H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III, also known as Yi Yungao (Chinese pinyin) and Wan Ko Yee (Hong Kong name) before being recognized as a Buddha, is the Pope of Buddhism, who was awarded the Distinguished International Master in 1994 and the World Peace Prize Top-Honor Prize in 2011.[1] H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is a Chinese American.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the second Buddha formally recognized in the history of this world, while the first was Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha was born as an Equal Enlightenment Bodhisattva in ancient India, then achieved complete enlightened and attained Buddhahood. However, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the reincarnation of the Primordial Buddha rather than one who had attained Buddhahood in any world.
Nowadays, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the only Buddha in this world. Based on Buddhist principles, a “Buddha” has attained the supreme level of wisdom and enlightenment, and there is no one above or comparable to a Buddha. The mastery and application of any knowledge or skill by a Buddha is not obtained through the process of learning. Rather, it comes from the outpouring of the Buddha’s supreme level of wisdom, while the guidance of teachers if there is any is only a cause and condition that inspires the wisdom for a certain field. For example, Da Zhidu Lun (大智度論) has documented a story where Shakyamuni Buddha knew the best practices of cattle herding without fore-learning and converted a number of cowherds to Buddhism.
Early life[edit]
Buddha was born in the Dayi County of Sichuan, China.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s father, named Zhonghai Yi, was well-versed in the Four Books and Five Classics. He was known for being kind and benevolent and was a well-known doctor of Chinese medicine in Dayi County. Buddha’s mother, Kunfang Xu, was born into a local scholarly family with skill in poetry and literature. Buddha was nurtured by an excellent family education and Chinese culture when he was young, and he often helped his father build and repair bridges and roads to assist others. When he was in elementary school at the age of ten, he jumped into a river during a cold winter and rescued a child who fell into the river. His heroic deeds were praised by villagers, teachers, and peers. When Buddha was in his youth, he used his medical skills to voluntarily treat diseases for the people. There were more than 300 patients who sought treatment from him every day, but he never asked for or accepted any medical remuneration even if patients voluntarily offered them.[2]
At the age of sixteen, he wrote the Buddhist treatise “A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson.”[3]
In China[edit]
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was promoted to Professor I [footnote: this rank was reserved for the most distinguished scholars in China] in 1986 and was promoted to first-class researcher in China in 1989.[4]
According to the 1995 Yearbook of Who’s Who in China, the World Poets and Culture Congress conferred the title of “Master of Oriental Art” on Buddha in acknowledgement of his achievements in art and literature in 1991.[3] The Asian Times reports that World Poets and Culture Congress, which consisted of 5,612 experts and scholars from 48 countries, also selected Buddha as a “Distinguished International Master,” with his title becoming public on September 15, 1994.[5] The Yearbook of Who’s Who in China details how Buddha received a certificate, gold medal, and master robe from the World Poets and Culture Congress in a ceremony at a museum dedicated to his work built by the county government.[3] The certificate was signed by Juan Antonio Samaranch, the then President of the International Olympic Committee.[1] According to the Yearbook, Buddha was the world’s only Distinguished International Master at the time of the title’s conferment.[3]
Due to His exceptional achievement in art at a young age, The Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio in China made a documentary about Him, One Who is Determined to Strive, which was released nationally.[6] The People's Daily Newspaper also reported on him in an article titled "Self-Taught Youth".[7]
In September 1998, the American League of Colleges and Universities, which was composed of 83 international colleges and universities, unanimously passed the resolution awarding an Honorary Doctoral Degree of Buddhism, Art, and Religious Studies to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.[8]
Arriving in the United States[edit]
In 1999, Buddha came to the United States due to an invitation from the Getty Museum and moved to California afterward.
According to an article published in The Asian Times in 2000, two separate government entities officially named a day in honor of Buddha when he was still known as Wan Ko Yee. The article states that the Governor of the State of California and the mayor of the City and County of San Francisco named March 8 “Master Wan Ko Yee Day” in recognition of his achievements in Buddhism, the humanities, painting, calligraphy, and ethics.[5]
Tribune U.S.A. also wrote that Buddha was recognized as a true Buddhist Master with perfect mastery in both Esoteric and Exoteric Buddhism at a meeting organized by the United International World Buddhism Association Headquarters in Taipei on May 12, 2000.[9]
In 2002, Buddha began exhibiting carvings in California, including Wonder of a Mysterious Cave and Limestone Like Cave. After reviewing Buddha’s work in 2002, a Tribune U.S.A. feature commented that “his works cannot be duplicated.”[10] In July 2003, the Organization of American States held an exhibition showcasing Buddha’s sculptures. The Asian Journal reported that international envoys such as Marina Valere, Carlos Holguin, Michael King, Denis Godwin Antoine, and Chase Plate praised Buddha’s work at the event. The Asian Journal also mentioned that Buddha’s work received a positive reception from U.S. government officials such as Congressman Robert P. Hanrahan, Ana O’Brien, and Dr. John Tsu at the exhibition.[11][12]
In September 2002, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was awarded the Presidential Gold Medal by the chairman of the White House Presidential Advisory Commission for Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders on behalf of the then President George W. Bush. In October 2002, the then vice president Dick Cheney awarded H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III with a medal that symbolizes his remarkable achievements of in Washington D.C.[13]
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III worked as a professor at Auburn University in Alabama from 2000 to 2009.[14]
In the early 2010s, Buddha was presented with a World Peace Prize by Congressman Lester Wolff.[1][15] Buddha joined the ranks of previous awardees of the World Peace Prize, including Ronald Reagan, Mahatma Gandhi, Yitzhak Rabin, and other public figures.[16][17][18] According to the World Peace Prize website, Buddha was the first Buddhist leader to be given the award in the organization’s entire history.[18] In 2011, Mayor Vincent C. Gray declared January 19 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day in the District of Columbia, in recognition of Buddha’s “vast accomplishments that have helped to strengthen the foundation of a peaceful society, in not only His Holiness’s region of the world, but in the Washington, D.C. community as well.”[19] Buddha also received the Dr. Martin Luther Jr. Legacy Award for International Service and Leadership in 2011.[20][21]
In 2014, the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum, where some of his works are displayed, was established in Covina, California.[22][23]
Buddha has received accolades from politicians such as U.S. Representative Tom Lantos and Los Angeles County supervisors Hilda Solis and Michael Antonovich.[24]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Buddha contributed to relief efforts by donating equipment to police departments, hospitals, and other organizations.[24]
Persecution by the Guangdong Public Security Bureau[edit]
In 2002, two years after H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III had left China, the Guangdong Public Security Bureau brought a case against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, accusing him of real estate fraud. However, Liu Jian and Lau Pak Hun, the only two alleged victims in the case have both publicly stated that Buddha never defrauded them.[25][26] Buddha has no record of owning the real estate property named in the case.
During the case, the Guangdong Public Security Bureau illegally seized 800 paintings from the house where Buddha had rented in Shenzhen, including 700 of his paintings and 100 classical paintings collected by one of his disciples.[25] The case even caused the Chinese government to request Red Notices from INTERPOL for Buddha’s arrest.[25][26] However, at the end of 2004, INTERPOL found suspicious details in the case, so it launched a detailed investigation. After three years of investigation, INTERPOL finally determined that this was a false case with the purpose of persecuting H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. At the same time, the Chinese authorities also confirmed that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III committed no criminal acts. After the Chinese government and INTERPOL conducted investigations into the case, the Red Notices were officially annulled in 2008 at the request of China,[25] and in 2009, Buddha received a letter directly from INTERPOL informing him that the Red Notices against him had been cancelled.[25][26] According to Space Coast Daily, a panel of thirteen legal experts had determined that Buddha’s case was “incorrect and fabricated, and that it was not accurate at all.”[26]
Although H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III received official notification of his arrest warrant’s withdrawal and the entire case’s dismissal, He had never shown documents to prove His innocence. When the World Peace Prize Awarding Council asked H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III about the case’s dismissal, He responded by saying that it was his responsibility to bear all living beings’ karmic offenses and give them the good karma and merit he has planted. He explained that it was His duty to bear the karmic offenses of the individuals who slandered Him, and they would no longer be seen as innocent if he had shown the documents proving his innocence.[27]
The World Buddhism Association Headquarters was frequently criticized by individuals who believed the allegations against H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. To clear up rumors and protect its reputation, the WBAHQ strongly urged H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to make the INTERPOL letter public in 2019. After His Holiness the Buddha finally agreed to do so, the World Buddhism Association Headquarters issued a public statement reporting the facts of this case and revealing the letter from INTERPOL proclaiming H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s innocence.[26]
Being Recognized as A Buddha[edit]
In 2006, a manuscript copy of the book A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma, which documents H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s accomplishments in some fields, was distributed to the leading Buddhist practitioners of various sects. These were incarnated Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who were greatly accomplished themselves. After reviewing the book, they were shocked. A number of them entered into a deep samadhi state and found that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the reincarnation of the Primordial Buddha, Dorje Chang Buddha.[28]
According to the International Buddhism Sangha Association, these figures include H.H. Great Dharma King Dodrupchen, H.H. Dharma King Penor, H.H. Dharma King Achuk, H.H. Dharma King Gongbao Dumu Quji, H.E. Kaichu Rinpoche, H.E. Dharma King Gar Tongstan, H.H. Dharma King Jigme Dorje, H.H. Sleep Yoga Dharma King Mindrolling Trichen of the Nyingma Sect, H.H. Dharma King Trulshik, H.H. Dharma King Taklung Tsetul (Nyinhma Dharma King of Northern Tibet).[29]
In response to being recognized as a Buddha, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III commented, “Even though Dharma kings of great holiness have formally recognized that I am the incarnation of an ancient Buddha, who I am a reincarnation of is not important. What is important is for everyone to understand ‘What is Cultivation.’ A reincarnated Buddhist practitioner is of importance only if they cultivate themselves in accordance with Buddha Dharma. The true gift that I bring to everyone is Buddha Dharma. If everyone follows Buddha Dharma to develop profound realization, then everywhere will be filled with brightness, and the world will be a peaceful place. Living beings will forever be joyful, enjoy limitless beneficial effects from Buddha Dharma, and have perfect merit and wisdom.”[6][30]
On the same subject, he also commented, “The Dharmas of Buddhism in this world were imparted by Shakyamuni Buddha when the Buddha was living here. Buddhism is meant mainly for resolving problems for living beings: enabling living beings to become liberated from suffering and the cycle of birth and death. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas come to this world for no other purpose than to help pitiable living beings, to save them by enabling them to attain liberation and accomplishment.”[30]
In September 2007, in the House of Representatives, U.S. Representative Tom Lantos commented that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been recognized by world-renowned Buddhist masters as the true incarnation of the primordial Buddha in accordance with Buddhism’s rules of recognizing the incarnation and invited Congress to pay tribute to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.[31]
In 2008, the Buddhist book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III – A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma was published and offered to the American people by the International Buddhism Sangha Association at the Library of Congress in the United States.[32][33]
The Senate Resolution No. 614 of the United States Congress, published on December 12, 2012, formally addressed the Buddha as “His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III.”[9][15]
In 2018, the World Peace Prize Awarding Council and the World Peace Prize Religious Leaders Title Awarding Council conferred the title of the “Pope of Buddhism” on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. According to the World Peace Prize Awarding Council, the conferment decree and the Pope of Buddhism Scepter were presented to Buddha by the then Chairperson of the Two Councils Han Min Su.[16]
The council reported that Buddha initially attempted to return the conferment and the scepter, but the council declared his title and status permanent.[16] Buddha commented, “Within the field of Buddhism, there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. There are titles of Dharma kings, rinpoches, Dharma masters, eminent monastics, greatly virtuous persons, and Holy Gurus. There is no need for a Pope. I am a humble cultivator. I am not able to take on such a heavy responsibility.”[34]
Artistic Achievement[edit]
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s interest in art began at the age of five, when he would paint copies of artwork that he saw. At the age of fourteen, He decided to travel all over China and paint scenery that he observed during his travels.[35] In 1981, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, had developed a reputation as a famous young artist and participated in the Sichuan Province’s official talent recruitment examination, where H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III performed admirably. In recognition of his talent, he was appointed as a national art commissioner by the Sichuan Provincial Government. The official document assigning him to this position outlined his responsibilities to protect cultural relics, make copies of ancient calligraphy and paintings, and create new calligraphy pieces and paintings at Chengdu’s Baoguang Temple.[36]
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III held an exhibition for His works of art at Baoguang Temple in the latter half of 1982. Art experts considered his work unique and innovative. His paintings received a positive reception and were widely sought after by art and cultural relic collectors.[35] His artwork achieved widespread popularity among art critics both in China and overseas. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s works of art were an attraction at the Baoguang Temple for many celebrities, who admired his work and rated it highly. Kaiqu Liu, a famous sculptor and the director of the National Art Museum of China, was one of the Buddha’s admirers. When Liu visited Xindu County to meet the Buddha, the Buddha painted three art pieces on the spot while he watched. In response to the paintings, Liu said, “The paintings of Yi Yungao are very bold and powerful. Not only has he learned from ancient works, but he is also highly creative and innovative.” When Professor Zhangshu Wu, a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and director of the Hubei Provincial Museum of Culture and History, returned to his hometown in Chengdu, he also visited Baoguang Temple to admire the works of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. After seeing the Buddha’s artwork, he said, “What a wonderful talent and wonderful paintings!” World-renowned British-Chinese physician and author Suyin Han (aka Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou) also met H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in Xindu County while visiting relatives in Sichuan, China. The Buddha made two paintings, which he gave to her as a gift: “Powerful Gaze,” a fine brush painting of an eagle, and the abstract painting “White Plum Blossom.” She was so touched by the paintings that she immediately asked the Buddha to make two more paintings for her to purchase. She gave those two paintings to her best friend, Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, as a gift.[37]
Under the tutelage of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for five years, His disciples at Baoguang Temple completed 500 paintings of Arhats on August 8th, 1986, each measuring 2.3 meters tall and 1 meter wide, using fine color brushwork techniques. All of the paintings were compiled into a great long scroll, creating the work of art titled "Five Hundred Arhats.”[38] A group of art appraisers led by Professor Yuanxing Guo, executive director of the Buddhist Association of China, commented, “They are the most perfect and artistic large-scale group paintings in Chinese history, and they are also a rare and significant art creation in Buddhist art history.”[39]
In 1983, China reinstated Buddhist monks to their previous duties of managing Baoguang Temple. As a result, the government staff managing the temple were reassigned and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was reassigned by the Xindu County Government to the task of creating art and teaching at the County Cultural Center. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III later served as an adjunct professor at Sichuan Union University (now Sichuan University).[36]
In the spring season of 1986, the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee hosted two of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s art exhibitions in Chengdu. In early October of the same year, the Sichuan Provincial Government hosted "Yi Yungao’s New Artwork Exhibition," which included an exhibition of his students’ artwork. As many as 564 works were displayed at the exhibition. More than 80,000 visitors visited the five-day event.[40]
In October 1986, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III took an artistic talent examination after receiving an invitation from a commissioner from the Chinese Academy of Culture and Arts in the United States. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III submitted three papers on art and philosophy as part of the examination. After providing the Buddha with twelve pieces of rice paper smeared with thick ink, the examiner also tasked him with immediately making paintings in four separate styles of traditional Chinese art. Within the span of one day, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III transformed the twelve scrolls into art pieces of landscapes, figures, flowers, animals, birds, and so forth, in fine brushwork, freehand brushwork, or high-profile color-ink styles. The Buddha ranked first among all examinees at the examination’s conclusion.[41] On January 15, 1987, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was officially appointed as the first foreign advisor at the Chinese Academy of Culture and Arts in the United States. He was also awarded the title of honorary professor at the academy.[42]
In February 1987, the Cultural Bureau of Chengdu City held the "Five Hundred Arhats” Painting Exhibition and Yi Yungao Art Exhibition for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III at the Zigong City Art Museum.[43]
The People’s Daily Newspaper reported that Buddha had been named President of the Chinese Painting Research Association in 1987.[6]
On May 12, 1995, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III led an art delegation to Taiwan after receiving an invitation from the Taiwan Olympia Foundation for Sports, Culture and Education. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III held an exhibition for his paintings and calligraphy at the Yat Sen Gallery in the National Father Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taiwan, which featured around 100 of the Buddha’s best works of art. The exhibition became a cultural sensation after many high-ranking government officials, politicians, artists, and business people in Taiwan visited the exhibition to admire the Buddha’s artwork.[44]
In May 2000, he sold the painting Majesty for $2,125,327 in an auction.[10] At another auction held in November 2000, he sold the painting Venerable Da Li Won for $2,207,912.00 ($467 per square inch) to Mr. Naylor, an art collector and art merchant from England. Unique Art Collections International Co., Ltd. facilitated both of the sales in 2000. At the time, the sales set new records for the highest priced painting of any living oriental artist as well as the highest priced Chinese paintings ever sold at an auction.[9]
In October 2003, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III held an exhibition for his original works of Yun Sculptures at the the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, for Congressmen and their staff members.[45]
The Royal Academy Of Arts awarded a Fellowship to Master Wan Ko Yee (H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III) on February 10th, 2004 at the office of the British Council in Washington, D.C. During the award ceremony, Professor Phillip King, the then-President of Royal Academy of Arts said, "H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is the extraordinary art figure that we have been searching for in more than two hundred years since our establishment and could not find until today. Our Academy has one hundred Royal Academicians, but there was no one who in the past more than two hundred years was awarded the above-mentioned Fellow."[46]
In 2007, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s painting of lotus flowers, "Two Flowers; One Lotus Capsule; One Dharma Nature," was sold for U.S.$300,000 per square foot to a British art collector Ian Hamilton. Another painting by His Holiness depicting a plum blossom was also sold for U.S.$210,000 per square foot.[47][48]
In 2008, a painting of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was sold for U.S.$330,000 per square foot.[49]
The Master Wan Ko Yee International Cultural Institute held an art auction on January 31, 2010. “Ancient Village at Remote Mountain Spring,” a painting measuring only 5.6 square inches created and donated by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha II, was sold for US$35,100, which equals US$902,571.42 per square foot.[50]
In 2015, the Buddha’s painting Loquat was sold for $10,200,000 to an unnamed Chinese woman after a competitive auction that included bids from American and European art collectors.[51] According to ArtFixDaily, that it was the highest price by dimension ever paid for a Chinese painting.[51] In 2015, Buddha also sold the ink painting “Ink Lotus” for $16,500,000.[52] It was purchased by an American art collector at Gianguan Auctions in New York City.[52]
Buddha’s painting subjects include scenery, figures, animals, flowers, birds, fish, insects, and other subjects inspired by nature and spirituality.[9] He makes use of painting techniques such as detailed brushwork, freehand brushwork, and splashing ink.[9] His paintings in these styles include “Mist, Clouds, and Autumnal Color”, “A Lotus Pond Has Carp”, “Beyond Craftsmanship”, “Fragrant Loofa in a Purple-Bamboo Forest”, and “Heavenly Treasures in Motion”.[53] He has also created abstract paintings using what he calls “supernatural abstract colors,” mixing oil and acrylic colors to form shapes and express feelings.[54][53]
His skills also include calligraphy.[9] His carvings have shown the uncanny ability to replicate and reproduce rock structures in nature, such as limestone formations. He is said to have manifested the wisdom of a Buddha by creating multicolored sculptures with mist inside of them that cannot be replicated.[55]
Buddha has also employed non-traditional methods of making art, such as modern-day technologies. He has created three-dimensional images using machine-based instruments, data, and light source manipulation. He has also created colorful glass paintings and photographs.[56]
Buddha has also developed decorative wall hangings in the shape of animals, people, flowers, and plants. These were crafted from natural minerals, wood, and stone. These include pieces such as Fu, Peace, Mani Treasure, Old Gourds with Weathered Vines, Jia, and The Bone of the Earth and Ganoderma.[57]
Other forms of art Buddha practiced include tile design,[58] classical poetry and music,[59] sculpted art frames,[60] faux jade plates,[61] Yun sculpture,[62] Buddha statues,[63] stone seals,[64] and paintings inspired by Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasty painting traditions.[65]
In 2019, New York Academy of Art Provost Peter Drake taught a class for master’s students in which they studied and copied the art of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.[66]
Audio Recordings of Imparted Dharma and Publications[edit]
In addition to being a world-renowned Buddhist leader, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is also a world-class artist. In addition to his extensive recordings of dharma discourses and Buddhist publications, various collections of his artwork, such as Chinese paintings, Western paintings, Yun sculptures, calligraphy, poetry, and songs, etc., have been published and circulated around the world.
Audio Recordings of Imparted Dharma[edit]
More than 2,000 volumes of Dharmas imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III have been recorded and published. The content of the Dharmas covers the essence of Buddhism's Tripitaka (sutras, vinayas and abhidharma) and ten tantric scriptures. The main series of Dharmas that many Buddhists have listened to with reverence and respect are:
* [Trip to Taiwan] Series
* [Trip to USA] Series
* [Dharma Imparted During the Trip to the East] Series
* [Buddhism Fundamentals Expounded in the East] Series
* [Dharma Discourses Expounded in the USA] Series
* [H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Answers Disciples’ Questions] Series
* [H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Secretly Records His Disciples’ Dharma Practice Reports] Series
* [H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Discerns an Evil Monk through Correcting the Book He Published] Series
* [Dharma Imparted During a Trip in Response to the Needs of Disciples] Series
* [Specially Recorded Dharma Discourses Stored in a Silver Box] Series
* [Individual Dharma Discourses Imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III] Series
A list of dharma discourses that have already been transcribed and published digitally:
** Brief Explanation of the 128 Evil and Erroneous Views by His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III (Chinese Version)
** The Great Dharma of Zen Practice (Chinese Version, English Version)
** His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III Imparts Dharma on New Year’s Day: Are Our Body, Speech, and Mind in Accordance with True Cultivation? Will I Attain Accomplishment and Liberation or Will I Encounter Retributive Misery due to Evil Karma? (Chinese Version)
** One Cannot Be Considered a Holy Guru Simply Based on What They or Their Disciples Say; Anyone Who Passes the Verification Test Is Proven to Be a True Holy Guru Even If They Do Not Bear a Holy Guru Title. Empty Theories of Buddhist Studies and True Buddha Dharma Are of Two Completely Different Realms. (Chinese Version)
** Authentic, Invincible Vajra Dharma with Which Buddhists Can Definitely Attain Accomplishment (Chinese Version)
** His Holiness Dorjie Chang Buddha III Imparts Dharma in Response to an Occasion Given by a Shakya Clan Descendent, Who Is the Department Head of a Buddhist University (Chinese Version)
** His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III Imparts Dharma in Response to a Westerner’s Questions (Chinese Version)
** Am I Controlling You? What Am I Doing All This For? (Chinese Version)
Publications[edit]
* 1982 Sutra of A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson (Chinese Version)
* June, 2000 Commentary on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Chinese Version)
* 2000 Correcting the Treatises of the Patriarch Bodhidharma (Chinese Version)
* 2001 The Essence of Buddha Dharma
* 2002 Philosophical Sayings about Worldly Matters (Chinese Version)
* 2003 Yun Sculpture
* 2004 Collected Paintings of Master Wan Ko Yee
* 2005 The Zenith of Color
* February, 2009 Sutra on Understanding and Realizing Definitive Truth (Chinese Version)
* February, 2009 What Is Cultivation? (Chinese Version, English Version)
* 2007 Collected Plum Blossom Paintings, Calligraphy, Poems, and Songs
* 2010 Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (Chinese Version)
* 2014 Imparting the Truth through the Heart Sutra (Chinese Version)
* 2016 Learning from Buddha (Chinese Version, English Version)
* 2023 The first three volumes of "Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III Complete Sutra Collection" (the remaining volumes are under publication)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Museum of Master Yi Yungao The Distinguished International Master, Publisher: Chengdu Publishing House, May 1995 ISBN 7-80575-794-1
- ↑ Dayi Scenic Spot in the Past and Present, Author: Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Editor: Culture and History Committee of the Dayi County Political Consultative Conference, Publisher: Writers Publishing House, December 1994, page: 181
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Committee of Yearbook of Who's Who of China. Yearbook of Who’s Who in China. (1996). China Social Press.
- ↑ Master Yi Yungao, Author: Zhuang zigong, Publisher: Huayi Publishing House, page: 133
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://ancientbuddhadharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wan-ko-Yee-day-1.jpg
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.californiaherald.com/his-holiness-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-the-life-story-etched-in-supreme-character-and-wisdom/
- ↑ https://act.chinatimes.com/market/content.aspx?AdID=4136&chdtv
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/%E5%A4%9A%E6%9D%B0%E7%BE%8C%E4%BD%9B%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%96%E6%AD%A3%E6%B3%95%E5%AF%B6%E5%85%B8_H_H_Do/ScP1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%E5%A4%9A%E6%9D%B0%E7%BE%8C%E4%BD%9B%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%96&pg=PA212&printsec=frontcover
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://www.bddlc.org/en/H.H.DorjeChangBuddhaIII/Painting/A-Record-In-Paintings-Venerable-Da-Li-Won
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.lifesweetener.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tribute2.jpeg
- ↑ https://www.lifesweetener.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/OAS_Asian-1-585x606.png
- ↑ https://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=E-143/03
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/%E5%A4%9A%E6%9D%B0%E7%BE%8C%E4%BD%9B%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%96%E6%AD%A3%E6%B3%95%E5%AF%B6%E5%85%B8_H_H_Do/ScP1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Cheney+Dorje+Chang+Buddha+III&pg=PA206&printsec=frontcover
- ↑ https://act.chinatimes.com/market/content.aspx?AdID=4087&chdtv
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/614/text
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/the-return-of-the-pope-of-buddhism-scepter-by-his-holiness-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-was-rejected-881416609.html
- ↑ http://www.wppac.net/board/board.asp?brd_id=202
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://worldpeaceprize.net/category/2011-awards/
- ↑ https://dharmafromhhdorjechangbuddhaiii.org/2021/10/15/h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-day/
- ↑ https://everipedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/GalleryMediaItem/lang_en/dorje-chang/Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Legacy-Award-for-International-Service-and-Leadershipjpg.jpeg
- ↑ https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/search-moral-leadership-america-can-learn-buddhist-leader-living-among-us
- ↑ https://www.hhdcb3cam.org/htmlpages/mission.html
- ↑ https://www.theamericanreporter.com/h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-cultural-and-art-museum-reopens/
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/12/h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-teaching-people-to-attain-wisdom-through-compassion-especially-in-these-uncertain-times/
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 http://www.californiaherald.com/his-holiness-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-the-life-story-etched-in-supreme-character-and-wisdom/
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/12/h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-teaching-people-to-attain-wisdom-through-compassion-especially-in-these-uncertain-times/
- ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statement-from-the-world-peace-prize-awarding-council-124527868.html
- ↑ https://xuanfa.net/buddha-dharma/the-treasure-book/
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/buddha-data-en?id=162
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 https://realitypaper.com/why-buddhism-emphasizes-the-importance-of-cultivation.html
- ↑ https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2007/09/07/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E1832-3
- ↑ https://realitypaper.com/what-it-means-to-be-the-pope-of-buddhism.html
- ↑ https://xuanfa.net/articles/master-wan-ko-yee-recognized-as-true-incarnation-of-dorje-chang-buddha-iii/
- ↑ https://worldpeaceprize.net/2020/09/26/joint-resolution/#more-809
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 《笔下的路,还远呵!──记自学成才的青年画家义云高》,四川日報,記者:刘伟、郭绍贵,1983年6月10日 星期五,第三版)]
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 「H.H.第三世多杰羌佛系列報導」 H.H.第三世多杰羌佛在人間-中時電子報,2017年6月1日 https://act.chinatimes.com/market/content.aspx?AdID=4136&chdtv
- ↑ 《義雲高大師》〈序〉,莊子公,華藝出版社,ISBN:7-80039-475-1,p.75-77
- ↑ 《六十年风雨享程:周颖南文坛商海履痕》〈气清笔健 妙到毫颠——韩玄真和他的《五百罗汉》长卷〉,东南亚华文文学丛书,周穎南,厦门大学出版社,p.97
- ↑ 《義雲高大師》〈序〉,莊子公,華藝出版社,ISBN:7-80039-475-1,p.103-104
- ↑ 《義雲高大師》〈序〉,莊子公,華藝出版社,ISBN:7-80039-475-1,p.104-105
- ↑ 《義雲高大師》〈序〉,莊子公,華藝出版社,ISBN:7-80039-475-1,p.113
- ↑ 《义云高被美一研究院聘为荣誉教授》,記者:盧祖品,《人民日報》,1987年2月6日,第三版)
- ↑ 《義雲高大師》〈序〉,莊子公,華藝出版社,ISBN:7-80039-475-1,p.108
- ↑ 《商業周刊》391期,〈大陸密宗大師義雲高轟動台灣商圈〉,文/王文靜,p.40~41)
- ↑ https://xuanfa.net/hh-dorje-chang-buddha-iii/5-vidya-achievements/arts-technology/yun-sculpture/
- ↑ Asian Journal https://dharmafromhhdorjechangbuddhaiii.org/2021/10/08/royal-academy-of-arts-awarded-fellowship-to-master-wan-ko-yee-%EF%BC%88h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii/
- ↑ https://dharmafromhhdorjechangbuddhaiii.org/2021/10/31/chinese-paintings-by-h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii/
- ↑ 東森新聞 ETTODAY,義雲高大師畫作 以每平方呎30萬美元成交,2007年2月11日,蘇靜蓉/三藩市報導
- ↑ 東方日報,第三世多杰羌佛是甚麼人?2020年8月8日,港聞四
- ↑ https://dharma-hhdorjechangbuddhaiii.org/the-painting-ancient-village-at-remote-mountain-spring-by-h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-sold-for-more-than-us900000-per-square-foot-at-a-public-auction/
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/7883-10200000-hh-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-painting-breaks-record
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/7285-165-m-for-hh-dorje-chang-buddha-painting-breaks-record
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 https://iamasf.org/exb-hhdcb3/
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd702d33d7b8.pdf
- ↑ https://sunmoonlight.org/book.htm
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd704c9d0c77.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd70410ac583.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd703e57f775.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd6f5cc726af.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd70309e8ad7.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd6faf357349.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd702553b525.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd70398af7e4.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd6f5871e4a0.pdf
- ↑ https://ibsahq.org/uploads/editor/files/201810-5bd70298a710e.pdf
- ↑ https://www.asianjournal.com/entertainment/events/professor-of-the-new-york-academy-of-art-held-a-master-class-for-graduate-students-to-copy-artworks-at-the-international-art-museum-of-america-in-san-francisco/