No 1009 of Living Life Series 1
They attract people who come for personal agenda or benefits. Who don't when they believe in a sage or saint and professed passionately a sect or religion?
The many who come do but only a few more steep in the Word don't. They know the Word is God and God is the Word. But many are more at belief and at devotional level. They only stay at that level and they are in the majority. They are the ones who run temples but it would still be worthy if those running are elders.
The good lord stresses on respect for elders and elders should be the ones to run temples. But if this is not there, then the young may take over. They the young will want their way and would think the little they know is allot and good enough for them to go their way.
They are not shy of admitting that they want more of what they can have in this world and what is beyond this world is beyond them. They end up emulating the crowd and be even better at having more of the world in temples where ironically they are supposed to know more and have more of what is beyond this world.
God and saints go along with them but would have wanted them to be better than that. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that we don't blame the flower for insects coming to the flower for nectar and causing it to be lackluster and wilt.
At least the flower or temple provides them with nectar of worldly gains. The shortcoming of this is temple becomes of the world as well and temples go the way of the world. Surely what is of the world however good will not last but new ones will arise from the seeds from the wilted flower.
All temples are more or less the same in this respect though they may be of different religions or sects. This is due to lack of balance of yin and yang.
A temple must undergo three obstacles, the yin, the yang and the failure to have balance between worldly and spiritual needs. This may be referred to as the three baptisms of the temple - fire, water and human obstacles.
For a temple building to come up, it must overcome yin and yang or fire and water hurdles. Once the building arises, more of the world will come and claim their stake. This is the human obstacle.
The true temple is the people and not the building. The question is how people can gel as one when they are of different minds. Perhaps it is best that there be more temples than only one with people splitting hairs on what should be the way to run the temple.
For the same reason, it is better to have more religions and sects. After all, all religions and sects, and all temples are one in God and goodness but yet very different. This is the original message of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 in 1969.
Temples like religions do have to be many so long as people cannot be of one heart and have different mindsets. They must go separate ways and have temples of their own.
Only then will they realize they are still one at heart. Only by having more religions and more temples will the goodness of God and saints reach out to the many and strike a bell.
But when they can indeed be one is for many just the ideal. God and saints are one in goodness. Men too will be one when they are like God and saints. For now and for the many, there is need for many temples and many religions and sects.
How can God and saints allow for the many to be lost? It is far better for many to be not religious but still in temples of sorts and be somewhat religious at least in name if not in substance. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that the far must be near and this is the way to make this happen.
This has to do with his sermon of the far is near and near is far... Well, those near to higher spirituality stay far from the temples of men because they are too far ahead and cannot gel. But many many temples of men are needed to attract the many other men to some form of religiosity and even a little wee bit is better than none at all.
A temple must undergo three obstacles, the yin, the yang and the failure to have balance between worldly and spiritual needs. This may be referred to as the three baptisms of the temple - fire, water and human obstacles.
For a temple building to come up, it must overcome yin and yang or fire and water hurdles. Once the building arises, more of the world will come and claim their stake. This is the human obstacle.
The true temple is the people and not the building. The question is how people can gel as one when they are of different minds. Perhaps it is best that there be more temples than only one with people splitting hairs on what should be the way to run the temple.
For the same reason, it is better to have more religions and sects. After all, all religions and sects, and all temples are one in God and goodness but yet very different. This is the original message of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 in 1969.
Temples like religions do have to be many so long as people cannot be of one heart and have different mindsets. They must go separate ways and have temples of their own.
Only then will they realize they are still one at heart. Only by having more religions and more temples will the goodness of God and saints reach out to the many and strike a bell.
But when they can indeed be one is for many just the ideal. God and saints are one in goodness. Men too will be one when they are like God and saints. For now and for the many, there is need for many temples and many religions and sects.
How can God and saints allow for the many to be lost? It is far better for many to be not religious but still in temples of sorts and be somewhat religious at least in name if not in substance. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that the far must be near and this is the way to make this happen.
This has to do with his sermon of the far is near and near is far... Well, those near to higher spirituality stay far from the temples of men because they are too far ahead and cannot gel. But many many temples of men are needed to attract the many other men to some form of religiosity and even a little wee bit is better than none at all.
