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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, December 25, 2014

The Three Wise Men and The Three Gifts

No 778 of Living Life Series 1
This is one of the many articles or posts on Christmas written mainly for those who are not Christians but still celebrate Christmas. By right, the teachings of a sage if embraced by a culture should be integrated into the culture so as to enrich it and not be stand alone, let alone  displace the culture of the person and replace it with a new culture


This is like in old Chinese culture
where food offerings,
gold and money, incense and perfume
are offered to nobles and sages .
But nowadays not practiced
as frowned at as inappropriate.
Flowers and fruits will do
as good gestures of respect.
Churches today too
have virtually no offerings
at the altar save for flowers.

Three wise men brought gifts to the baby Jesus who was born in a manger on Christmas Day. 
They were guided by the Star of Bethlehem. The poinsettia flower depicts that star. 
Let the spirit of Christmas, the celebration of life too be born and be renewed in us on Christmas Day. 

 Then the three wise men too will bear the three gifts to us as well - God, The Word and The Man. 

This corresponds to Divinity, Doctrine and Dedicated Clergy at the pulpit. Doesn't this ring a bell or two? This trinity is characteristic of all religions and cultures. Merry Christmas.



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