Ways to check if a monk is real or fake

Date: 12-03-2022||

“It lets one see into one's own true nature and thus attain Buddhahood." Those who see by their own Buddha-nature will become a Buddha.


Student asked:
 
Uncle, some people say that Zen Buddhism has no scriptures, no words to preach, only the mind transmits the mind, but you wrote 11 Zen books, which sound contradictory. They mean that the way you popularize Zen Buddhism is not the right way of "mind transmission". Can you clear this controversy?
 
Teacher replied:
 
The Buddha began teaching Zen Buddhism with these sentences:
 
"Not founded upon words and letters.  This means nothing is written.
 
“A special transmission outside scriptures” This liberation method is transmitted privately. 
 
“By pointing directly to one's mind” The Buddha pointed out the Buddha nature of each person.
 
“It lets one see into one's own true nature and thus attain Buddhahood." Those who see by their own Buddha-nature will become a Buddha.
 
‘’Mind transmission” method is one of the five methods of utilizing energy to practice according to one's imagination, with realization and accomplishment, following the physical law of causes and effects and reincarnation, which never helps liberation. This means those who practice this cannot return to the Buddha world. To be more specific, transmission of the mind is the transmission of a master's experience to his disciples. Whereas, transmission of “Secret Zen Buddhism” is the transmission of secret words from  the Buddha to posterity.
 
Only the person who received the Vietnamese Physical Scientific Zen Buddhist Teaching book, also known as the "nonverbal sutra" of the Buddha "Secretly transmitted in the lineage of Zen Buddhism’’ by 36 Zen Patriarchs from India to China to Vietnam passing it to posterity, have enough documents and is eligible for “Secret Zen Buddhism transmission” (the ceremonies to "recognize for a person to know the way to Buddha world ")
 
To check if a monk is real or fake, check the followings:
 
1. For monks with many years of seniority and a divine mind (the supernatural ability to read the minds of others), test them with questions about Buddhism. If they can't answer, they are fake. If they can answer, they are real.
 
2. For monks who have doctorates in Buddhism, test them with questions about the highest level of Buddhist knowledge. If they cannot answer, they are fake. If they can answer, they are real. 
 
Why should we check like that? 
Since this earth is earthly, so cunning and deceitful people are everywhere:
 
+ There are Buddhist monks who have been following Buddhism for 80 years, and attended 60 summer monastic retreats. When asked what the purpose of Buddha’s teachings is,  they can not answer. They are 100% fake monks.
 
+ There are Buddhist monks who follow Buddhism and claim to be enlightened. Someone asks what enlightenment is in Buddhism, they don't know. They are 100% fake monks.
 
+ There are Buddhist monks who claim to be Zen masters. When asked about  the liberation formula in Buddha’s teachings, they cannot answer. They are 100% fake monks.
 
+ There are Buddhist monks who study for a doctorate in Buddhism. When asked what Nirvana is, they don’t know. They are 100% fake monks. 
 
So If you want to check if I, who give the recognition for a person to know the way to the Buddha world, is real or fake, you should find top secret scriptures in Buddhism to ask me. If I can't answer, my recognition for a person to know the way to Buddha world is counterfeit. Or, if you want to be sure, you should look for high-level monks certified with the fruition of Arhatship, and tell them to come here to question me. If I can't answer, I am fake. Try to find many monks so that you can expose my fake recognition for people to know the way to Buddha world.
 
I hope you find many Buddhist saints and doctors to come to question me. If you can expose who I am and my fake recognition for a person to know the way to Buddha world, then you will be rewarded with 10 million Vietnamese dong.
 
Answers to Vietnamese Physical Scientific Zen Buddhism 02/27/2022
 


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