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This is no longer the case, as more and more Tibetan lamas have brought Tibetan Buddhism to the Han region. Many people now already have a certain understanding of Tibetan Buddhism. Furthermore, because some Buddhist scholars from the Han region have been regularly going to the Tibetan region to seek Dharma teachings, their exchanges with Tibetan Buddhist masters have created an ideal bridge to link Tibetan Buddhism to the Han region. I expect this trend to continue to strengthen in the future, and gradually the number of people aware of Tibetan Buddhism will increase. This is definitely something to be happy about. In fact, Buddhist Dharma is about mind training: if people are happy, joyful, and feel as if they have benefited after relying on Buddhism, then Buddhism will thrive in the area where they live. Therefore, I hope that in the future many more people will become aware of Tibetan Buddhism through the means of CD-ROMs and other technologies. By making this kind of effort, let us promote Buddhism, which can greatly benefit all human beings.
Question: At the moment, many people in the Han region are studying The Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path. Can you please tell us the importance of this text in Buddhism, as well as your suggestions and advice to those practitioners from the Han region who are studying this text.
Answer: The Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path was composed by the great master Lama Tsongkhapa, and translated into Chinese by the Buddhist master Fa Zun. Master Fa Zun was one of the greatest translators from the Han region, and, after going to the Tibetan region, he translated many texts. While he was alive, not many people knew about him, but after he passed away, people gradually came to know about his kindness and contributions to sentient beings in the Han region. Since he translated this text, Master Ri Chang from Taiwan has expounded on it, and Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok, from our monastery, has also expounded on it. I have heard that, at the moment, many Buddhist institutes, including some universities, are also studying it.
This text meticulously explains the full path of the bodhisattva, so it is really important for us to study it. In the Nyingma lineage, we also have a text called Finding Comfort and Ease in the Nature of Mind, which basically contains the same practical instructions, with the exception of the addition of the Vajrayana stages. Therefore, I would personally praise those that study The Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path. In addition, when Lama Tsongkhapa was composing the later part of the text, which deals with intuitive wisdom, he felt that its meaning was too subtle and too profound for people to understand, so he decided to stop composing it. However, at that time, bodhisattva Manjushri personally appeared in front of him to urge him to continue composing it and said that in the future there would definitely be people who could realize it. You can see from this that the blessing from this text is incredible. If we rely on it as the foundation of our study and practice, it will certainly bring great benefits to us.
(7) Question: I am a Sanskrit PhD student in the Department of South Asian Languages, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University. I am very interested in the practice of the Great Perfection. May I request you to introduce it to us
Answer: I am afraid that I cannot transmit it here. (Laughter.)
Question: OK, then what about a brief introduction
Answer: OK, let me give a brief introduction. In accordance with the Vajrayana teachings, the Great Perfection is the highest state you can achieve amongst the practice of the nine yanas. Its practice is very simple and is thus particularly suitable fo…
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