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 真佛宗的因緣和殊勝

▲「真佛宗」的成立，符合了西藏佛教史上最偉大的學者大師「姜貢空楚」仁波切所著「了義炬」中所說的幾個因素：

      1. 創辦人──蓮生活佛。他是現世修行大成就者，藉著禪定和其他非常的方法，明白了一切。
        • 虛空傳承：釋迦牟尼佛授記。
          阿彌陀佛咐託
          彌勒菩薩賜戴紅冠。
          蓮華生大士授密法。
        • 人間傳承：白教──十六世大寶法王。
          黃教──吐登達爾吉上師。
          花教──薩迦證空喇嘛。
          紅教──了鳴和尚（清真道長）。
      2. 在這個特殊的傳承中，「蓮生活佛」正是一位高階層的轉世活佛，其根基淵源正是：大日如來－佛眼佛母－蓮花童子－蓮生活佛
      3. 蓮生活佛是經過長期苦難折磨才得到大成就。以「實修」為傳統，從耶、道、顯、密而得到大手印與大圓滿。「真佛密法」是蓮生活佛一生證悟的心要結晶，藉著文字教義、教本、實修儀軌和口頭教化，「真佛行者」有一套完整的修持體系和目標。
      1. 蓮生活佛弘傳「真佛密法」於全世界，已建立世界性的弘法中心。（總堂在摩訶雙蓮池）
      1. 「蓮生活佛」是真佛宗派最高的精神權威。皈依者當中，甚至來自各宗教的階層，這個傳承是有殊榮的。

▲「真佛宗」秉持了佛陀的精神，其宗旨：

　　以佛法淨化人間，以佛學美化人生，以佛理度化人心。
直接的傳授成佛之方──真佛密法。

▲ 真佛宗和其他宗派的有何不同？

「真佛宗」和其他宗派實無不同，真佛宗並不以為自己是真，而其他是假，其實真佛宗的佛法，就是其他宗派的佛法，但是，這個「真」字，有其特殊的意義：　　淨土真──

西方極樂世界摩訶雙蓮池。阿彌陀佛與蓮生活佛有大因緣。蓮生活佛有印證「西方極樂世界的能力」。（參研活佛著作）

特殊大法──

蓮花童子金剛相應法此修行法是其他宗派所沒有，主要目標是往生西方極樂世界的摩訶雙蓮池蓮花童子淨土。

修持真──

確有「明心見性」的實際修持法。真佛宗的修持法是「真佛密法」，主要採用密教修持法，有一套完整的順序：

四加行法→上師相應法→本尊法→金剛法→無上密

真佛經－真佛宗的重要典籍之一。「真佛經」是蓮生活佛心光發露，入毘盧性海的心神領會，是玄妙，是深奧不可測的。為了使「真佛經」流傳至永恆，這心光發露的心神領會，是簡捷的，單一的，直指的，更微妙的，直接說出西方極樂世界的摩訶雙蓮池境界。

語密的方便──

華語講密法，語言障礙突破。信仰佛教廣大層面的華人擭得真正心靈上深入的覺受，因此真佛宗的發展神速，分堂和信眾遍布世界各角落。西方人士也有專門指導修持的上師，同樣也沒有語言的障礙。

入三摩地法──

真實開發人類心靈最有效的方法。密法中，最終且最難得到的「入三摩地」口訣和心要，蓮生活佛發大悲願，把自身證悟的心得，用最簡單的方法和文字說出，簡省了不知多少行者的時間和精力。

真實的憑依──

有驗和有證可考。

    1. 咒印大效驗（蓮生活佛第79本文集） 、真佛夢中夢（蓮生活佛第89本文集）和「蓮生活佛」度眾救人事蹟。
    2. 「蓮生活佛」的著作，是一部心歷路程的修持成果史，可以說是修行的日記，祗要能詳細的系統研讀，一定可體悟出一個聖者的偉大和成就。
    3. 在世界各地，「蓮生活佛」所主持的法會，都是破記錄的人潮，場場爆滿。是佛教界從未有的震憾。
    4. 「蓮生活佛」得到許多西藏活佛和大法師的尊祟與皈依，是待人誠信、謙虛和經過實際的考驗、印證結果。
    5. 有機緣接觸「蓮生活佛」的眾生，才真正能了解一個聖者的無量境界。

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