An Interview with a Reporter on the Thoughts of Yongsan Buddhism-10

2011.05.10

















2011.05.10

2011.05.10



  If one who has attained Buddhahood has
appeared in the country, it is a very joyous
occasion to celebrate not only in the
Buddhist circles, but also for the country and
for the world.  Could you please personally
tell us a few words about the two Great
Monks?


  If one who has attained Buddhahood has
appeared in this country, this is the greatest
occasion to celebrate since the dawn of history in
Korea; and it is a most extraordinary event
throughout the world.  It is because a Buddha is a
rare universal saint who can be born about once
in a kalpa.  In fact, Noble Disciple Subhuti
(Myongsang Buddha) and   Noble  Disciple
Shariputra (Hwagwang Buddha)  have attained
Buddhahood respectively in  China and Korea, but
they did not appear and just entered great nirvana.
The   Buddha  has made  an extraordinary
declaration through the preface of my book about
the Great Monk Gwangmyong Manduk and Jajae
Manhyon of Hyonjisa.  As the Buddha has already
declared, I think I should tell you of the true story
personally in my own words now.  Guarantee on
my attainment of Buddhahood as stated in the
Lotus Sutra was realized in January 2000; I, Jajae
Manhyon have accomplished the greatest wish of
my lifetime.  Also,  Great  Monk  Gwangmyong
Manduk had attained Buddhahood one year and
several months before me.  I would like to tell you
that Great Monk Gwangmyong Manduk as the
Dharma Prince of  Buddha the World-Honoured
has a very high status in the realm of the Buddhas.
As I  have previously explained, I was the final
body of Noble Disciple Ananda at the time of the
assembly of the Spirit Mountain, and Great Monk
Gwangmyong Manduk the final body of  Kasyapa.
This is all true.  This is the truth indeed.



     You   said   that   a   Buddha   would   be
produced once in a kalpa.  By the way, it has
been some 2600 years since the Buddha
came to the world,  but how can we
understand that the two Buddhas have
already been produced?


   That is a good question.  That a Buddha is
produced once in a kalpa does not mean that a
Buddha will be produced in regular sequence
every time when a kalpa passes.  We have to take
this as an average period.  Also, I would like to
tell you one more thing for your reference.  The
Buddha did not attain Buddhahood in India for
the first time, for he had become a Buddha for the
first time as a human countless kalpas before;
afterwards he received human bodies many times
in the saha world.  So he is not included in the
definition of "A Buddha is produced once in a
kalpa."


source /An Interview with a Reporter on the Thoughts of Yongsan Buddhism
publication/Hyonjisa, Yongsan Buddhism