編者按：李洪志可能從未想到過，在美國東南部密西西比河以東面積最大的喬治亞州，曾有一位信徒，為他的法輪大法從1995年至2003年的“經(jīng)文”制作了網(wǎng)頁，也許這個網(wǎng)頁，比法輪功所有網(wǎng)站都開通得早，而這個托尼·史密斯，也可能是李洪志最早的洋弟子之一。就是這位弟子，在2003年初，毅然絕然地認(rèn)為：李洪志不再是個可信的師父。
許多年前直至今天，我一直認(rèn)為李洪志的工作大體上是好的。我非常敬佩他，從而為法輪功（或法輪大法）自1995年以來的經(jīng)文制作了網(wǎng)站。
盡管我依舊支持道教、佛教和真善忍的一些教義，但由于2003年2月28日李洪志在網(wǎng)上發(fā)表的一篇“經(jīng)文”，從今天，2003年3月8日起，我不再認(rèn)為李洪志是一個可信的師父了。
李洪志的相關(guān)聲明：
沒有人知道我是誰。
我從哪里來？
我來自內(nèi)部也來自外部。
我來自虛無并組成一些。
我出現(xiàn)在巨大的蒼天，并來自那里。
我一步步下降到三界的最表面。
我來到最低界……為了……拯救所有感知的人……
師父已把宇宙中有感知的所有生命和不同元素聚集在他的體內(nèi)
我已替三界所有有感知的人們還清所有的犯下的罪孽
我真的在為你千百年來犯下的罪過承受著。……
我還將向你施救，并把你變成神?！?br>從最開始，沒有一個單一的神敢于這樣做，這樣的事情從未發(fā)生過…… 。
那些聲明不但使我討厭，而且他與李洪志自己先前的聲明相矛盾。
在1996年版的《轉(zhuǎn)法輪》中，李洪志說道：
“在一個層次存在某些東西……被稱為元神，今天，沒有必要給修煉者談這個。這是他們難以想象和超越的?！?/font>
“人是最低的層次，上面有些天堂的層次。耶穌是屬于如來這個層次的，老子也是屬于如來這個層次的。他們在這個層次中看到的東西啊，只能看到他們以下，以上看的就很少，甚至于再高就看不到了。”
“佛在一個較高的層次，并不在意人類事務(wù)。當(dāng)人們祈求保佑時，他聽不到……”
“佛祖釋迦牟尼在他的水平所鼓吹的是如來的法律，在普通人的眼中，這是非常高?！鐏聿皇怯钪嬷凶罡叩姆?，而是最低的。只有最低級的佛陀才能夠負(fù)責(zé)管理普通民眾的事務(wù)?！鐏矸鹱娌⒉恢苯庸芾硭麄?。他只給予指導(dǎo)，那些事情可以由菩薩去做……”
1996年的聲明無疑與李洪志所說的他“來自龐大太空的頂點”相矛盾。
我不認(rèn)為李洪志已經(jīng)“把宇宙中有感知的所有生命聚集在他的身體內(nèi)”；
我不認(rèn)為李洪志已經(jīng)“把所有有感知生命的業(yè)都償還了”
我不認(rèn)為李洪志能夠“使……（他的信徒們）……變成神”；
我相信“自一開始，沒有一個獨立的神會害怕……施以救助”
早先有許多關(guān)于施助的例子，包括但不僅限于他們：先知穆罕默德、耶穌、耶和華（猶太教），還有佛教和印度教，可以說出許多名字來。
因為依舊支持道教佛教和真善忍，還有一些在我的網(wǎng)頁描述的法輪大法的那些方面，我把他們一直保留在這。但從今天，2003年3月8日起，我將不再更新他們。
關(guān)于作者：
托尼·史密斯，1963年畢業(yè)于普林斯頓大學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)專業(yè)，并獲最高榮譽，1963-1964年，任職于喬治亞州大學(xué)法律學(xué)院，1966年在Emory大學(xué)獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位，后成為一個律師事務(wù)所的合伙人，并于1965年至1971年在美國空軍預(yù)備隊任職。90年代與Clark Atlanta 大學(xué)健康體系理論研究中心進行非正式合作。
英文原文如下：
For some years prior to today, 8 March 2003, I have thought that the work of Li Hongzhi was on the whole good, and I have had web pages about his cultivation way, known as Falun Gong or Falun Dafa, since 1995. I have particularly admired his refusal to charge fees of his followers and his efforts to bring Taoist - Buddha School concepts, as well as the standards of Zhen (Truth) - Shan (Kindness) - Ren (Forbearance), to the general population of the world, thus repairing some of the damage done by Mao's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.
Although I still support Taoist - Buddha School concepts and Zhen (Truth) - Shan (Kindness) - Ren (Forbearance), in light of some statements reported in a 28 February 2003 revised draft translation on a clearwisdom.net web page to have been said by Li Hongzhi,
I do not, as of today 8 March 2003, any longer recognize Li Hongzhi as an authentic Teacher/Master.
The relevant statements are:
"... No being knows who I am. ...
... Where did I come from then?
I came from the inside and from the outside.
I came from nothing and formed into something.
I appeared at the pinnacle of the colossal firmament,
and from there
I descended into the most surface of the Three Realms step by step. ...
... I came to the lowest level ... in order
to ... save all sentient beings ...
... Master has gathered the lives of
all of the cosmos's sentient beings
and various elements into his body ...
... I have paid back all the sins
committed by all sentient beings in the Three Realms. ...
... I really bore for you the sins
that you have committed over hundreds and thousands of years. ...
... I will also offer you salvation
and turn you into Gods. ...
... Since the beginning of time,
not a single God had dared to do this,
and such a thing had never occurred. ...".
Those statements are not only offensive to me, but they contradict earlier statements of Li Hongzhi himself:
In a 1996 Beijing translation of Zhuan Falun (volume II), Li Hongzhi said:
"... There exists something of a plane ... called Original God. There is no point in talking about it to the cultivators of today. It is unimaginable and beyond the reach of them. ..."
"... Man is in the lowest plane, above which there are planes of heaven. Tathagata was in such a plane. Jesus ... and Lao Zi ... belonged to the plane of Tathagata ... In such a plane, they could only see things below them. They could see very few things above them and even nothing of the higher planes ..."
"... The .... Buddha ... who is on a ... higher plane does not take care of the human affairs. When men invoke him, he does not hear. ..."
"... What Buddha Sakyamuni preached at his level was the Law of Tathagata, which is very high in the eyes of an ordinary person. ... But Tathagata is not the highest but the lowest Buddha in the universe. Only a Buddha of the lowest rank can administer affairs of ordinary people. ... Nor does the Buddha Tathagata administer them directly. He only gives guidance, and the things will be done by Bodhisattvas. ...".
The 1996 statements clearly contradict Li Hongzhi's new assertion that he "... came from ... the pinnacle of the colossal firmament ...".
Further:
I do not think that Li Hongzhi has "gathered the lives of all of the cosmos's sentient beings ... into his body"; and
I do not think that Li Hongzhi has "... paid back all the sins committed by all sentient beings"; and
I do not think that Li Hongzhi can "turn ...[his followers]... into Gods"; and
I think that it is not true that "Since the beginning of time, not a single God had dared to ... offer ... salvation".
There are many earlier examples of offers of salvation, including but not limited to: the Prophet Mohammed, Jesus, and the G-d of Judaism; and the paths of Buddhism and Hinduism, to name a few.
Since I still support Taoist - Buddha School concepts and Zhen (Truth) - Shan (Kindness) - Ren (Forbearance), and since those aspects of Falun Dafa are what I have described on my web pages prior to today, 8 March 2003, I am leaving the remainder of this page, and related pages, substantially as they were on 8 March 2003 and I do not expect to update them in the future.
(原文來自: http://www.valdostamuseum.org/hamsmith/LIhome.html#LHzFeb03 )