Once when it was shared that the human life is always full of problems and issues and that perhaps, it is best not to be human but to be saint, the visitor said that, "Well if one can see through and not be affected and yet live in this world, one is a saint or a buddha." Then the dialogue continues thus, " If one cannot, then one lives the hell life even whilst a human."
"看得开，就是佛。看不开，就是鬼命。kan de kai, jiu shi fo. kan bu kai, jiu shi gui ming." is the Chinese Mandarin version of the above.
We need to see through life and accept life to be a buddha of sorts and be at peace and bliss. Otherwise, we will be in living hell on earth.
The truth is so simple and profound. All we need to see is to see the true nature of life, not run away from life and yet not be run over by life. We need to do what we can and lament not over the outcome. We need to accept that what we want and what we get often do not tally. Though this may seem simple, yet many cannot stomach the reality. They find it difficult to perceive and get themselves tied up in knots.
Small wonder that the late Senior Bro Philip said, "Only the wise seek the fulfilment of ancient wisdom. Yet the profound truth is so simple but difficult to perceive."
Gautama Buddha said that contentment is the greatest wealth, health the highest gain, self confidence the greatest kin, and enlightened mind is the greatest bliss. What more need we have to have happiness.
Lord Bo Tien adds that every mundane happiness in yin and yang world is twined with unsatisfactoriness. Where there is yang there is yin. Where there is positivity or active nature, there is negativity or passiveness.
We must know our own individual resources and capabilities, why our resources are not the same as others, and what are best for us given our finite resources and capabilities. How much we can have often depends on how much unpleasantness we can live with.
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| Can you see the truth of life in the seated pose of Lord Bo Tien? If you can and see through the nature of life, accept life, strive not, cling not but handle life head-on and calmly, of course not running away from life you can stand tall and hold your head high for you are already a saint, aren't you? Simple this may seem, it is still profound and obviously not that easy to perceive, let alone achieve? |
We must accept and balance our handling of worldly matters and accept both the good and the bad in the yin and yang world, as depicted by his feet atop the elemental beings. We must hold on to the understanding of the true nature of life as depicted by his right hand holding on to the scepter.
We must steer the thin line between rejection of and running away from life and over dependence on life, wanting more and more. We must be steadfast in treading the thin line as depicted by his left hand in salutation, bidding us to be steady. We must pick ourselves up again and try to have the peace and bliss of a saint ever so often even whilst living the human life.
We need to see through life and accept life holistically both the yin and yang to be a buddha of sorts and be at peace and bliss. Otherwise, we will be in living hell on earth. The choice is ours --- to have heavenly bliss or to be in hell now in this very life. Do see through life and be in bliss. You can be a buddha here and now, if you want to do so. Who says sainthood is a rainbow and not for us?
See through life and a saint you will be. "Cant the kai, chiu si pho." This brethren is the inner truth of life the realisation of which God wants us to grasp through the many religions and sects He so provides.
If we can see through the nature of life, we accept the limitations, drawbacks as well as treasure the transient blessings as well. The negative concomitants of mundane blessings are not setbacks but are necessarily part of yin and yang. They be they the good and not so good aspects are as transient and transitory as our own being as a man or a woman.
We do not renounce them as then we will be escaping from and denying our life as human. We do not run away from life. We do not be run over by life. We need to live life, be alive to life and be on top of life. We need to value the mundane blessings and treasure them as means to the end but not the end. The end is the saving or purification of the spirit of our being.
Lord Bo Tien refer to this as the mission to save souls. Meeting the needs of the flesh and blood is necessary but only as means to the end. Thus even worldly welfare through schemes like mutual help and care should never be the end or priority but only means or steps to the end.
In 1981, the good lord Lord Bo Tien did foresee the weakness of men in mistaking welfare activities as the mission proper. He reminded Elder Ling Diung Kwong not to let the mission falter so that more will be able to see through life and be like the saints. They should not wait to do so in future lives but here and now. Everyone can be a buddha or saint if he or she can see through life. "看得开，就是佛。- kan de kai, jiu shi fo."
If we can see through the nature of life, we accept the limitations, drawbacks as well as treasure the transient blessings as well. The negative concomitants of mundane blessings are not setbacks but are necessarily part of yin and yang. They be they the good and not so good aspects are as transient and transitory as our own being as a man or a woman.
We do not renounce them as then we will be escaping from and denying our life as human. We do not run away from life. We do not be run over by life. We need to live life, be alive to life and be on top of life. We need to value the mundane blessings and treasure them as means to the end but not the end. The end is the saving or purification of the spirit of our being.
Lord Bo Tien refer to this as the mission to save souls. Meeting the needs of the flesh and blood is necessary but only as means to the end. Thus even worldly welfare through schemes like mutual help and care should never be the end or priority but only means or steps to the end.
In 1981, the good lord Lord Bo Tien did foresee the weakness of men in mistaking welfare activities as the mission proper. He reminded Elder Ling Diung Kwong not to let the mission falter so that more will be able to see through life and be like the saints. They should not wait to do so in future lives but here and now. Everyone can be a buddha or saint if he or she can see through life. "看得开，就是佛。- kan de kai, jiu shi fo."
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