The strongest impression the article leaves me is the kindness of my Guru. To me, he has descended from the Dharmakaya state to the nirmanakaya body to protect us, bless us and teach us the dharma. Sacrificing the constant bliss of being in the dharmakaya, our teachers come down to our level. Understanding this, the least we can do learn and practice the teachings of our Guru. Following our Guru’s kind advise will also create the cause for ours and other Gurus to return and turn the wheel of Dharma.

This is why precious occasions like the turning of the Dharma wheel by Trijang Rinpoche in Mongolia (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/trijang-rinpoche-in-mongolia-2014/) are benchmarks that we must celebrate and work towards re-creating in our parts of the world.

We are able to make our connection with the Protector through this kindness of the Oracle who is our “go-between” communicating our requests and giving us further instructions/replies.

From this information, our spiritual guide is in the form of Nirmanakaya form as due to his compassion, he emanates in this form so that he can reach out to benefit all sentient beings.

Due to the strong aspiration of the previous incarnation of Tulku Drapka Gyelsten, Dorje Shugden is also an emanations of Dorje Shugden and we are fortunate to be connected through our Holy Protector through the oracle.

Dorje Shugden also appeared from the strong aspirations of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen (TDG), so at that time, TDG is already in Nirmanakaya form as he incarnates back until he becomes Dorje Shugden.

The true nature of all things is emptiness. Emptiness does not mean nothingness. It only means that all things do not have independent origination. Such as we do not understand what is heat unless we have the sensory experience of what is cold. Thus Dharmakaya is a body that goes beyond sensory perceptions and therefore not bound by the rule of duality. It is the true cognition of emptiness. From this body a Buddha can emanate to respond to the call to of sentient beings who are playing the samsaric game. And so from this body, there is no separation, all is one as we can study from the Lankavatara Sutra, which forms the basic teaching of Zen Buddhism. And this is our ultimate realization, our true Buddha Nature and it is our duty to remember and to return to the Dharmakaya body. What interests and motivates me to study further would be the teachings in other religion that talks about going back to God or going Home or returning to the Divine. Is it the same as realizing Dharmakaya?

The Sambhokaya body is state where the Buddhas emanate in forms that are extremely pleasing to the senses. At this juncture, I would like to bring up my favourite sutra, which is the Heart Sutra. When Sariputra asked Avalokiteshvara on what is the perfection of wisdom? We can see that in this state of Sambhokaya, the Buddhas emanate to teach through their golden speech to ignite our initial awakening. Based on the doctrine of reincarnation having the affinity to to meet a particular Bodhisattva is a seed that is planted eons ago. The question is do humans and other lower realm beings still have the stability of mind, clarity and wisdom to recognize these precious jewels? Do we still have the karma to receive and be near the Dharma?

I believe we have degenerated and this is also the view of the Hindus that describe our current age as the Kali Yuga. And as such, we no longer can perceive Buddhas in the Sambhokaya body. We will doubt and question the reality of Buddhas and Bodhisatvas and many will utilize man-made socio-economy systems to clam our spiritual sight. What we are left with are the sutras and tantras. Even these, many are derailing and have lapsed into long slumber.

Out of deep, deep compassion, the Buddhas emanate in forms of Nirmakaya taking on wrathful and shocking iconography, getting involved in political dramas to kick us out of our samsaric complacency.

Thus we have a human emanation of Avalokiteshvara like the Dalai Lama to facilitate us on a mundane and human level. Being born into a country embroiled in controversies and wars, the Dalai Lama leads by example to remind us of our true Buddha nature. This in my most humble opinion is needed as we are all regressing in a visually-stimulated, Candy Crush and Gangam Style world. The Buddhas utilizing skilful means will take on any form to benefit us.

Then why is Dorje Shugden not perceivable although he is supposedly from the Nirmakaya body? This is strictly my opinion. It is because any type of spirituality requires a leap of faith so that we jump into the unknown and break our own barriers. We are guided to transcend the physical and go beyond. Remember, DS’s ultimate role is to awaken the Buddha within all of us. Somehow, an invisible Dharma Protector fits the role.

Thank you.

The Dharmakaya – Truth Body of a fully enlightened Buddha, the mind of a fully enlightened being, beyond physical appearance and sensory perception.

Sambhogakaya form – enlightened mind takes on physical attributes and usually appears beautiful, ‘celestial’

Nirmanakaya form or Emanation Body – appears in a gross physical body like a worldly god or a human being

One of the topics which got me thinking quite a bit and fascinates me is exactly this topic emanations, incarnations, stem from an already enlightened Buddha. As mentioned in the article, there can be successive line of incarnations. I have also read stories of their great feats such as Lama Tsongkhapa, Atisha, H.H. Trijang Rinpoche, and even Prince Siddharta was not ordinary when he was born.

We as samsaric and unenlightened beings comes from the other tangent, seemingly having to work our way out/up..while the above mentioned beings come from a different tangent, enlightened mind coming again in just a different form to display unique qualities and carry out compassionate acts. It is wonderful to read about the great feats of these beings however, often times, it seems so impossible and to work our way out of samsara seems far away…similar to a black sheep trying to become a white sheep!Keeping in mind and having faith that the white sheep gene or rather Buddha nature in each and everyone of us is absolutely necessary and may Dorje Shugden help to keep us on the path.