LIVING LIFE SERIES 1

A BO TIEN (武天) MISSION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED ON 28TH SEPT 2010 BY INNER TRUTH NETIZEN 2. THE MISSION IS TO SHOW THE WAY TO HOPE, INNER PEACE AND ULTIMATELY SALVATION FOR ALL BEINGS. THE PURPOSE IS TO SAVE SOULS. IT IS WAY BEYOND NORMAL GOOD WORK LIKE CHARITY AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES. NO ONE SHALL BE SAVED BY GOOD WORKS ALONE BUT BY MORE THAN GOOD WORK. THERE IS NEED TO BE IMBUED WITH THE BASIC DOCTRINE COMMON TO AND BEHIND ALL RELIGIONS AND SECTS. LIVE IN DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IN LIFE IS PARAMOUNT.

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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, August 23, 2011

Feeding the multitudes may seem to be the mission apparent but is for real

No 290 of Living Life Series 1

--- the views expressed are personal to the writer

Bo Tien Temple

The Mission objective is to save souls and those in difficulties. True to this goal, the most important is to ensure that people can better make ends meet and have at least two square meals a day.

The first thirteen years of the Mission saw the introduction of the principles of inner truth behind all religions and that all religions are of the same Divinity and that souls must be saved.

Thereafter, the temple of the lord saint levelled off with more actions of charity with mutual help and care being spearheaded to help the needy amongst the populace in Singapore.

This has grown by leaps and bounds and appears to be out of proportion to the spiritual drives. But what that matter most are not words but actions to put across the essence of saving souls.

Beings of flesh and blood cannot have meaningful sustenance if they cannot make ends meet and fill their stomach, let alone go for other goals and aspirations.

Even Lord Buddha as Prince Siddhartha who left his palace to be ascetic had to give up asceticism and fill his stomach before He could be enlightened under the Bodhi Tree.

Bo Tien Temple has for decades after the first decade focused on quiet community outreach and cooperation to bring food provisions to the table of many hundreds and thousands of needy in Singapore.

This is the mission outreach that is beyond words and which will not be faulted by others even those who are non-believers of the mission set into motion by Lord Bo Tien.

This approach to feed the multitudes will always be universal and all will agree to this, irrespective of their religious background or even if none

The later third and fourth generations of volunteers, devotees and lay leaders are convinced of the social cause. They know not at first hand the messages of the lord saint but they do know at first hand the value of feeding the multitudes and are heartened that this can be effective by a Chinese temple like Bo Tien Temple.

They come in droves and grow in number. They congregate at the temple faithfully two to three times per week to do the good works. This brethren is the true mission. Action speaks louder than words to show the loving kindness of divinity effected by men with faith in the lord saints, of whom Lord Bo Tien is but one.

Many may wonder how such great works can come from a temple and what motivates the great work. This has led many to wonder what is the spiritual impetus behind and who is Lord Bo Tien? What He stands for? How is it that people can flock to support the mission to save souls by taking part in initiatives that contribute to the filling of the stomach of the needy? What are the spiritual principles that are able to fuel such great works?

Those involved simply flock to join in the good works and the numbers continue to grow. The new to the temple are well entrenched in the mission to save souls via the mission to feed the multitudes.

For many, there are no spoken words by the lord saint (other than those in temple archives) but but the unspoken words of the lord saint were and are translated into actions of trying level best to help the needy in some way to have food and provisions

This is meaningful and cuts across religious, sectarian, cultural, racial and national boundaries. All irrespective of background benefit.

Even those who are not needy have free vegetarian meals on new and full moon days in addition to festive occasions.

This is doctrine in event language and actions. This spells out in actions the divine message that all religions are working towards the will of God and divinity which is to save beings in difficulties.

Men may differ in religious approaches but when reduced to the basic, all are the same - all can have difficulties and there is need to save beings in difficulties. For men to be able to overcome difficulties, they must have basic provisions.

Whilst many can do so most of the time, some could not do so most of the time. The saints do want to help those even in Hell, be it hell on earth or the Hell religions refer to.

Feeding the multitudes may seem to be the mission apparent but is for real. The mission to feed the multitudes has captured the hearts of many without the lord saint Lord Bo Tien uttering a single word after the first thirteen years, that is after 1984.

He teaches us through our day-to-day life and life is the living gospel. By involving men in feeding the multitudes, the temple of the lord saint is able to emplace men on the first and most important step to save those in difficulties and to save souls.

From then on, men must learn to understand life and the gospel of life that is personal to every man.

There is no need for the lord saint to appoint a stand-in amongst men. Man is man and saint is saint.

For those won over by the saint and entrenched in the mission to feed the multitudes, they will soon ultimately want to know more.

They need only to look at life and they will know better. Even the Living Life Series is only an aid - a means to the end. Life is the living gospel and feeding the multitudes is the beginning to the end of saving souls --- the Mission of Heaven.

Feeding the multitudes may seem to be the mission apparent but is for real. No one can say that helping those in difficulties is not the one universal objective or mission behind all religions and sects. This is the manifestation of inner truth behind and underlying all religions.

There is much to be done and the problem and issues of beings are many and plentiful. Divinity cannot depend on only one or a few ways and sects to reach out and extend the helping hand.

The multitude of sects and schools serve as the voice of divinity to extend the divine outreach to all corners of existence. There is oneness of world religions. There is one truth behind many approaches, hence inner truth. This is simple yet difficult to perceive.

Diversity effects outreach for good of many. Faiths and sects are pillars of Divinity. Differences enrich, add color, liveliness and spirit. Differences are not divisive but complementary. This elaboration summarises the inner truth behind religions in a nutshell

Only men with bigoted tendency politicise and polarise spiritualism. God and saints are above the weakness and folly of men. All they want is to save souls and help those in difficulties. But men too must help themselves and fellow men. God and saints will help those who help themselves.

The urn of God Almighty is symbolic of the Mission

Lest you forget

Do not make the mistake of idolizing any man who tells you about the Word. He is in the same boat as you even if religion refers to him as a religious leader. Mere mention of a religious leader is as good as encouraging idolising of that man. Why must there be hierarchy in religion? Hierarchy is conventional but may end up as liability rather than a necessity or asset. There should be no caste or hierarchy system in religion. No one is to be considered above another in religion. A religious leader or follower is a servant to serve you and not a leader to be idolised. Do not put him on the pedestal and make a monster out of him.

MAY ALL BE WELL AND HAPPY

May all be well and happy. May they have peace. May our departed friends and kins be well, happy and have divine peace. The main writer wishes the best for all for those near and far. Our kins may be far when they had passed on to better lives but they are near though far. He remembers and wishes his parents Mr Siow Soo Koh and Mdm Tay Hung Siang, his uncles and aunties like Mr Tay Koon Huay, his cousins like Mr Tay Chong Sim and his friends like Mr Philip Png well and have abundance of life. May they be rich in spirit for without such ancestors, there will be no posterity - no us and no you and me. They have blessed us and we must blessed them in return forever and ever.