that Bodhisattvas should possess the Five Eyes, but if you don't have all five qualities and there is no height, then it is obvious that you are not a great Bodhisattva. Calling yourself a Bodhisattva is a violation of the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, you are just an ordinary person, not a Bodhisattva at all!"