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LEAD ARTICLE | EASTERN HORIZON 5
HH Karmapa at GCBP Temple shine room giving a speech, 2017
Welcoming HH Karmapa to GCBP Temple, 2017
Opening speech at International Forum, 2018
I was meditating under a sacred Bodhi tree where Buddha
Shakyamuni was enlightened. I was contemplating on “Pure View”.
Although I had already gained an intellectual understanding of
Tathāgatagarbha and Pure View in Mahāyāna, I had no realization
nor experience with it.
During the break in the retreat, I walked up to His Holiness
Karmapa and respectfully asked, “What is the Pure View? How can
HH Karmapa blessing GCBP Temple by presenting a little I attain it?”
Buddha, 2017
“All phenomena are pure by nature,” His Holiness said with a smile.
I was completely shocked by his enlightened words. My
understanding of Pure View had always been conceptual and
dualistic — pure vs impure. His Holiness’ reply was so simple
yet powerful, like a transmission of over nine hundred-year-old
unbroken Kagyu lineage to me through an awakened Master. At
that moment, I experienced a new state of clarity which shattered
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