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, October 7, 2014

The rough diamond mistaken as a pebble

No 685 of Living Life Series 1

In life and the mission to save souls through any religion, we should never mind if we are broken diamonds ...

or just some of the many pebbles

as all do belong to mission of life but "better a diamond with flaw than pebbles without flaw", as said by Confucius (孔夫子) .

Confucius (孔夫子)

The broken diamond will look bad without the pebbles. It is with pebbles as background that the broken diamond can shine out.

Anyway, even the unpolished diamond (even if without flaw or crack) does looks like a pebble to the uninitiated. We must not mistake as a pebble...

the unpolished rough diamond in our midst. We may even throw it away and that can be the problem, isn't it so?

Ji Gong (济公)

Ji Gong (济公) in life as man was mistaken as a pebble and discarded from the monastery because he ate meat, drank wine, sang and frolicked with children and monkeys. But he turned out to be the rough diamond - an asset to all religions and to Earth, Heaven and Hell. He cultivated truthfulness and purity of the heart. He says that "what matters is what goes through the heart and not what one does or what goes through the gut."

We must not regard the saints outside our own religion as pebbles to be ignored and to put aside when they are indeed heavenly saints. That is why the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) introduced this universal prayer.

To all heavenly saints I greatly adore.
I believe in your existence
and thy glory is in the thoughts of men.
I seek for thy protection and guidance
so as to live better for the times to come.

Even what looks like pebbles in the crowd may well be unpolished diamonds. Often the wise ones more adept in spiritual life of inner peace do face being misunderstood - the way Ji Gong (济公) was misunderstood but they do not fear of being understood...

That is why the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) teaches that we learn from one another and be better off from the learning both the good and not so good aspects. Life is the living gospel or as Buddhists put it "Dharma" - phenomena or events.

Some theists will however couch this in harsher language - that we learn from the God and Satan in life. They personify the good and the bad to capture the attention of men but this may well have unintended consequences.

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.