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!.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Taming the dragon

No 391 of Living Life Series 1

One of the many legends has it that in his past lives, while cultivating in the Buddha’s teaching, Ji Gong was said to be a reincarnate of arahat with magic powers. He chose to be a holy fool who portrayed crazy eccentricity to provide a cover for his real identity as the incarnate of the Taming Dragon Arahat (Xiang Long Luo Han, 降龙罗汉) -- one of the eighteen legendary arahats. Thus he could complete the task set out by Amitabha Buddha for him to find the escaped Da Peng Bird (大鹏鸟).

There is a kingdom in ancient India where the people incited by a demon went on a rampage against the monasteries and stole the Buddhist scriptures. The undersea king flooded the kingdom and took over the scriptures and put them in his palace. Nantimitolo subdued the dragon guards and restored the scriptures back to earth. He is thus known as the Taming Dragon Arahat.

To recapitulate, legend has it that Ji Gong is the incarnate of the Dragon Taming Arahat who came down as man to tame the budding dragon in man. The dragon is the yin and yang - the soft and hard aspects, the worldly contingencies (like health and sickness, loss and gain, growth and decay) that shape and characterize nature, be it in life, mother Earth or beyond.

With mastery over yin and yang, Ji Gong rides the dragon and brings welcome relief and reprieve to all by leveling the playing fields of life. Life plays out the ups and downs that can be trying. But do have hope in God above to level up and level down the humps and troughs of your life on Earth.

Ji Gong is here for you, to help and show you the way, just as Amitabha had for him the incarnate of the legendary Taming Dragon Arahat. Amen. That is so and that we must know. Thanks to God and Heaven above for Taming Dragon Arahat in Ji Gong the Living Buddha.

Ji Gong is there for one and all. You don't have to be of any sect or religion or any temple or church to be entitled to his blessings. All in any religion or even those without religion can come to him. He is the dragon tamer and will help and show you how to tame and balance the dragon of yin and yang in your life. Thus he is often portrayed riding the dragon as above.

Let us ride the dragon of life to more of peace in life. Go for more of life if we can but ever be prepared to make do with less. Be with life and not run away from life. We need to take on and ride the dragon that is life. We need to stay atop of life and not falter.

We need to tame the dragon to have more and not less in life. Let not life swing, swirl and fling us around. We need to tame and ride the dragon of yin and yang. so that we can be around for more of peace amid the sound and flury that abound.

Let us tame the dragon that is life and ride the dragon peacefully to more of life. Ji Gong will bless us for sure. He is the Dragon Taming Arahat. Omitofo and peace be, peace be to one and all.

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.