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About the Benevolent Buddhist Temple

Benevolent Buddhist Temple is located in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It is a non-profit religious institution approved by the US government. Currently it has branches in Atlanta, Flushing, and Taipei. 

The temple abides by the teachings of the Nanwu Sakyamuni Buddha. In order to promote the Tathagata Dharma, Buddhist disciples at Benevolent Buddhist Temple cultivate themselves in strict accordance with the orthodox Buddha-dharma as contained in the Tripitaka (the sutras or discourses, the monastic discipline, and the commentaries or treatises) as well as the esoteric scriptures. The temple respectfully upholds the rules laid down by Sakyamuni Buddha and teaches living beings in accordance with the 84,000 dharma methods handed down by Sakyamuni Buddha. 

The Abbot of the temple led the disciples to study the listed recorded discourses of the buddha dharma, held throughout the Buddha Dharma Assembly, the Guan Yin Great Compassionate Empowerment Dharma Assembly, and legal Worm/Fish releases Ceremony.  

The temple also commemorates the death of people and animals, benefit all sentient beings with great compassion and bodhicitta. Pray for the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the Dragon Heaven Protector can be merciful and bless all living beings have boundless blessings and wisdom.

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THE ABBOT OF BENEVOLENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE

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The Abbot of Benevolent Buddhist Temple, Master Shi Chi Chuang, who was the Ambassador of the Republic of Vanuatu to the United Nations in New York for many years.  In 2016, when he received another appointment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Grenada as the Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, he decided to give up this honor, devoted himself to Buddhism and became a monk. In September 2016, Abbot Shi Chi Chuang was ordained in accordance with the dome of Buddhist rituals became a monastic in the Wan Yuan Temple.  

In December 2016, he successfully completed to take ordination at Fo Guang Shan Monastery. 

Before he became the Buddhist monk Shi Chi Chuang, his original religious name was Karma Derge Gongla Rinpoche, he received the holy water initiation and the Vajra wheel initiation. During the practice, there are many incredible phenomena and make him generated great power blessed by Buddha. 

In 2009, Abbot Shi Chi Chuang (then Karma Derge Gongla Rinpoche) expressed his gratitude to the general public to suffer from various eye diseases and vision deterioration, he declared the "Sutra of Eliminating Eye Obstacles".

Over the years, the Abbot has traveled all over the world for the cause of Buddhism. He is now based in New York and Atlanta, and is active in promoting the cause of Buddhism in Asia and Europe..

我向證達上人學觀音大悲加持法的原因

我慚愧比丘釋智壯不打妄語,是我的戒律,說來已過20年了,那是在1997年,我在中國成都有因緣聽到    南無第三世多杰羌佛説法,說到  觀世音菩薩菩提聖水楊枝淨水的作用,當時我合掌請示   佛陀,我們有沒有因緣學這個法,  南無第三世多杰羌佛說,這個法是觀世音菩薩大悲加持法,當時學,當時就會讓接受者見到境界,但是最重要的不是生起次第,而是後面的圓滿次第,就是修成菩提聖水。

我合掌請示我們有沒有資格學這個法,   羌佛說佛法就是拿來利益眾生的,怎麼沒有資格?我説今天我能不能求學這個法呢?  羌佛說那當然可以,我會教你,你放心,等你自己去買一個你喜歡的裝水的鉢,這裝水的東西,不要讓我提前看到,改天來我就教你。 我又說,現在我停放在外面的車上,就有一個裝水的器具,能不能今天傳我的法?  羌佛說那你拿來吧,我當時去車上取來水瓶,  羌佛說怎麼是個水瓶啊?我恭敬地回答這就是我喜歡的法器,  羌佛說好吧!你就用這個,你拿去把它洗乾淨,裝滿一瓶水來,我把瓶洗乾淨,拿進了佛堂,  羌佛譲我坐在一丈遠以外的地上,把瓶放在我面前的小桌上,就這樣  羌佛師父就回到祂的座位上修法,口中唸到  南無觀世音菩薩,施給弟子貢拉菩提楊枝聖水吧,那神奇無比的水從瓶蓋流了出來,  羌佛師父在一丈遠處指示它向我的方向流來,我聞到異香撲鼻的味道,就這樣我把穿鉢的聖水一口一口地吃掉,受到了菩提聖水灌頂,  南無  羌佛師父對我說今天先給你灌頂,這是百千萬人難遭遇的,以後你的因緣成熟,成了比丘後,再教你學這個觀音大悲加持法。

 

20年過去了,我終於高興地出了家,受完三壇大戒,我再來向  佛陀師父求觀音大悲加持法時,已經晚了,因為  羌佛見到一些人學到觀音大悲加持法,拿去騙色,騙財,已經決定不再傳這個法了,但是又同意過我學這個法,怎麼辦?所以就指示證達上人來教我這個法,  羌佛在2016年的錄音帶中說,觀音大悲加持法不論什麼人,當時學當時就能加持人,但是這個法最重要的是要有傳承,否則就修不起菩提聖水,還說我在傳這個法的時候,波旬魔王就派他的魔子魔孫來冒稱觀音大悲加持法,傳受給世人,也是當時學當時會,加持產生現象,那是魔修的法,是假的觀音大悲加持法,是魔力,不是佛力。 如果是要分清魔力,還是佛力,要看修法時,設供的有我的傳承法相沒有?只要沒有供傳承法相,就是魔子魔孫,就是波旬魔王的加持法。 包括我傳的法,一當有弟子走火入魔了,也就失掉了傳承,波旬魔王馬上接著讓他來冒稱觀音大悲加持法,但是魔的法,表面能有加持現象,凡是修魔法的人,修不了弟子隱密帶來的法器,就是無法菩提聖水穿鉢,而且加持的供養金,也不會拿去放生和做好人好事,這就是邪魔的法了!

 

羌佛師父說智壯我不會再傳這個法了,你去向我的弟子證達阿旺德吉學觀音大悲加持法,我會叫他教你,因為沒有傳承,就會成為魔法,你必須要有傳承的依靠,就這樣,我在美國舊金山華藏寺,接受了證達上人的觀音大悲加持法的傳承,正統血脈。證達上人真誠地把觀音大悲加持法的傳承教給了我,我非常感恩觀音大悲加持法的第二代傳承師證達上人,我出家剃度的自凱師父,我受戒的金剛阿闍黎星雲大和尚,說戒阿闍黎心定和尚,羯磨阿闍黎心保和尚。我依其根本成就,受到如來大法,讓我獲得佛法境界,認知法界真理的根本本尊師父是  南無第三世多杰羌佛佛陀恩師。

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​Tel: +1 718-238-0228,
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