The Discourse of the Sublime Golden Light

 "Then, during the afternoon, the Bhagavat arose from samādhi, looked upon the multitude that had assembled, and recited these verses:

'I will teach this Sublime Golden Light,

 Which is the lord of the kings of sūtras.

'If you listen to it, it is profound; 

 If you analyze it, it is profound.

'It has received the blessings

Of the buddhas in the four directions:

'The Buddha Akṣobhya in the east, 

The Buddha Ratnaketu in the south, 

 The Buddha Amitābha  in the west,

 And the Buddha Dundubhisvara in the north. 

'This auspicious, sublime teaching

Is in order to eliminate all bad actions.

It causes all bad karma to cease.

'It will bestow every happiness;

It will eliminate all suffering.

It is the basis of omniscience,

 And it is adorned by every splendor.

'Beings with impaired faculties,

Whose lives are in decline and ending;

Those who are beset by misfortune,

Who have been forsaken by the devas,

'Who are hated by their spouses and other people,

Who are tormented by family and servants,

Who are in conflict with others,

And who are oppressed by loss of wealth;

'Those who are miserable, tired, and ruined,

Who are frightened and in distress,

Who are oppressed by planets and lunar asterisms,

And who are afflicted by dreadful demons;

'And those who see evil in their dreams

Arising from misery and fatigue~

Should wash themselves clean

And listen to this supreme sūtra.

'For those who listen to this sūtra,

This profound field of the buddhas,

With a lucid mind and good motivation,

And dressed in clean clothes‍ —

'For all those beings,

All those dreadful misfortunes

Will always come to an end

Through the brilliance of this sūtra.

'The guardians of the world themselves

And their ministers and army generals,

As well as a multitude of millions of yakṣas,

Will be their protectors.

'The great goddess Sarasvatī

And Nairañjanāvasinī,

Hārītī, the mother of bhutas,

And Dṛḍhā, the goddess of the earth; 

'The lords of Brahmā devas, lords of the devas; 

The greatly powerful lords of the nāgas;

And the lords of the kinnaras, the lords of the asuras, 

And similarly the lords of the garuḍas

'Will come to the place where those people are,

Accompanied by troops and steeds,

And will be their protectors,

Attentive day and night.

'I will elucidate this sūtra,

Which is the profound field of the buddhas,

Which is the secret of all buddhas,

And which is difficult to obtain in a million eons. 

'Those who hear this sūtra

And cause others to hear it,

And those who rejoice in this sūtra,

And those who make offerings to it,

'Throughout millions of eons

Will themselves receive offerings

From devas, nāgas, and humans, 

And from kinnaras, asuras, and yakṣas.

'For beings who create this merit,

There will arise for them

An infinite, incalculable,

Inconceivable mass of merit.

'They will be taken into the care

Of the perfect buddhas in the ten directions,

And similarly by the bodhisattvas

Who have profound activity.

'Having put on clean clothes,

Wearing perfumed clothing,

And having a loving mind,

They should offer without distraction.

'They should make their

Own minds pure and vast,

And with minds filled with faith,

They should listen to this sublime sūtra.

'Those who listen to this sūtra

Will be welcomed among humans,

Will attain an excellent human existence,

And will live happy lives.

'Those in whose ears

This teaching sounds

Will plant good roots

And be praised by many buddhas.' "

 The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Lord King of Sūtras, The Sublime Golden Light”

Ārya Suvarṇa­-prabhā-sottama­-sūtrendra­-rāja­ Nāma­ Mahāyāna­ Sūtra 

Story of the Mahāsiddha Garab Dorje

 This is the story of Garab Dorje. He was first vidhyadhara in the human world and was him who brought the Dzogchen tantras into our world which he obtained through visions of Vajrasattva.

 

About the Non-Value Given to Truth in Present Times

Something that I believe that many can notice nowadays, especially those who follow the white path of goodness, is the banalization of speaking untruths. In other words, people lie like it's something acceptable and natural.

In my opinion, this can be a big problem for humans in general, because at the present, people don't seem to value truth. In my view, truth is very important, because without truth things don't fuction.

So maybe this can be called the untruth culture, or the culture of lying. Of course, there are those who conspire against others, lie, and create schemes; these people manifest the aspect of being even more obscured. This kind of beings is not so uncommon nowadays.

Truth should be the natural rule and untruth that which is unnatural. Sometimes we have to lie, to speak harshly, and so on, but this shouldn't be the rule, nor should we do that due to selfish reasons. The common example is the mother who speaks harshly to her child who is about to do something dangerous for her or the mother who speaks harshly in order to correct her child.

As a final thing to write, there are several religious texts that point out that sooner or later, truth always appears, so those who live in untruth should be defeated sooner or later, while those who live in truth shall achieve victory. 

 

The Rich Person Playing Role Phenomenon

A very interesting phenomenon that we can observe very much, that actually, in my opinion, is not new, is the playing role of the rich person. Quite some people that we interact with in our daily lives manifest this behavior.

I think this can be a reminder that there are roles that we all play in our social interactions, like, for example, the role of a father, the role of the single man, the role of our profession, the role of our material wealth, and so on. So all these are like the roles that actors play in the movies; when the movie ends and they start working on another movie, the roles change. In our daily lives things are also like this; if our external circumstances change, our societal roles will also change, like, for example, starting in a relationship, marrying, changing jobs, etc.

So this phenomenon of actively playing a role, like the rich person role, seems to manifest the aspect of people who might lose their identities and think that the roles they play are actually themselves. Some people might want to feel superior to others, so they might manifest pride, maybe due to their high salary, and so on.

But in my opinion, I think it's very healthy to not think about all these roles as our real identity. Like this we might feel more light hearted, more happy and more genuine. Our relationships will be more meaningful. Because in the end we are all humans, we all struggle with almost the same things, if we all have enough longevity, will face old age, we will face sicknesses, and we all will face death. So we are all the same, so we should not think that the roles we play in the movie are our real identity.