Guru
Lau's intention of learning the Tibetan language was to translate the
important works of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche so that Chinese people can receive
his precious nectar, to sustain Rinpoche's Dharma lineages on Chinese
soil and to have them spread far and wide. Not many people knew of the
difficulties that Guru Lau encountered during the years he spread the
Dharma. Indeed, the intentions of Guru Lau were that of the Shepherd and
of the Boatman. Since 1972, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche sent a lot of Tibetan
works to Guru Lau, more than 100 volumes, including the "Kanjur" and the
"Nyingma Gyubum". This further Guru Lau's determination to learn the Tibetan
language.
Photo 1.24 Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche bestowed the Lotus
Hat to Guru Lau at his residence at Thamel, Nepal in 1981 |
During his stay in Taiwan, Guru Lau had established Dharma centres in
Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Tainan respectively, in order to fulfill
his own Bodhicitta Vow of upholding the Victory Banner of the Holy
Photo 1.21 Kyabje
Dudjom Rinpoche with Yeshe Thaye in Hong Kong in 1972 |
Dharma. In 1979, Guru
Lau published a quarterly journal, to be distributed free of charge to
peoples all over the world. At the same time, he also established the
Secret Vehicle Publications in order to circulate many precious Buddhist
texts for the Chinese people.
All throught these years, Guru Lau translated the works of Guru Rinpoche,
of the 1st Panchen Lama, and of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche and many ohter
works into Chinese. Also, there were other translated manuscripts that
had never been published before.
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Photo 1.22 The handwritings of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche
(with his thumb) and of Guru Lau. |
Guru Lau thus decided
to collect all these works into a "Collected Works of Vajrayana" in a
three-set series, each with five volumes. However, there were seome people
in Taiwan who were against him in doing so and tried to discredit him
by saying that he was "selling the inheritance of the Buddha". In order
to do what he thought was right,
Photo 1.25 Kyabje
Dudjom Rinpoche and Guru Lau in 1981 |
Guru Lau specifically
went to Nepal in 1981 to ask for special permission of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche
in this particular undertaking. Rinpoche was extremely overjoyed by Guru
Lau's sincere intention and immediately wrote a letter, introducting Guru
Lau to all his disiciples and Dharma centres. In fact, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche
especially bestowed upon Guru Lau the Lotus hat and Dharma robe to show
his great approval of Guru Lau's works.
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Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's Visits to Hong Kong
& Taiwan
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Guru Lau had recommended to Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, who was visiting
Hong Kong for the first time in 1972, to bestow advanced initiations
to some of his disciples. Hence, on October 27, 1972, I was most fortunate
to have received the Vajra Acarya (Dorje Lobpon) Initiation of Vajrasattva
and its samayas from Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche. At the same time, I was
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