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The Mystical experiences of True Buddha disciples
After more than twenty years of Buddhist Tantric practice, Master Sheng-yen Lu, founder of the True Buddha School, has been able, during his meditational practices, to merge with the Universe. He understands the secret of the Universe and is truly Enlightened. He has become a great adept and has achieved the Six Transcendental Powers--the six supernatural powers mentioned in Buddhism. Among those who took refuge in Master Lu, many have experienced psychic responses from him, and many wondrous and inconceivable miracles have occured. The miracles in this book include the curing of terminal and karmic illnesses, accurate spiritual predictions, warning of imminent disasters, and lottery winnings. In Master's own words, "miracles will occur. One who experiences these will gain more confidence. Any student who has mystical responses should treat them as encouragement and not become attached to them. Students should humbly improve and better themselves, pursuing correct results and attaining Supreme Perfect Enlightenment. The authentic cases recorded in this book represent only a fraction of the numerous cases of mystical experiences witnessed by Master Lu?s students.
167 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1993
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March 4, 2025
This book has both an early edition (pictured on Good Reads) as well as a republished in 2025 edition which features the artwork of His Holiness Living Buddha Lian Sheng on the cover. The new version is available from yifucultural.com or True Buddha School temples.
Of True Buddha School's non-Chinese speaking students who have been in the school since before the age mobile phone browsing, the majority seem to have come to practice because of reading Lu's Encounters With The World Of Spirits or this book. True Buddha School itself is known as a sect with great mystical power and many students obtain spiritual responses. To quote from the preface from the original edition of this:
Whilst this may seem fanciful or fantasy to some, those with an open mind will find that in addition to this early collection of mystical responses, many of which have a flavour so fantastic, that True Buddha School is still having many of these.
In recent years I recall Tina from California whose rare paralysing "Stiff Person Syndrome" magically vanished following a "mo-ding" healing hands blessing at a Kalachakra ceremony.
Mr Hong from Malasia who was scheduled for surgery to remove gallstones. These miraculously vanished following a Mahottara Heruka healing session, leaving incredible before and after X-rays.
Mr Suomay who decided, completely out of character, to buy a lottery ticket after the Padmakumara Bodhisattva appeared to him in a dream and handed him something. He won $55m, the 2nd highest win in Washington state history!
It is this type of clear and magnificent assistance from deities that defines True Buddha School. Spiritual responses do occur in all schools of true lineages, yet here they are very direct and clear without the need to try and decipher what the will of the heavens behind them was. Those who practice purity and compassion find they naturally arise as a side effect of practice due to the proximity of the deities. The book therefore makes eye opening reading for those who have placed Lord Shakyamuni's talk of gods and dragons as mere aspects of our own mind.
I personally found this book a few years after watching the classic 1980s Hong Kong movie, Chinese Ghost Story. That movie had such richness to it's mix of martial arts, Taoism, Buddhist, spirituality and Confucianism, that I wanted more. As a Westerner educated in Oxford to the view that ghosts don't exist, I frankly didn't believe it fully the first time I read it, just like I didn't believe the movie. But I was so moved by it that I started to look for more. And the more I looked, the more I started to open my mind.
This is a book of true stories. They are real because the individuals in them really experienced them. They are unreal because there's nothing solid one can show to say for certain that higher forces were involved. It is for each reader to make up their own mind, and the best way to do that is through practice to see if it is true. Only then will you be able to know.
Of True Buddha School's non-Chinese speaking students who have been in the school since before the age mobile phone browsing, the majority seem to have come to practice because of reading Lu's Encounters With The World Of Spirits or this book. True Buddha School itself is known as a sect with great mystical power and many students obtain spiritual responses. To quote from the preface from the original edition of this:
If an initiated student, (following the great vow of Master Lian Sheng and his spirit of salvaging the world), makes, with compassion and loving kindness, a great vow to liberate sentient beings, he should first commit no evil deeds, and then perform all virtuous deeds. That is, one should eliminate one's greed, anger and ignorance, and then practice the Six Perfections (Paramitas) of the Bodhisattvas. In Dharma practice (sadhana), one starts with the Four Preliminaries, continues with the Guru Yoga, then the Personal Deity Yoga, and finally achieves response in the great Vajra Yoga and the Highest Yoga Tantra.
Practice daily and consistently, as consistently as one takes ones meals, because Dharma practice is nutrition for the mind. Strive to progress. One will receive the light from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, purifying one's negative karma and eliminating misfortunes, while increasing one's blessings and wisdom.
Eventually, the wonderful psychic responses from the Holy Red Crown Vajra Master Lian Sheng will manifest themselves, and miracles will occur. One who experiences these will gain more confidence. Any student of the True Buddha School who has psychic responses should treat them as an encouragement, not become attached to them by becoming complacent. Further, students should humbly improve themselves, pursuing the correct results, and attaining Supreme Perfect Enlightenment.
The mystical experiences of refuge students which are contained in this book are completely factual. However, due to fear for their reputations, some students do not wish their names to be published. Therefore, some fictitious names have been used instead of real ones. This is unavoidable and I hope readers will understand.
To help a confused world we need real occurrences of mystical experiences. Today there exist not only despicable minds, murders, robberies, and sexual assaults, but also heavy emphasis is placed by people on personal fame and gain. Where many disasters occur, theories alone are not sufficient. Some Dharma preachers depend on theories alone, expounding only on them, but listeners will not believe them because there are no facts to support the theories. Some people condemn mystical experiences as manifestations of evil spirits. As a matter of fact, mystical experiences are phenomena which are part of Buddha Dharma practices. Many practitioners only start to believe and practice sincerely after they have had mystical experiences.
Mystical experience is an expedient means for the Bodhisattvas to help all beings release themselves from sufferings. This view has been misunderstood by many "left-home people" (monks), who are unable to receive mystical experiences themselves, and so condemn them as evil occurrences. True Buddha practitioners should strive to awaken to their original nature and transcend life and death. It is only through actual practice that one receives mystical experience, perfect understanding, enlightenment, and the attainment of the supreme Buddha path.
Whilst this may seem fanciful or fantasy to some, those with an open mind will find that in addition to this early collection of mystical responses, many of which have a flavour so fantastic, that True Buddha School is still having many of these.
In recent years I recall Tina from California whose rare paralysing "Stiff Person Syndrome" magically vanished following a "mo-ding" healing hands blessing at a Kalachakra ceremony.
Mr Hong from Malasia who was scheduled for surgery to remove gallstones. These miraculously vanished following a Mahottara Heruka healing session, leaving incredible before and after X-rays.
Mr Suomay who decided, completely out of character, to buy a lottery ticket after the Padmakumara Bodhisattva appeared to him in a dream and handed him something. He won $55m, the 2nd highest win in Washington state history!
It is this type of clear and magnificent assistance from deities that defines True Buddha School. Spiritual responses do occur in all schools of true lineages, yet here they are very direct and clear without the need to try and decipher what the will of the heavens behind them was. Those who practice purity and compassion find they naturally arise as a side effect of practice due to the proximity of the deities. The book therefore makes eye opening reading for those who have placed Lord Shakyamuni's talk of gods and dragons as mere aspects of our own mind.
I personally found this book a few years after watching the classic 1980s Hong Kong movie, Chinese Ghost Story. That movie had such richness to it's mix of martial arts, Taoism, Buddhist, spirituality and Confucianism, that I wanted more. As a Westerner educated in Oxford to the view that ghosts don't exist, I frankly didn't believe it fully the first time I read it, just like I didn't believe the movie. But I was so moved by it that I started to look for more. And the more I looked, the more I started to open my mind.
This is a book of true stories. They are real because the individuals in them really experienced them. They are unreal because there's nothing solid one can show to say for certain that higher forces were involved. It is for each reader to make up their own mind, and the best way to do that is through practice to see if it is true. Only then will you be able to know.
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