(This report) The World Buddhist Headquarters, Shengji Temple, Huazang Temple, Charity Temple, and Shengge Lecture Hall held a Dharma assembly at the City Hall in Glendale on June 30th, welcoming the publication of the first three volumes of the "Complete Collection of the Third World Great Dharma King's Sutra Collection" in the "Nanwu" series - "Preaching in the East," "Preaching According to the Needs of Buddhist Disciples During Travel," and "Explaining the True Meaning through the Heart Sutra."
In the history of Buddhism, during the process of translation, printing, and editing of the Three Baskets of Sutras, Vinaya, and Abhidharma, there were inevitably missing and mistranslated scriptures, or false scriptures, heretical theories, and teachings of external paths were mistakenly included, leading to the confusion of doctrines among various Buddhist sects in the Dharma-ending Age.
The Third World Great Dharma King, Nanwu, is the only Buddha legally established since the Nirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. He is the highest leader of Buddhism in the world today. In his many years of propagating and transforming lives, Nanwu has preached over two thousand volumes of Dharma teachings, elucidating the correct principles of Buddhism from the basic to the profound stages, while rectifying the errors in the teachings of past patriarchs and translations, exposing the chaos of the Dharma-ending Age, and pointing out the path to achieve liberation for people.
The "Complete Collection of the Third World Great Dharma King's Sutra Collection" is mainly based on the written records of Nanwu's Dharma teachings, including all scriptures, poems, and works of Nanwu. Venerable Zhai Mang said in his speech at the Dharma assembly, "The publication of the 'Complete Collection of the Third World Great Dharma King's Sutra Collection' not only represents our gratitude and nostalgia for the Third World Great Dharma King Nanwu, but more importantly, countless sentient beings will attain liberation through studying the 'Complete Collection of the Third World Great Dharma King's Sutra Collection.'"
The "Complete Collection of the Third World Great Dharma King's Sutra Collection" encompasses the essence and essential teachings of all three baskets of Buddhism and the esoteric scriptures. Whether it is precepts, knowledge, conduct, or cultivation methods, whether it is Theravada, Mahayana, or Vajrayana, whether it is sentient beings, arhats, or bodhisattvas, Nanwu has pointed out the most direct and fastest direction for us. After the successful completion of the Dharma assembly, the attendees and devotees collectively prayed for the eternal preservation of the "Complete Collection of the Third World Great Dharma King's Sutra Collection."
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