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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨). The doctrine is in His image. The image is the doctrine. He who sees, understands and effects the doctrine sees and knows Him. He who does not see, know and effect the doctrine sees not and knows not the saint even if the saint or His image is beside him. The far may be near and the near may be far. Let the doctrine and the saint be part of our life. The lord saint in your life can be any heavenly saint of any religion, sect or school. The doctrine of truth is behind all and this is the Inner Truth that leads all (regardless of their religious affiliation or even if none) to inner peace and heaven on earth here and now and not just in the after life. The ideal worship and devotion is to know and effect the doctrine of God and the saints. The best gospel is the gospel of life. We learn from our life and the lives of others. The true temple is the world we live in. The sky is the roof of the temple and religions and sects are the pillars of the temple. All under Heaven are in the temple. Needless to say that all the saints we know are in this temple. Ji Gong Posat too is no exception. The whole wide world and web is the temple and must be regarded as a sacred place --- a temple for living and learning. It is more important that everyone that counts plays a role in this universal temple if due focus is to be given to the Mission of Heaven. Men must not be distracted by the agenda of men and end up serving the mission of man. That would be a far cry from the Mission of Heaven. We worship God and saints, not man however good that man may be. There should be no hero worshiping or idolizing of man whether he is a charismatic pastor, priest, monk, medium or lay leader. We don't even idol worship the image of any saint but reflect on what the image stands for. - the doctrine in the image. Omitofo 阿弥陀佛!.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pillars, Mission and Temples

No 190 of Living Life Series 1

  

Brethren, do take heart that any temple of Lord Bo Tien would only be set up to gather together like-minded people to share in the aspirations of our Heavenly Saint Lord Bo Tien. This can be anywhere in the world and for assistance, the writer's personal suggestion is that for those keen to set up on their own initiative a chapel, a church, a temple or a 'templet' dedicated to the vision of Lord Bo Tien, they could consider touching base with Bo Tien Temple at Singapore for opinions, suggestions, discussion and know-how. The words 'Bo Tien' need not even be in the name of the organisation.

Bo Tien Temple is at
No. 6 Fourth Chin Bee Road,
Singapore 619708
Tel: 65 62626021


The Lord Saint has long made known to us that He is not here to start a new faith. It was, is not, and will never be His intention that He be represented amongst the host of deities or saints in a temple. Any temple in His name will always be meant to serve as an inspiration for those who ascribe to His Vision of Hope and Compassion for all beings regardless of race, language, and religion. He is amongst men to foster the divine calling to do more good for the good of all beings, and not just for their own individual good. His image is to ignite this divine inspiration in one and all, be they believers or non-believers, gods or men. He is here to answer man's prayers for the betterment of all, but it is never His intention to foster egoistic materialistic self-pursuits.

He represents selflessness - a stance neither to do with selfishness nor self denial. Come to Him for blessings if and when you need help. But bear in mind that His hand of compassion must make better men out of us. By His blessings, we must become more selfless and neither more self-centredness nor self denial. We must end up at least a little closer to Godliness and not more entwined in more materialistic self-centred Worldliness presenting as bad attributes of greed, pride, egoism, hatred, ill-will, jealousy and warped views.

Brethren, He is here to bring us into Godliness. Let Him lead the way. Have faith in Him and tread in His shadow. Then and only then can we be one with Him in His Mission of Compassion for all beings across the great divide of life and death.

Brethren, have we not heard Him state time and again in no uncertain terms that His is the Mission of Heaven and not the mission of men.

Commit ourselves therefore to Him. Let Him walk us along the road of life. Be one with Him in radiating loving-kindness and showering compassion for all beings in all dimensions. This, brethren, is the way for us. Of course, we do not claim that it is the one and only way.

Why? Simply because all religions preach the common good. Just like there are many roads to Rome, there are many ways to spiritual fulfilment. Religions are the pillars of the House of Truth----some prefer to refer to this as the House of God.

Truth is universal and not the monopoly of any one group or individual. Truth existed before religions. Whilst there is only one Universal Truth, there is certainly more than one way to Truth. We do however need help to reach Truth. Religions and the multiplicity of sects and denominations are there to help us. Prophets and Saints like Lord Bo Tien are there to guide us along the various paths to this Inner Truth.

Religions, brethren, are the Pillars of Truth. The Mission to bring Truth to all beings is the Mission of Heaven, and this is not confined to one dimension but cuts across all dimensions. Temples translate mission from vision to reality. Thus this article is aptly titled Pillars, Mission and Temples.



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