Spreading the true Dharma of the Buddha at Hyonji
Temple in Chuncheon where it has settled down under
the kind favors of the Buddha.
The Great Monk Jajae Manhyon searched for a site to establish Yongsan
Buddhism and spread the true Dharma ofthe Buddha. He settled down at the
site of Hyonji Temple situated at the foot of Daesung Mountain in Chuncheon
in 2000. He was looking for the best site to prepagate the true Dharma of the
Buddha on this land together withhis co-practitioner who was in Kasyapa at the
time of the assembly of the Spirit Mountain.
As a Bomyong Buddha who supervises all the Buddhas'Dharma, one of the
Five Tathagatas, he says that this place is a holyplace on earth because pure
energy erupts from the warth and an armful of light id being porued down upon
us from the Buddha's Realm. We decided that this place was the holysite for us
to spread the true Dharma of the Buddha.
Standing at the most magnificent place where the thick forest of pine trees is
growing and the Bukhan River flows serenely in the front, Hyonji Temple is
located not far from the road where not only lay Buddhists, but also the practi-
tioners who try to seek the truth of the universe can easily drop in and take a
rest.
The Great Monk has built a provisional temple on the site of Hyonji Temple
in Chuncheon together with the lay Buddhists following the doctrines of the
Yongsan Buddhism. The Main Hall has been dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha
with Avalokiteshvara and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas as the left and right hand
attendants. The images of Sakyamuni Buddha and the two Bodhisattvas in the
Main Hall in Hyonji Temple are not like those that we have seen in other
Korean temples. The Buddha and the picture of the Bodhisattvas on the front
wall have glaring eyes and their hair is neatly shaved.
"The shaved Buddha images in our temple are the appearances of the
Complete Body of Bliss when the Buddha enters complete nirvana, and when
he returns to his Buddha Body (the Reward Body) in the Absolure Realm,
teaching and saving human beings with thirty-two bodily signs in Light
(Immeasurable Light. They are the images of the Buddha and other Buddhas
abiding in the Absolute Realm that I have personally seen duning the samadhi
reaitation."
In this part, the Great Monk emphasized the existence of Sakyamuni Buddha
again.
"Sakyamuni Buddha is the very first Buddha and we can say that all the
Buddhas in the Threefold Great Thousand World Systems are the works of
Sakyamuni Buddha. Sakyamuni Buddha has not gone exitinct in reality, but be
is even now teaching and saving Bodhisattvas at the Spint Mountain in India."
The Great Monk stressed again that, forthese reasons, (the Lotus Sutra) con
taining the 'Chapter on the Duration of the Life of the Tathagata' which reveals
the attainment of Buddhahood from the past and attracts the greatest attention
among all the Sutras of the Buddha. Although he has lived for many decades, he
still has the appearance of being in his fifties. On the hill above the Main Hall,
the construction of the Vairochana Hall is now progressing at its height. The
Great Monk plans to placethe Pure Dharma Vairochana Buddha in the
Vairochana Hall which is expected to be complted in autumn in 2008.
"The Pure Dharma Vairochana Buddha takes in the Pure Dharma Bodies of
all Buddhas as a whole. The Pure Dharma Bodies of all Buddhas are absorbed
into the Pure Dharma Vairochana Buddha of Sakyamuni Buddha whenever
there is a big event. Therefore, the light of the Pure Dharma Buddha has a high-
er light intensity than that of the Complete Body of Bliss, and his power is
countless and limitless because it shines over the Threefold Great Thousand
World Systems at all times.
By virtue of the great power of the Pure Dharma Vairochana Buddha, the
Great Monk wishes to pray for the welfare and peace of the world of the beings
in the Saha worldthrough construction of the Vairochana Hall. The place where
Hyonji Temple is situated is north of the 38th parallel line. The Great Monk
plans to let Hyonji Temple act asthe temple for national salvation, praying for
the unification of South and North Korea and for the further development of the
Republic of Korea by dedicating the Vairochana Hall to the Vairochana
The Three Buddha Hall id situated at the top of the hill above the Vairochana
Hall and id at the height of its construction now. The Great Monk worships
Bomyong Buddha who id one of the Five Tathagatas as the main Buddha in the
Three Buddha Hall.
"Bomyong Buddha attained Buddhahood after the very first Buddha
Sakyamuni Buddha. In the palaces of the dragon kings the Sutras of the
Buddhas that contain the words of many Buddhas abiding in the Threefold
Great Thousand World Systems supervisescountless fragon kings in the
Dharma Realms of the ten directions."
The Great Monk drew the eyes of the many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
appearing on the picture hung on the wall of the Thrss Buddha Hall in samadhi.
Many lay Buddhists visiting Hyonji Temple pray for themselvesanf those who
have causalconnections with them to the Three Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in
the Three Buddha Hall.
(Pure) Practicing methods for chanting the sacred
name of a Buddha.
The Great Monk Manhyon emphasizes to the monks and lay Buddhists
of Hyonji Temple that chanting a Buddha's name is the best method of gaining
empowerment of the Buddhas in the Absolute Realm.
"In reality we must believe in the fact that the Buddha abides in the Absolute
Realm. If one has an immutable and strong faith and recites the sacred names of
a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, they will offer the practitioners of recitation all kinds
of compassions and extend the hands of salvation by skillful means."
The Great Monk's belief on the value of the recitation of a Buddha's name is
absolute. It is because the Great Monk himself has seen the Realm of the
Buddha through chanting a Buddha's name and received approval of the
Dharma.
"If one receives the awesome spiritual power and rmpowerment of the
Buddha, there is no worry to fall down into the Three Evil Realms. Even though
one has committed a big crime, and is destined to go to Hell and to be born
again in an animal body in one"s next life, his grave karmic hindrance will be
cleared away and he can escape from the Three Realma."
The ultimate goal in the Saha world is to meet the Dharma of the Buddha and
practice and study to liberate themselves from life and death. If a being becomes
a practitioner and wishes to be liberated from transmigration, the Great Monk
stresses that he must keep his body and mind pure and clean, while reciting
Buddha's name.
"The great practitioners who have come from the heaven of holy multitudes
and are practicing with the goal of becoming a Bodhisattva must observe not
only the Five and Ten Precep[ts, but also take things that we eat such as meat,
alcohol, cigarettes, etc. as precepts. If such alien substances go into one's body,
one's the Five and Ten Precepts, but also take things that we eat such as meat,
alcohol, cigarettes, etc. as precepts. If such alien substances go into one's body,
one's Three Poisons of greed, anger and ignorance will not be purified. When
one possesses a clean spirit and a pure mind, he can be reborn into the Pure
Land."
The Three Poisons of greed, anger and ignorance that a human has are strong
obstruction factors that hamper us. Ww cannot escape from attachment. When
people are seen from the aspect of the Great Monk, it if understood that many
people commit karmic sin and fall into the Three Evil Destinies. Half of them
do not even go to Hell, but wander around in the intermediate existence realm as
forlom wandering spirits. The Great Monk stresses that this occuts because, in
most cases, attachment and lingering affections toward propetty and money
remain.
A great enlightened master who spreads the Realm and
value of the Buddha Dharma through Dhuta, that is,
through selfless practice.
In 2005, the Great Monk wrote <
taining the news that he had seen and heard through chanting the sacred name of
a Buddha. Through his book describing the Realm of the Buddha Dharma, the
Great Monk, who also spoke of the Dharma of the Buddha, wishes that the
Korean Buddhist sects will be born again.
"While believing in and following the true Dharma of the Buddha, our
Buddhism must be born again as a practical Buddhism, attaching importance to
actions. If one has awakened to one's original mature of mind, he must advance
to the stage of a Bodhisattva and a Buddha by receiving the empowerment of
the Buddha and practicing limitless Dhuta.
Re-establishing the character of Korean Buddhism in the 21st century is
demanding. The Great Monk is personally showing the
true meaning of life and its value by practicing and shar-
ing, while spreading the true Dharma of the Buddha for
the lay Buddhists at borh the Hyonji Temples in
Chunchean and Busan. In volume two of <
Century Buddha's Message>>, that is to be published this
year, the Great Monk plans to reveal the Realm of the
Buddha that he has experienced through his practics of
chanting the sacred name of Buddha.
While manifesting many sentient beings in early
Buddhism and the true character of the Buddha at a time
when the Buddha was saving the world, the Great Monk
Jajae Manhyon who has shown us the way Korean
Buddhism and Buddhists must walk in the 21st century.
He ie revealing to us the teachings of the Buddha Dharma and its true
value through Dhuta, namely, selfless practice as a new milestone of the
life and practice that all human beings living in this age should follow
SOURCE / Global ECOVIEW
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