Propagating the true Dharma of Sakyamuni Buddha.
The Great Monk Jajae Manhyon,
Reporter Hyun ji-hye Protographer Jung Sung-wook
Sakyamuni Buddha was born in the land of the India as a human. He
was awakened to his original nature through ascetic sufferings and
practice and attained Buddhahood. He expounded his teachings of the
Dharma to the beings in the human world on the basis of the doctrine of cause
and conditions and transmigration. He departed thid world after having revealed
the truth of the universe to the world through his disciples for over forty-five
years. After the passing of Sakyamuni Buddha, various kinds of Buddhist sects
have appeared in the name of Buddha,various kinds of Buddhist sects
have affeared in the name of Buddhism in this world. They told us the truth of
the world and waysof the seekers of enlightenment, then, disappeared.
Great Monk Jajae Manhyon who renounced a worldly life to become a practi-
tioner, due to his questions on life and death in his twenties,entered a Samadhi,
a high level of meditative concentration in selflessness through recitation of
Buddha's name. Hw has clearly seen the ways of the Threefold Great Thousand
World Systems and their movements and is now sharing this with others.
"The reward ofthe Buddhas are absolutely in existence. Buddha in the
Dharma Body abides in the absolute realm as an immeasurable light that shines
all over the world. The pure Dharma Vairochana Buddha is the Dharma Body
of Sakyamuni. Buddha esbraces all the pure Dharma bodies of all Buddhas in
the body."
The Buddha that Monk Jajae Manhyon has revaled id one that id a being that
has the three bodies, namely, the Dharma Body, the Reward Body and the
Transformation Body. The Dharma Body id the origin of the Reward and
Transformation Bodies. The buddha Body made of immeasurable light is the
essential element to become a Buddha. Monk Jajae Manhyon says that there
must be a decision made by Sskyanuni Buddha for a Buddha to be born in this
Saha-world.
"I see immeasurable light - a clear, bright and lucid light - during my practice.
Then I pass another gateway, meet with many Busshas in deep samadhi who
have come to see me and listen to their Dharma talks directly. I listen to the
Dharma of Buddhas, receive their guidance on my practice and as I practice as a
Buddha, I enter deeper into samadhi."
Even to Buddhist disciples, the remarks that the Great Monk has made are not
usual. It is because books written by past Great Master Monks or those of the
Seon Sect seldom speak of these things. At first glance, one with no connection
with Buddhism will have difficulty understanding thid state which Great Monk
Jajae Manhyon refers to.
"It was January 2001. While practcing chanting the sacred name of a Buddha
he entered the samadhi. Buddha said to him :"
The Buddha does neither abide oustide nor inside of the mind.
The Buddha abides in an 'Absolute Reslm in selflessness.'
The mind does not have an inside or on outside.
As it neither goes nor comes and does not move,
Buddha abides in that way, too.
Only lumans say whether it exists or it does not exist,
but the Buddhas abide in an 'Absolute Reslm in Sslflessness'.
At that time, he realized the fact that he himself had accomplished hardship in
a past lifetime and that he had been Ananda, one of the ten noble disciples who
attended to the Buddha at his side at the time of the Spirit Mountain of
Sskyamuni Buddha at his side at the time of the Spirit Mountain of
Sakyamuni Buddha. The Great Monk heard and esperienced much regarding
the Realms of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in the state of deep samadhi that he
reached through recitation of Buddha"s name. The state of his being able to see
Sakyamuni Buddha supervising the Threefold Great Thousand World Systems
and various stages of Bodhisattvas was not been realized in a day. He attained
Buddhahood because he already broke through his Hwadu a long time ago. He
chose to practice meditation by chanting Buddha"s name with a thirst for seek-
ing the truth of the universe and also practiced recitation.
In the book <
Great Monk revealed the song of bliss that he had composed in samadhi in self-
lessnessin 2002.
Empty, empty,
the Threefold Great Thousand World Systems
are empty.
The empty realm
where
no dust
and no particle
exists.
Clear, clean,
and pureness itself.
Bliss, bliss,
it id bliss
At that time, Great Monk Jajae Manhyon passedthrough samadhi and
attained his Buddhahood approved by the Buddha.
Yongsan Buddhism opening the way to become
a Bodhisattva and a Buddha through empowerment of
the Buddha.
Receiving approval of the Dharma from the Buddha in samadhi, the Great
Monk Jajae Msnhyon rose from his seat of a practitioner and made up his mind
to propagate the true Dharma of the Buddha across the world. Having
renounced a worldly life to become a monk of the Jogye Buddhist Order, awak-
ening his original nature through Hwadu - a head phrase for meditation investi-
gation, the Great Monk established Yongsan Buddhism. This is seen as the cor-
rect method of becoming a Buddha based on his experience of receiving
empowement from the Buddha through recitation of Buddha's name and of
attaining Buddhahood.
"In order to solve his doubts on the truth of birth and death and on the world
after death, he investigated Hwadu, then changed his practice method to recita-
tion, entered samadhi of deep recitation and eventually attained samadhi. He has
seen the real character behind the Dharma realm of the universe by entering into
a deep samadhi and seeing the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas abiding in the
Absolute Realm as well as the existence of Hell, the deva realm and the
Westem Paradise."
The Great Monk who not only obtained the answer to his lifetime Hwadu, but
has also seen the subtle world of the Absolute Realm over the realm of expti-
ness through recitation of Buddha's name, has once again realized the limit of
enlightenment by one's own efforts. He himself understood a new method of
going beyond the limit of the practicing method of Seon Buddhism that has
been taking the lead of Buddhism on this land for over 1000 years. His goal is to
propagate this new method to all beings he encounters.
"Reciting the sacred name of Sskyamuni Buddha who perfectly possesses not
only wisdom, compassion and blessed virtues, but also the Three Bodies of the
Dharma, Reward and Transformation Bodies and exercises omnipotent univer-
sal ability is the best method guaranteeing rebirth in the heaven of the deva
realm and the Western Paradise Pure Land."
The Great Monk established the Yongsan Buddhism Foundation last yeat. He
also started to draw up the basic doctrines and code for faith and practice and
systemized them.
"Human beings exist in the six realms in life and death. It is true that human
beings commit countless karmic sin and exist in the Three Evil Destinies such
as Hell, the animal realm, and others. They do not escape from the Three
Poisons of greed, anger and ignorance. Yongsan Buddhism has shown how
human beings can escape from the Three Poisons through a pure practice
method and at the same time save them so that they will not fall down into the
Three Evil Destinies."
Further, the important doctrines of the Yongsan Buddhism are to perform
one's filial piety to their parents, respect thdir teacher, love their nation and prac-
tice loyalty and filial piety as part of their life. As a rootless tree cannot grow on
the land, all living beings must observe fundamental manners and repay one's
obligations and also have love toward their nation.
Besides these, Yongsan Buddhism stands on the
basic doctrines of strictly observing precepts, repenting
one's karmic sins in the past and loving our neighbors
with endless compassion. The teachings of the Great
Monk includes the idea that one must cultivate a pure
mind through repentence and become a great liberated
man caring for others before yourself.
"We must take refuge in the Buddha and his Dharma.
We must also practice the Ten Virtues and actions fof a
Bodhisattva completely. We must study the Mahayana Sutras, escape from the
cycle of life and death as a recitation practitioner chanting Sakyamuni Buddha
and live a life to be rebom in the Western Pure Land. The Western Paradise
Pure Land exists. Hell also exists."
The Grest Monk Jajae Manhyon attaches more importance to practice than
speech and exphasizes that studying scriptures steadily together with practice
and establishing a systematic knowledge of the realm of the Buddhism has
are the fundamentals of practice. In this connection, Yongsan Buddhism has
taken the Sutras, like the Agama Sutra, the Ksitigarbha Sutra, the Diamond
Sutra, the Lotus Sutra and the Avatamsaka Sutra as the basic Sutras. Whenever
he has an opportunity, he stresses that practioners should not ignore the study
of Sutras.
SOURCE / Global ECOVIEW
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