Who is the enlightening teachers with Heavenly Mandate?
There was an old saying: “Those who cultivate according to Tao are like bull hairs, and those who accomplish Tao are like bull horns.” Why are there so many people who cultivate according to Tao, and yet so few who accomplish Tao? The main reason is Enlightening Teacher/Master and true Tao is hard to meet. Especially in ancient times, divine truth was transmitted only solely. Only those with great blessing and good affinity were able to meet the Enlightening Teacher with Heavenly Mandate. In the current period, Third Era (i.e., the White Sun Era, which is the end of the age), God is delivering salvation to save mankind. Only the Enlightening Teacher, received the heavenly mandate, are able to transmit Tao. We are fortunate to receive the true Tao and meet the Enlightening Teacher. We should be thankful and feel grateful that we have the affinities to receive Tao through the Enlightening Teacher. Furthermore, we must come and realize the meaning of Enlightening Teacher with Heavenly Mandate.
Enlightening Teacher with Heavenly Mandate receives his/her command from Heaven. He/she descends to earth at a certain time to continue the lineage of Tao and transmits Tao on behalf of Heaven. He/she is the guidance who leads sentient beings back to their Original Nature.
The contemporary Enlightening Teachers with Heavenly Mandate are:
1. 18th Patriarch Zhang Tien-Ran, Great Master, was incarnation of Jigong Buddha. He was born on the 19th day of the 7th lunar month in 1889 in San-dong Province, China. He sought for the Tao in 1915. In 1930, he received command form Heaven as the 18th Patriarch since Bodhidharma. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival in 1947, he “returned to the Void” in Sichuan Province, China, and was given the divine title “Buddha Tienran” by Laomu/God.
2. 18th Patriarch Sun Hui-Ming, Great Mistress, was incarnation of Yuehuei Bodhisattva. She was born in Shan County of San-dong Province, China, on the 28th day of the 8th lunar month in 1895. In 1930, together with Great Master Zhang, she received the Heavenly Mandate as the 18th Generational Patriarch as well. In 1975, she “returned to the Void” and was given the divine title “Divine Mother of China” by Laomu/God.
Even though the our Great Master and Great Mistress returned to Heaven, the Great Tao mandated by Heaven still continues to be transmitted. Our Great Master have chosen those who are willing to sacrifice, those with virtuous characters, and those who are able to take on the world to represent them. These people with heavenly Mandate are the Enlightening Masters / Transmitted Masters. Our Masters have taken on the great responsibility of delivering salvation to the Three worlds (Three worlds consist of the world of those who have contributed much in life but not yet sought the truth, the human world, and the underworld).
Enlightening Teacher with Heavenly Mandate receives his/her command from Heaven. He/she descends to earth at a certain time to continue the lineage of Tao and transmits Tao on behalf of Heaven. He/she is the guidance who leads sentient beings back to their Original Nature.
The contemporary Enlightening Teachers with Heavenly Mandate are:
1. 18th Patriarch Zhang Tien-Ran, Great Master, was incarnation of Jigong Buddha. He was born on the 19th day of the 7th lunar month in 1889 in San-dong Province, China. He sought for the Tao in 1915. In 1930, he received command form Heaven as the 18th Patriarch since Bodhidharma. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival in 1947, he “returned to the Void” in Sichuan Province, China, and was given the divine title “Buddha Tienran” by Laomu/God.
2. 18th Patriarch Sun Hui-Ming, Great Mistress, was incarnation of Yuehuei Bodhisattva. She was born in Shan County of San-dong Province, China, on the 28th day of the 8th lunar month in 1895. In 1930, together with Great Master Zhang, she received the Heavenly Mandate as the 18th Generational Patriarch as well. In 1975, she “returned to the Void” and was given the divine title “Divine Mother of China” by Laomu/God.
Even though the our Great Master and Great Mistress returned to Heaven, the Great Tao mandated by Heaven still continues to be transmitted. Our Great Master have chosen those who are willing to sacrifice, those with virtuous characters, and those who are able to take on the world to represent them. These people with heavenly Mandate are the Enlightening Masters / Transmitted Masters. Our Masters have taken on the great responsibility of delivering salvation to the Three worlds (Three worlds consist of the world of those who have contributed much in life but not yet sought the truth, the human world, and the underworld).
by Taozeng
translated by Yinfong Zia
translated by Yinfong Zia
