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Explanation of the Title "Third Sakyamuni Buddha"#

On April 3, 2008, the book "The Third Sakyamuni Buddha" published by the Global Buddhist Publishing House and the World Dharma Publishing House held a solemn first launch ceremony at the Library of Congress in the United States. The Library of Congress officially collected this book, and people then learned that the highly respected Master Yiyun and the Grand Master Yangyi Nobu, who had been respected by everyone, were recognized by the leaders or regents of various major Buddhist sects in the world as the third incarnation of the Buddha Sakyamuni, with the title of the Third Sakyamuni Buddha. Since then, people have referred to him as "Namo Third Sakyamuni Buddha." This is similar to before Sakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha, his name was Prince Siddhartha, but after Sakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha, he was called "Namo Sakyamuni Buddha." Therefore, we now call him "Namo Third Sakyamuni Buddha." Especially on December 12, 2012, the United States Senate Resolution No. 614 officially named the Third Sakyamuni Buddha as His Holiness (H.H. the Third Sakyamuni Buddha), and since then, the title of Namo Third Sakyamuni Buddha has been confirmed. Moreover, the Third Sakyamuni Buddha is also the legal name recognized by the government, and the previous titles of Master Yiyun and Grand Master Yangyi Nobu no longer exist. However, this news was published before the title of Namo Third Sakyamuni Buddha was announced, at that time people did not yet understand the true identity of the Buddha, so in order to respect the truth of history, we still retain the names used before the official naming of the Third Sakyamuni Buddha in the news. But everyone should be clear that except for the name of H.H. the Third Sakyamuni Buddha, the names used before the official naming no longer exist.