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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, November 1, 2014

Going for heaven or beyond heaven?

No 716 of Living Life Series 1.



Never say others are wrong or that they know less but always appreciate what they know and how that has made their life tick. 

This is more so in matters of religion. Remember that religion is for the masses and sainthood is not. The teachings of religion are already awesome enough and are more than necessary for the masses. 

Where sainthood is the goal, man must rise above the conventions of religion and liberate himself from the fetters - the dogmas of religion. He must go beyond the confines of religion and set himself free to roam the wide open world. 

That is what Ji Gong (济公) as man did, otherwise he would be no saint - no living Buddha. He was heckled by the prohibitive and restricted rules of religion. "You must do this and not do that." seems to be told to him by others in the monastery he was in.  

The goal then seems to be to please men so that they will not point fingers at you. Ji Gong knew what he should do. He was himself and acted from the heart. What matters was that he put his heart into life. "What matters is what goes through the heart and not what one does or what goes through the gut." This is his doctrine - no more and nothing less 

Man must set himself free and have no fear and guilt. Man must not be heckled by the gossips of other men. How then can a man be saint if he is in a religion of man and tied down by regulations and dogmas policed and implemented by men? Those who are on way to sainthood must be beyond the confines of religion. 

Do give this some thought. Choose what you want. Do you know only enough to go to heaven or do you know more to be a saint and go beyond heaven. 

If your lot is to be a saint, then be a free thinker but a spiritual one at that, not a worldly one but a world-wise one - someone wise to the worldly problems and heckles of men. 

If your lot is not to be saint but just to just to go along with rules and expectations of men of religion, then religion is for you and you will be more than content with promise of heavenly sojourn in after life. 

If you lot is to be a saint, for goodness sake go beyond religion and be at peace with the whole wide world and not be confined to religion of men. Be cautioned though that you may be lonely and secluded from men of religion but then how else can you be free and be on way to sainthood? 

 Leave others alone and argue not with them till kingdom come. Do bless them when you can but hopefully not the other way round. 

A man seeking sainthood is already in heaven while still a man so long as he is on the path of sainthood. When if ever he arrives at sainthood is immaterial. What matters is that he liberates himself in the here and now and tastes the sweet fruit of deliverance.



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