No 806 of Living Life Series 1
Do not carry the burden of the cross of life or expect others carry it for you. Do not think that a saint can carry the burden of the cross of life for you. Do understand that even the Buddha cannot carry the burden of the cross of life for us.
Saints though can guide us with doctrine of life and lessen our load so that big issues be less issue even if these cannot be no issue. This is as what the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) said. We still have to face life but not carry the cross of life due to our attitude to life, namely lack of understanding of life.
Saints though can guide us with doctrine of life and lessen our load so that big issues be less issue even if these cannot be no issue. This is as what the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) said. We still have to face life but not carry the cross of life due to our attitude to life, namely lack of understanding of life.
Do not have the fixation on the Buddha out there if you want to free the Buddha nature in you. Any clinging or wanting is a burden and a cross we should not carry. Live life without carrying the burden of the cross and as Zen masters say figuratively kill the Buddha fixation - "Kill the Buddha"
Do not even let the Buddha fixation be your burden of the cross of life if you want to go beyond mere mundane religion to greater spirituality.
Carry no cross and kill your fixation on the Buddha or any saint if you want to let go and have more of the peace of the moment and more moments of peace to come.
Some even go from fixation on a sage or saint to fixation on the man at the pulpit. This results in cult. Mind you, some people can go wild when they idolize a saint let alone a man in flesh whom they somehow see as the saint in flesh.
Carry neither the burden of the cross of life nor idolize any saint or man. It is the understanding of the nature of life and how not to be burdened by life and what we believe that counts. But this takes time to cultivate and there is no hurry at that. It cannot be hurried.
It is neither carrying the cross of worldly life nor running away from life but it is to live life free from these two extremes so as to be free and be at peace. This then is doctrine.
Carry no cross and kill your fixation on the Buddha or any saint if you want to let go and have more of the peace of the moment and more moments of peace to come.
Some even go from fixation on a sage or saint to fixation on the man at the pulpit. This results in cult. Mind you, some people can go wild when they idolize a saint let alone a man in flesh whom they somehow see as the saint in flesh.
Carry neither the burden of the cross of life nor idolize any saint or man. It is the understanding of the nature of life and how not to be burdened by life and what we believe that counts. But this takes time to cultivate and there is no hurry at that. It cannot be hurried.
It is neither carrying the cross of worldly life nor running away from life but it is to live life free from these two extremes so as to be free and be at peace. This then is doctrine.
As for doctrine, we need to have caution as well. We must not carry the raft of the doctrine of life but use it to cross the lake of life. Let not the doctrine be the burden and be the cross we need to carry. Rather, let us live in the doctrine so as to be free and easy to be at peace. Then we carry no cross on our back.
The burden of the cross can arise from attachment, clinging, idolization, fixation (or what have you) in a saint or sage or even in the doctrine delivered by the saint. Let go of the cross and kill the fixation in whatever shape and form.
The burden of the cross can arise from attachment, clinging, idolization, fixation (or what have you) in a saint or sage or even in the doctrine delivered by the saint. Let go of the cross and kill the fixation in whatever shape and form.
Even at the temple of Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨), the good lord wants us not to be fixated on him and idolize him but to see in his image the doctrine of life common to all religions and not see in the image the lord saint and be fixated on him. The doctrine is indeed the image and the image is the doctrine. This the good lord did say in 1975.
The two two feet step on and balance the yin and yang of life. His scepter is the instrument of the mission to show the common basic teaching of all sages and saints through all religions.
The mission is for men not to be burdened by life - not to carry the cross of life. There is the need to be rested and seated in life like depicted by his image so that all can be at peace. Peace there will be if there is mastery over yin and yang. That is the way not to carry the cross of life - the ills of life (the imperfections).
At end of life, that is, at death, we do not even carry our body along. We do have to let go, isn't this the case for all that is impermanent, transient and imperfect? If we cannot let go, we will suffer from the complex of carrying the cross on our back. Even devotion to Buddha can be the cross.
There is the story of Ji Gong (济公) and his followers. One day in the wilderness and in harsh winter, Ji Gong (济公) was with five followers in a temple shed. They were shivering and there was no wood for starting a fire to keep them warm. Ji Gong (济公) took down the wooden Buddha image and used it as firewood to light a fire to keep them warm - much to the protests of his five followers.
Ji Gong (济公) did not even let his devotion to the Buddha end up as the cross of life he had to carry. He carries no cross. But many of us carry a cross - one too many and that is the problem. Even religion can end up becoming another cross we should not have.
Just look around and see the problems galore in temples and churches which men refer to as the houses of God. These houses of God should not degenerate into houses of games of men and into houses of shame instead. The problem is they do. This is all because some or rather many men always look for trouble and end up carrying the cross somehow.
The two two feet step on and balance the yin and yang of life. His scepter is the instrument of the mission to show the common basic teaching of all sages and saints through all religions.
The mission is for men not to be burdened by life - not to carry the cross of life. There is the need to be rested and seated in life like depicted by his image so that all can be at peace. Peace there will be if there is mastery over yin and yang. That is the way not to carry the cross of life - the ills of life (the imperfections).
There is the story of Ji Gong (济公) and his followers. One day in the wilderness and in harsh winter, Ji Gong (济公) was with five followers in a temple shed. They were shivering and there was no wood for starting a fire to keep them warm. Ji Gong (济公) took down the wooden Buddha image and used it as firewood to light a fire to keep them warm - much to the protests of his five followers.
Ji Gong (济公) did not even let his devotion to the Buddha end up as the cross of life he had to carry. He carries no cross. But many of us carry a cross - one too many and that is the problem. Even religion can end up becoming another cross we should not have.
Just look around and see the problems galore in temples and churches which men refer to as the houses of God. These houses of God should not degenerate into houses of games of men and into houses of shame instead. The problem is they do. This is all because some or rather many men always look for trouble and end up carrying the cross somehow.
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