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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!.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

A Rock of Ji Gong

No 394 of Living Life Series 1






In May 2009 in Ji Gong's native land, Celestial Platform (天台) of Zhejiang Province (浙江), China,  a tourist discovered that a part of the hill somehow resembled the image of Ji Gong.







Ji Gong was born as Li Xiuyuan. He lived from 1130 to 1207. He became a monk at age of 18 and then was named Daoji. But he was very different from other traditional monks as he drank wine and ate meat and was jovial, humorous, frank and appeared crazy. 



Behind this external facade, he was serious and intent to help ordinary people. Many in his time failed to see the saint in him while he was with the monastery. 




His fame and exploits to help the many have grown over the centuries. 

He lives among men and even prefers the floor to be with men - more so the ordinary men. 

To this day, many find it difficult to conceive that someone who drinks and eats meat can be a saint - a living buddha. He demonstrated that what matters is the heart and not what goes through the gut.

His life demonstrates that ordinary men can be enlightened and that what matters is the heart and not what goes through the gut.