No 1059 of Living Life Series 1
Religion and logic should go together but often when people believe, they just believe. It is just easier to go along that way.
The culture that we know as the Tao 道 or Way has to do with logic or common sense but even the teachers of Tao have to contend with the reality that popular religion must be different.
Popular religion can be illogical. People just do what they want. If they want more of worldly life instead of religious life, that is it. This has been going on for ages.
The logic behind is that logic may be simple but it just don't work. What the common men want is more of the worldly needs - the worldly life. What they want is how to have more and if possible to win money at bets and the casino. This is the reality though decadent and illogical.
But if you don't cater to the illogical, how do we attract the attention of the masses. Thus to cater to the non-religious needs is a religious necessity. It is logical to be illogical in that sense.
The sages of the Chinese ancestors have gone along with this for centuries. They never would say that such ways are the ways of the anti-saint. In fact we can say that the saint won't mind as this brings in the crowd.
Insects can only be attracted to the flower for the nectar. Blame not the flower for insects coming to it. This did the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 say.
He also added that what is considered far may be the near. The granting of worldly pleasures is the one sure way to bring people to a temple. Telling them to forgo these and be saints one day will put them off and they will stay away from religion and from temple for sure.
In all religions the world over, this too has happened but in more justifiable manner with cloak of religiosity. The worldly carrot is a necessity to wean people off worldliness and is here to stay in any institutionalized religion.
Well, it is in a way logical to be illogical in religion. Give them more of worldliness and soon men will realize that it is better to be less worldly and be pure like God and saints.
The culture that we know as the Tao 道 or Way has to do with logic or common sense but even the teachers of Tao have to contend with the reality that popular religion must be different.
Popular religion can be illogical. People just do what they want. If they want more of worldly life instead of religious life, that is it. This has been going on for ages.
The logic behind is that logic may be simple but it just don't work. What the common men want is more of the worldly needs - the worldly life. What they want is how to have more and if possible to win money at bets and the casino. This is the reality though decadent and illogical.
But if you don't cater to the illogical, how do we attract the attention of the masses. Thus to cater to the non-religious needs is a religious necessity. It is logical to be illogical in that sense.
The sages of the Chinese ancestors have gone along with this for centuries. They never would say that such ways are the ways of the anti-saint. In fact we can say that the saint won't mind as this brings in the crowd.
Insects can only be attracted to the flower for the nectar. Blame not the flower for insects coming to it. This did the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 say.
In all religions the world over, this too has happened but in more justifiable manner with cloak of religiosity. The worldly carrot is a necessity to wean people off worldliness and is here to stay in any institutionalized religion.
Well, it is in a way logical to be illogical in religion. Give them more of worldliness and soon men will realize that it is better to be less worldly and be pure like God and saints.
