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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!.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Amitabha Buddha we seek for thy guidance

No 437 of Living Life Series 1

Of all saints we pray to, all converge on Heaven. In Heaven, we have Amitabha. Amitabha is the Buddha of Light. When we call upon his name, we call upon all saints.


Ji Gong and saints too will invoke Heaven by calling on Amitabha - Omitofo to be exact. Kuanyin and Lord Bo Tien do so as well. Omitofo once again and in all directions. 
Religion should be simple but men lost in complexity and confusion make religion complicated and baffling. All we need to do is believe in goodness of Heaven. 

There is no need for temples in form of concrete buildings, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple. The doctrine is around kindness. This is stressed not only by Amitabha but also by all saints as well as the Dalai Lama. 

It is necessary that Buddha be in our heart more so than in the temple or on the altar table. Ji Gong adds that what matters is not what we do or what goes through our gut but what is in our heart. If the heart does take control, life will be that more simple and peaceful. 

Simplicity takes pride of place. Simplicity is key to life, mundane and divine. Be simple and be pure. Do be kind not only to others but to self. Do not make religion and Heaven so remote and distant when all it takes is to have the heart. That will do and should be. Namo Omitofo. 





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