Compassionate Guru Lung Du has been teaching Dharma for many years, emphasizing an extremely important key to achieve success in practice: One teacher, one teaching, one Yidam, and deep, thorough, dedicated practice. By nurturing a stable faith and understanding, delving deep into the teachings within the school of Guan Yin Shan, and long-term cultivation, when the causes and conditions mature, one can understand that as long as fully comprehending one teaching, all phenomena can be realized.
Venerable Guru Lung Du has never ceased to promote the teachings of sutra and tantra of three vehicles for decades. With the strong aspiration of benefiting all sentient beings, He shoulders various enlightening and charitable undertakings, and the root-taking education of Buddhism. He initiated various charity merits to bring the listening, thinking, and practicing aspects of Buddhism into daily life, allowing all the students to listen to sutras, learn the Dharma, and practice the Four Embracing Virtues: generosity, affectionate speech, beneficial deeds, fellowship and the Six Perfections: generosity, morality, patience, diligence, meditation, and wisdom, for the benefit of all sentient beings through compassion and virtuous actions.
Under the guidance of the Guru, the Seven Classes of disciples practice in accordance with the Dharma, widely spread the Supreme Tantra, pay equal attention to understanding and practice, and take on the full duty of sustaining lotus Tathagata and relieving the suffering of all living beings.
There are more than a thousand sessions of the courses all over the world, benefiting countless people.
Venerable Guru Lung Du has long been committed to various enlightening and charitable undertakings and dedicated to the root taking of Dharma education. Invited by the superintendents of all Guan Yin Shan’s Buddhist centers, disciples and believers at home and abroad, He has become the teacher of Guan Yin Shan Chunghwa Da Bei Fazang Buddhist Association.
He has become the abbot and chief teacher of hundreds of Buddhist centers, including Taiwan Sakya Monastery, the Phagpa Buddhist Academy, the Guan Yin Shan Da Bei Fazang Liberation Buddhist Center in Taichung, Sakya Yamantaka Buddhist Center in Taichung, Shakyamuni Buddhist Center in Changhua, Vajradhara Buddhist Center in Taipei, Avalokiteshvara Buddhist Center in Kaohsiung, Amitabha Buddha Buddhist Association in Puli, Cundi Buddhist Center in Penghu, Manjushri Buddhist association in Tainan, Samantabhadra Buddhist association in Yilan, Vaishravana Buddhist Center in Taoyuan, Vajrapani Buddhist Association in Hsinchu, Bangkok Buddhist Center in Thailand, Phuket Life Releasing Association in Thailand, Green Tara Life Conservation Association in China, Serenity Life Conservation Study Group, and so on.
The Venerable Guru Lung Du is committed to the perfect integration of the sutras and tantras. He continuously teaches the sutras and esoteric scriptures, imparts Vajrayana Tantra, and holds practical teaching of Tantric rituals, retreats of various stages, and various intensive courses held according to the karma of sentient beings. He has long been committed to various enlightening and charitable undertakings and dedicated to the root taking of Buddhist education.
In addition, the Guru is often invited by government agencies, non-governmental organizations, television, and radio stations to hold lectures on Buddhism. His eloquent speeches, filled with profound wisdom, delve into the intricacies of life. For decades, He has been tirelessly guiding with kindness and transforming negativity into positivity. From the teachings of the Venerable Guru Lung Du, one can deeply sense His compassionate aspirations and actions for propagating the Dharma and benefiting sentient beings. Those who have listened to Venerable Guru Lung Du’s teachings are often moved by His compassion, leading them to develop genuine faith in Buddhism, follow the teachings, and change their destinies.
The Venerable Guru Lung Du is dedicated to realizing the idea of making Tibetan Buddhism take root in Taiwan. Years ago, He requested teachings from Khenchen Appey Rinpoche, who gladly agreed and was happy to see the deepening of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan. Thus, Khenchen Appey Rinpoche personally entrusted Lung Du Rinpoche with the historic responsibility of founding the “Phags-pa Buddhist Academy,” making Him the first and only person authorized by Khenchen Appey Rinpoche to establish a Buddhist academy in Taiwan.
On June 27, 2010, Khenchen Appey Rinpoche personally conferred the title of Taiwan Sakya Monastery. The monastery was established by the current abbot, Holy Guru Chokyi Gyetshen.
The Guru, with meticulous attention, ensured the perfection of the monastery’s construction. During the design phase, He held no less than a hundred meetings with the design team, adjusting and finalizing the plans. He personally supervised the daily progress, taking a hands-on approach to crucial construction. Upon the arrival of the nine-meter tall statue of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, He promptly inspected the conditions at the factory, ensuring alignment with the planned specifications. Simultaneously, discussions on the progress of subsequent construction projects began.
Stupas, symbolizing the Buddha’s merits of mind. Circumambulating Stupas with contemplation is one of the crucial practices for Vajrayana practitioners. Therefore, the Guru meticulously planned eight stupas in the monastery complex, consulting numerous scriptures and references before finalizing the designs. With compassion for sentient beings, He aimed to provide a conducive environment for circumambulation, allowing practitioners to accumulate merit. Furthermore, the decoration of the Buddha hall as the offerings to the Three Treasures requires nearly five thousand intricately carved pieces, and the cumbersome process with tens of thousands of steps demands focus and careful handling. The Guru also personally participated in understanding and even physically engaged in the process. Subsequently, hundreds of disciples in Guan Yin Shan took turns working tirelessly for six months to polish the pieces. All these exceptional merits of making stupas and the monastery solemn are practiced in oneself and earn praises from humans and gods alike. Although Taiwan Sakya Monastery has obtained the usage permit now, relevant construction projects in the surrounding areas are still ongoing.
The Venerable Guru Lung Du taught, “The practice of Buddhism must be carried out with great diligence in order to attain good results. If one studies Buddhism only with an academic mind, one will not be able to attain the benefits of true liberation.” These words are deeply imprinted in the hearts of disciples, outlining the Guru’s blueprint for sustaining the Dharma. The Guru told the disciples what practice is with practical action.
Despite the period of monastery construction, Guru Lung Du did not slow down the inheritance of Buddhism. He completed the planning of the rigorous Sangha system, established study courses for the teachings of sutra and tantra of three vehicles, dedicated Himself to the practice and retreats of Vajrayana rituals, and engaged in the education of propagating Buddhism. He nurtured a community of monks and lay practitioners who are committed to propagating the Dharma for the benefit of sentient beings and carry on the Buddha’s work to sustain the wisdom of the Buddha, established the practice style of a school in Buddhism, and made it His mission to inherit the Three Vehicles of Dharma forever.
With modern technology, Guan Yin Shan created an online practice site without time and space restrictions, which is a platform for spreading Buddhism 24 hours a day, allowing the public to participate simultaneously via livestream. How to make the sentient beings avoid suffering and obtain happiness? How to be awakened? Only by transmitting the Dharma for sentient beings to learn from it. Only by continuously ringing the Dharma-warning bell to awaken the inherent Buddha nature of all beings can we return to our true colors.
The Venerable Guru Lung Du compassionately dedicates Himself to:
1.Teaching scriptures, including practical courses on exoteric and esoteric texts, tantric rituals transmission, and retreat teachings.
2.Holding various ceremonies appropriate to the condition, combining monastic recitations and rituals, allowing the participants to accumulate merits via livestream simultaneously.
3.For those unable to personally attend ceremonies or listen to teachings, but still wish to gain the merits, the Guru compassionately offers the registration opportunities of both Obstacle Removal plaques and Memorial plaques for the public to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings.
▎The Compassionate Guru Lung Du deeply understands there are hardships in life that are difficult to tell and skillfully combines the Buddha's 84,000 methods with decades of His practical experience to solve the confusion for all beings.
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