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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!.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Spiritual paths do meet

No 259 of Living Life Series1








Pakua literally means eight diagrams. Each diagram consists of three lines, each line either "broken" or "unbroken," representing yin or yang, respectively - ☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷. They represent various aspects of understanding of life and existence - our own and that of nature and the world. There are various evolved applications of the pakua and these are beyond the scope of this blog.




Do the paths of Tao and Buddha meet?

The Pakua embodies the path of Tao but is the path of Tao any different from the path of Buddha? The answer is 'No.' For insight on this, do read:


Knowing the spiritual paths


"Nevertheless, the paths of the Way / Tao and the paths of Buddha World do converge when the apex of perfection is reached. Perfection can best be simplified as purity."





Tao is not just in Taoism

.Click to read more of various Tao in religions and secular life.

What is Tao?




Doing good way or purity way?

Click on titles below for an understanding.

The complementary twin divine paths


The twining of spiritual paths in life 



Truth is one and same for all religious paths
 

The Inner Truth Message explains to us that all religions lead to same truth of God or if you like Divinity. The dogmas and initial ways may be different but the end point and goal is one and the same Divinity.  This is the message conveyed to us by Lord Bo Tien,






The doctrine of the way to peace in Divinity is depicted in the pose of Lord Bo Tien's seated image. His both feet balancing and on top of the elements of yin and yang of life tells us the same truth embodied in the pakua and the path for equanimity (Uppeka) when one overcomes the eight worldly contingencies taught in Buddhist philosophy.

The apparent differences of religions lie with the style or form but the eventual substance of truth of divinity is one and the same. Thus in reality, there is no difference in substance at all.




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