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!.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Be like Ji Gong and live with glee

No 392 of Living Life Series 1

The joy of the one who is enlightened is beautiful and perfect. His joy is not tied down to wealth or status. He does not need to put on airs. His body language mirrors the joy in him. His very presence is soothing and blessing to others.

Ji Gong The Living Buddha is such a being. But he goes further to show you that he can be carefree and forgoes status and trappings of a saint. He behaves like a beggar or vagrant, jumps, hops, sways, sings and dance around, even drinking and eating meat unabashed.

For he is free and a master of life, living life way beyond the ails of conditionality of yin and yang. He demonstrates that one can be with society and continues to be, even drinking, eating and merry making. But one must do so when free and pure at heart. This matters more than what one does and eats.

We can dance with every step of life if we are pure at heart and liberated from conditionality. Then we be like immortal Ji Gong who to this day still lives and hovers amongst men.

Ji Gong manifests his joy of sainthood by frolicking amongst men on streets and floors of men. We may say this is his way to show us the dance of joy and man too can be like him without giving up the worldly ways.

What is needed is to be pure and free and yet be man but a free man, free from stifling rules and expectations of the many, free from attachments of family and society. Denial or running away from family or society is not the answer and does not bode well for the man on the run from life.

Ji Gong left the monastery in his life as man to be with the world of men and nurtured the universal temple in the whole world of men. He neither deny self nor cling on to self. For sure,there is need to value self as well.

Be what you are and value self. If you value self, you set yourself free to be with wider life and society. You should not want to be seen to be different. You should want others to know that you are like them and not beyond the world. They too can be pure at heart and be buddha like Ji Gong.

No need to stop being what you are. No need to stop what you do or eat. There is only need to have the heart to be pure, be at peace and free even in world of conditionality of ebbs and flows.

Let us be pure at heart and live life free and with glee. Be like Ji Gong and live with glee.

Ji Gong carving in Linyin Temple

The world is his home and the people his kin. Ji Gong roams the world of men to bring to them the life of glee which is reachable by all.

It is however best that men must go beyond home and fame which can often tie men in knots and chains, for worldly wealth and status though good is not good enough for life of glee. Many are rich but poor in spirit and the heart. There are those rich in spirit and heart but not as endowed worldly wise. They are better off in the end.

Man must be mindful to look after home, task and job at hand. Otherwise, how can he look after the many in society out there. The little bit man can do, best for man to do it well so that one day he can look after the many out there. Man must start with himself and the home.

Man needs to cultivate pureness from the heart and nurtures the life of glee and nurtures the same at home base with kith and kin. Only when man can live at home and nurture the life of glee in all at home, then can they spread the glee to those beyond (the home).

Learn to be a little immortal before graduating to become a saint of sorts and be able to bring glee to more. Then Ji Gong will be proud of him for he has become a bit more like Ji Gong to live life with glee and help others to do so as well.

Omitofo

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.