社会万象幻影 [Social multiple images' reflections] - A reflection on a report of a claimed 'god doctor' (神医)

Today, 2013/10/23, Lunar calendar is Sept, 19, the Mahayana School of Buddhism commemorating the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara's Enlightenment Day (农历9月19日，观世音菩萨成道日/出家日?). It is a day for practitioners to reflect on the embodiment of the Enlightened Buddha's virtue of 'Boundless Compassion' - the manifestation of Perfect Virtue on the spiritual path to Enlightenment.

But incidentally,with aching heart, i read of:
someone shared a piece of news(from China) at chinese microblog of a university architecture student who was very interested in Chinese Medicine died of suspected poisoning while participating in a 'closed door chinese medicine workshop'. Based on the web sources, this named leader, so-called 'god doctor', in the 70an, and then 90an., had histories of being jailed twice (or thrice?), the second time was that being found guilty of 'intentionally killed someone and given unlimited jail term', yet he was released after 15 years! Somehow while he was in the jail, he started 'practicing medicine in the jail community- The diagnostic method used was reported 自然运动疗法[my personal translation: natural exercise diagnosis - qigong?], later he was barred from treatment practice by the authority after they reportedly found him causing death to 13 people!  (paraphrased and summarized from source:
http://www.jkzgr.net/yishiweijian/498.html (accessed: 2013/10/23)

In my opinion: apparently, the jail wall did not 'educate his heart to appreciate human lives or managed to revert or change his perverted mind' but may be merely 'restricted his movement in guarded compound with some given works?'. I could only provide the link pages after i did a search of this reported name of  'god doctor' (神医). Not surprising, the online chinese 'Baidu' (like encyclopedia) had published and updated the information (with a picture on the right pane):

Baidu site -
http://baike.baidu.com/view/437728.htm (updated today, 2013/10/23, shown site statisticsof more than 165658 times accessed by visitors)
News -
http://news.sohu.com/20131023/n388713266.shtml
http://news.163.com/13/1023/03/9BRF4DGK0001124J.html
http://news.qq.com/a/20131023/001396.htm

By browsing through the search hit results, an online medical resources site had earlier reported the interview Q & A form, including questioned his techniques of illness treatment and livelihood, and reader could access earlier published related articles at the end of the interview. Interestingly, the anonymous writer had even written a question of this claimed 'god doctor' whereabout (before the reported tragedy?)?, weblink page:
http://www.jkzgr.net/yishiweijian/498.html (accessed 2013/10/23)

Further down of the search hit pages - Oh dear, in 2010, a blogger had initially driven by curiosity, had done some observation through searches on web resources, and later conducted personal 'research' of verification via 3 published books, and then written an article via investigative analyses, even posted some critical questions of this vice-verse controversial 'god doctor' and invited readers for discussion, posted at a free forum community (天涯社区):
http://bbs.tianya.cn/post-free-1999175-1.shtml (accessed 2013/10/23)

While feeling very sorry and sad for the deceased victim's living parent, as a learning Buddhist, once again, it prompted me to contemplate on the Buddha's words: 'Education is the Highest Miracle'!  More than 2500 years ago, why did the prince Siddhartha left the luxurious life as a future king, and searching for the Truth of life through all learned and spiritual masters available in the middle land? - The Four Noble Truth expounded by the historically Enlightened Gautama Buddha and compassionately teaching for 45 years comprises many methods to human physical and mental wellness...The Four Noble Truth presented: the Phenomenon (sufferings), the Cause (of suffering), the Cease (or end, of suffering), and the Path Leading to the Cease (of Suffering), but it is we ourselves need to walk the path, no one else could walk for us....

Om Mane Padme Hung (Hum), 108x
May the deceased rest in peace. May all mother sentient beings be peaceful...Tashi delek. 但愿众生离苦得安乐，发无量菩提心，共同证悟佛性！扎西德勒

笑看风云？(2) [Laughing while seeing the flittering moments?]

edited on 5.12.2013
This is the source of reference:
http://news.ifeng.com/shendu/fhzk/detail_2013_10/15/30348511_0.shtml
(accessed again on 5.12.2013)

********************************************************************

May be this is more difficult for me to understand with my limited knowledge of our 'Mind'?

- Last 2 weeks, while reading an article by a magazine from China reporting of someone who personified as a 'buddhist monk' (not sure his square-shoulder-length hair style signifying another 'new age' attraction, or planted a wig? outfit: wearing a shining yellow one-piece long-sleeves cloak or robe(?) with black embroidery at front collar?) was finally being arrested by the authority for his 'intelligently conning multitude money' from businessmen, public and through his 'healthcare products'!(after more than a decade of 'hard works' by the authority, apparently it was reported he left the country to the USA in the early nineties in initial effort of the authority's investigation). That article was allow accessed free online based on the reason of its social responsibility to the public by the publisher.

Reading that article, being a Buddhist student, as i was laughing over it, i felt also the responsibility to share the information.  Here are some translated paraphrased and summarized tips being reported :

1) he claimed himself the third reincarnation of an 'unknown' name sounding like Tibetan (xx dorjee), and he was the lineage of 'Buddha of the Light' (Dipankara Buddha), even 'Gautama Buddha' was his student? - yet many so called 'buddhists' believed this 'claimed spiritual greatness'??

2) he made visual-aid (VCD?) showing his great 'physic power', shown and convinced a very rich businessman to take 'refuge' under him to give huge offering (huge capital for his business investment), subsequent demand of loan or gift was being feared of his 'psychic power'...Later a business woman's husband had some medical problem & feared for his 'black luck', she was also being trapped...

3) he created his 'multilevel' 'followers recruitment', and to reach the fourth level 'master', using 10 digit as the unit in multiplying from unit head to group leader status (???. the highest level before that man, the only 'true buddha'?)

4) his 'business' was expanded widely through network strategies and 'well-designed system', using the WWW...

Over these years, after a few Q&A sessions with my present Buddhist Master who graduated as 'Khenpo' of Vajrayana School (similar to a PhD?), i understand that:

1) Those well-trained and learned Buddhist Teachers/Rinpoche graduated from any established and known Buddhist College/University (of Vajrayana School, depending on the tradition, it takes 12-20 years of learning of the required scriptures and texts of teachings which had been handed down over a thousand to two thousand years, with bounty of commentaries along the growth over time, after completion the study, they were required to teach at least 3 years in the monastery college, and  going through a 3-years-3 months-3 days solitary retreat for certain traditions in Vajrayana ;

2) For Buddhist Monks (Lamas) or Rinpoches of any tradition, it is the 'vinaya' (discipline) rule that forbidden them to declare or state to anyone their spiritual attainment of possessing 'Psychic power' even though through cultivation/practice one may accomplished such ability;

May be many people are not keen to 'touch the base' of the name of religion they used to complete an application form?? For some, may be the 'Noble Eight-fold Path' could be boring truth?

May our compassion and wisdom growth with right effort and right understanding

笑看风云？(Laughing while seeing the flittering moments?)

In early October 2013, there was news of a well-known, a Tibetan Buddhist Lama from Britain, passed away suddenly with the other two people accompanying him while at Chengdu, China for his charitable works:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10368123/Choje-Akong-Rinpoche.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24497759 (accessed, 18/10/2013)

Within the week of the news, I had read the English news at WWW, mandarin news and 'miniwave' (微博), website of the related organizations, FB etc.... - in my heart i had much doubts of the news as there were different 'versions' being reported at different days on the 4W (who, what, when, why, except 'where') ... Even the conclusion from the 'investigation of the authority and its related news lately seems 'simplistic' to people who think, not just merely believing! I was like trying to listen to the 'silence voice' in the winds - be calm, reflecting on the Law of Karma, watch your own mind,...etc.etc. Well, what else could the related people to the death do restricted by laws made by human beings? Further, what else could those concerned 'viewers' do except doing religious prayers and dedicate the merits to the deceased, or even to write 'RIP' in social network sites, or words of condolences? Sometimes, if i happened to read tragic news of untimely death, i wonder 'what if this person is my loved one?' - despite the spiritual practicing for years, i think i would be very sad...

Seeing people around and across through many lenses directly and indirectly, many times these happenings made me sad: can we escape impermanence and 'death'? - May be we could only trying to do good and avoid wrong doings (evils) and let it be? It is difficult to cultivate the 'Right Understanding' / 'Right Views' when our conditional existence have 'formed' us in life developments?

so what? our physical body still dissolves... or even stop functioning suddenly without prior announcement...

May our wisdom and compassion growth with cultivation of our mind...

Lost in transliteration of name (2) - Tokden Lama Lodoe Gyatso

There are some articles about the biography of Tokden Lama Lodoe Gyatso, the root Guru of Kunde Rinpoche written in Chinese using different transliteration in the name:
The link webpages:
1) http://gaozhibin69.blog.163.com/blog/static/3472097201341453431979/

2) http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4899c6180100g356.html
note: there is part II to this blog post being linked at the end of the post.

3) http://www.360doc.com/content/13/0819/16/6836745_308299774.shtml
a compilation of different blog posts related to the biography
another linked webpage: http://www.360doc.com/content/13/0819/16/6836745_308300768.shtml

4) People Tibet Culture website
http://people.tibetcul.com/dangdai/gsdd/200803/12070.html
Personal Note: there was a note indicated it was orally narrated by a Khenpo / Rinpoche (also one of the students of Tokden Lama Lodoe Gyatso.).

May all beings be well and happy
Tashi delek