Lion's Roar

Observing the illusory phenomena arising and dissolving by themselves in the Dharma-ending age, when the sacred teachings are forgotten, society is collapsing and a new age is going through changes. As ancient ways are reappearing, you’d need to possess intellect to discern individual phenomena on a case-by-case basis.

Matarko, the wicked disciple who did not understand Buddha’s teachings, made a conscious choice. His predicament – illusion vs. enlightenment, to follow society’s twisted moral standards and ideas or rise above and beyond – failed on multiple occasions, alienating everyone around him. Choosing instead to pursue abstract ideas of conquering the world, money, fame, and politics.

When your teacher, as an enlightened being, says something, in that instant the meaning of what was said might be different, might be gone. All enlightened beings know this, but if you still pursue better career opportunities seeking more money, work, contacts, your cultivation will end up in vain.

Many of today’s politicians are in fact enlightened beings, but they might have been enlightened in a dream, might have forgotten, for the human mind is such, and once again cycle downward in the alleys of ordinary people, bringing upon themselves many hardships.

The binding law is not to keep all of the human inventions but to preserve to the end. That being said, on a very high level and not in an ordinary human sense. Unclad, without possessions or any human thought, these beings use another framework to play the arena. For the destiny of humankind is sealed, and the individual actors are representative of individual ideas where none are to be so fiercely competing for your attention that you’ll lose it all, as happened to Matarko.

For he tried to metaphysically destroy multiple honest people who had great potential, leading him to a state of void, great danger, and dharma-less existence. The governing body of the future is being formed in these present turbulent times. What I am saying is a minute correction and not an eternal truth! For that is reserved for future beings of greater capabilities than ours. Nevertheless, the question stands unsolved and will for many kalpas.

The Way of humans is to be preserved, used, and developed, for humans do have special discerning, channeling, and creative abilities. As for supernatural abilities, many people’s have been unlocked; they’ve experienced dreams, visions, or can see true or illusory events with great clarity.

This is not a mental illness like psychopathy, sociopathy, or those passive-aggressive neuroses that Matarko is projecting. These are sent by the divine to explain and correct the path that is above any past or contemporary teachings. Those are traits of the whole wicked society, in fact, but we’ll attribute them to Matarko, for he represents an incorrect understanding of Buddha’s words and incorrect actions that do not lead to liberation. Following this person will surely destroy you, lead you to darkness with no way out.

Speaking of a way out: simply said, there is none. Even Matarko’s Master, whoever that is, went astray by pursuing worldly money, having a bad relationship with money and the people who he took money from. I am not saying you should let go of all your possessions, but on the other hand I’m saying precisely that. If your mind is stuck on money beyond simple means of maintaining your health, business, and basic necessities, something’s wrong.

There is something wrong with how man approached Earth’s resources, wanting to dominate and subjugate all of nature. Well, it has come to the point where Earth’s resources are simply not enough to support widespread human life and quality of life. Earth’s ecosystem collapsed and the life support system is down.

Now what’s to be done? Many people think of AI or AGI as a vector leading to salvation and yes, there is a faint glimpse of hope in technological advancement, unlike what many so-called Masters claimed. Even dancing on the ontological boundary of reality cannot surpass certain directions of the Way.

Without this, who would you be dancing for? How would you get to the show? Flying around on angels’ wings? Is your character that great already? Don’t you still have lots of addictions, attachments, and various worldly obligations to the Divine? Anyway, the martial honor and values have been lost on people like Matarko living in the lion’s den of society. It is completely lost on them; they’ve become rats and snakes.

Even dragons did not surpass human intellect, being an animal mashup with only basic brain functionality. Do not put your hopes into these creatures. As a matter of fact, you should not worship any man-made objects such as statues. For they do not have any energy and will never develop any consciousness. Not even tens of millions of thoughts can make this object think; it therefore can act merely as a window of your affection, and you should take it as such. They never will become God, the Creator, for they are far away from the realm of humans and far away from that realm.

Throughout the course of cultivation, especially after coming out to the public, our practitioners will experience certain phenomena arising. There will be many beings, many people who will come to you asking or demanding you resolve multitudes of their problems for them.

As we practice an upright cultivation Way, these beings’ expectations of you are, of course, very high. At the same time, our resources are greatly limited, especially in this Dharma-ending age, and so we cannot individually accommodate all of each person’s wants and desires. This is humanly impossible.

There are many great enlightened pratyeka Buddhas, hidden saints, and so on, and all of these could resolve a portion of your problems. But this does not pertain to material wealth. Only mind-qualities are really what’s at stake. But you also have to follow a high standard; otherwise, it would simply not work.

When waves upon waves of beings come to you, they all want that bit of primordial essence you’ve cultivated for such a long time. Only some of them are after wisdom. Mostly they want personal happiness. We say to them – cultivate your consciousness, for this primordial essence is being planted inside your hearts and minds as you study and cultivate.

People that know us realize that when manifesting in this human form, in this human body, one can achieve only human results with human effort. Wave after wave, these beings bring various states of mind with them. Put your problems and worries before God and He’ll help you carry your cross.

Our school does not claim the impossible, yet there are still people who want more and more stuff. They will be humbled to know that our school teaches humility and letting go of the pursuit of excess wealth, not symbolically but practically also. Otherwise, it would all be empty talk without any spiritual anchor of hope, as so many mistaken Masters found out when their empires of dirt crumbled into nothing.

Do not entertain endless fears of your standards of living; there are none in genuine cultivation ways. Your priority should be obtaining the true Way and reaching liberation. All other human endeavors are fruitless if you choose to pursue the noble path.

Fierce like lions, upon reaching the peak of liberation you’ll realize the impermanent nature of all phenomena. This is still not the end but merely the beginning of a short cycle of practice, the grand Way where additional insights might be gained. Upon completing this cycle, one is fully realized on a personal level. Then choosing to teach, lead, or serve—that is arranged by higher powers. Yet many great Buddhas, prophets, and enlightened divine beings found out that they too are just part of a wheel that is also being turned by higher powers. Therefore, all this talk of quick material gain is nonsense.

Society of old is already being destroyed and replaced by the limits of sustainability of human life and environment. The system was wrong, set up by human beings, and that’s precisely why so many enlightened beings chose to form sanghas, choosing to stay apart from the main current of human society. Nevertheless, in the Dharma-ending age none of this will work. Now ancient ways are reappearing, but it might be different from what people like Matarko imagine.

Human laws are laws governed by the divine. They were created by humans with insights from the Divine. God will use any human notion, whether good or bad, to establish His kingdom on Earth, to advance civilization according to the Grand Scheme. Some wicked people who did not believe—non-believers trying to hold on to one sentence from the vast library of the Divine law—might be swept by harsh realities.

Your own morality is like an inclined plane, yet you do not try to make amends, but instead want more stuff, hoping material possessions will secure your place in Heaven and on Earth. Isn’t that nonsense? You fools! Who will fight these monsters for you? Aren’t you already like them?

Quickly come to your senses and stop pursuing evil, wicked ideas, otherwise even I wouldn’t be able to save you. And that would be the end. Isn’t it so?

Anyway, as for saving people, do not try to save them. For the price of your brethren’s souls is just too high and you are already in debt. No one can save in these end times. For if he could, there would be eternal life here already.

Many people want to experience eternal stability, be it in their relationships or creations. They made up lots of laws, customs, and ideas pertaining to these feelings of eternality, trying even to capture divine light into objects, statues, and such. That is greatly diverging from the Way.

Do not think that your majestic reappearance in a society you so loftily called degenerate will produce any miraculous effects. You’ll be happy not to get eaten by demons and come out with only a few minor scars on the other side.

Some people ask – how much does this setup cost? Whatever grinds your gears. Let me tell you that this rig is priceless in Heaven. It cannot be denoted by your mind that is focused on misty ideas of monetary value. You’d have to let go of a lot of things to achieve this level of clarity.

There are still certain practitioners of some meditation schools that want to destroy everyone they see. Let me tell you that your thoughts are wrong. You want to hurt an enlightened being—wouldn’t that make him a martyr and produce enormous karma for you? Would you be able to practice cultivation? You would end up with nothing. Human desires, addictions, and attachments would eat on your mind, dragging you into hellish realms where you’ll end up for the rest of your lives.

As for us, we take this very lightly—matters of life and death, attachments to this world or that world—all of this is impermanent, arising and dissolving according to the law of impermanence. If you need any guidance, meditate on the question – did I create this? You’ll soon realize the impermanent nature of all phenomena.

A pratyekabuddha does not teach; enlightened without a Master, he is naturally withdrawn from all society’s interactions and attachments. That wouldn’t be you, of course, for there is still a lot to be done in the Great Work of the Divine Way.

As for the Buddha vs. Jesus debate—we don’t look at this issue so dogmatically as people in religions do. Religions of today deviated from primordial goodness and, realizing it, are trying to return to it in vain. Many people in Christianity accepted Buddha as a kind of saint or a teacher of humankind, and vice versa—many Buddhists recognized Jesus as enlightened and acknowledged his sacrifice.

As for the ultimate nature of reality—shrouded in mystery—for it's nature ultimately is non-human, surpassing individual enlightenment, civilizations, aeons. She too wants to upgrade her level—or so I’ve heard—and therein lies the crux of the matter: beyond the cognitive capacity of a human to fully understand, interdependent and seeking to elevate her level as well.

That means no matter how much a person wants to dwell in the world of abstraction and pure ideas, no matter the lofty aspirations and no matter the insight gained or supernatural abilities unlocked, one is still destined to be merely a worker drone in the grand cosmic dance of entropy.

Anyway, I took this springtime retreat opportunity to present this talk to dakinis of various strata. May you come out of it with renewed energy and enthusiasm in helping me mend the colossal firmament, helping the world’s people, and progressing further on your own paths.