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therefore nondual. The various "creators" are worshiped
only by their followers, but the Dharmakaya is the
fundamental nature of everything and of every person,
throughout all time and quite beyond space-time
limitations.)
B. BY REASON OF DHARMA-CONDITIONS
By "Dharma-conditions" is meant all the predictions of
the past, the events then, the basic possession by all
religions of a common factor, and the correspondences
between Western religion and Buddhadharma. Let me
explain these four points in detail.
1. It has been foretold by many Buddhist sages that the
Dharma would go to the West and flourish there.
Among Tibetans there is a well-known saying, "When
the iron bird flies everywhere, then my Dharma will go
to the West." This I heard from my esteemed Guru,
Ganga Rinpoche, who quoted it as being the words of
the Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava.
More evidence comes from a holy place near Xi Kang
called Padmagong, the Lotus Mountain. This is not
found on any map, nor is it controlled by any
government, for the local people are fierce and no one
dares to go there. Through that land one may only pass
with the mantra of Padmasambhava. The country is
unusual in that, viewed from the mountains, the land
looks like a lotus in bloom, but only two-dimensional.
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