No 1153 of Living Life Series 1
Religion teaches us to be less attached to the world and to the family but somehow in so doing it fosters attachment as well - attachment to the house of God.
There is supposed to be less attachment and more peace but often many end up with more attachment in a temple. They become less than holy in a holy place.
This can turn ugly when factions occur in a temple and people end up trading blows with one another. What we have perhaps is even more of the ugliness of the world and less of peace.
What do we expect when temples are run by men who have long way to go to be less attached and more at peace - to be more holy and not full of holes.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 tells us not to blame the flower for insects coming to it for nectar. Blame not the temple for unholy activities that should ideally not be there at all.
But if a temple does not attract the unholy, there will be few at the temple. Moreover, the holy ones do not need to be there. They can stand on their own. It is the unholy and unwholesome ones who need be there and should be there.
But they could only be attracted there if there is worldly nectar for them to gain - if there is more of the same they seek outside the temple.
The more they have, the more attached they will be. They clamor for more and carve territory in the most unholy ways. Temple tends to be run by the less than holy. The holy will have less or no say - or at best a diluted say.
That is why if you have to be at a temple, just go there and leave - go for God and saints and have nothing to do with people. People can put us off. God and saints don't.
But often people make a mockery out of God and saints. Therein lies the problem. The problems and issues of men are many and plentiful. So did the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 say. Even a temple is not spared from the problems of men.
There is supposed to be less attachment and more peace but often many end up with more attachment in a temple. They become less than holy in a holy place.
This can turn ugly when factions occur in a temple and people end up trading blows with one another. What we have perhaps is even more of the ugliness of the world and less of peace.
What do we expect when temples are run by men who have long way to go to be less attached and more at peace - to be more holy and not full of holes.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 tells us not to blame the flower for insects coming to it for nectar. Blame not the temple for unholy activities that should ideally not be there at all.
But if a temple does not attract the unholy, there will be few at the temple. Moreover, the holy ones do not need to be there. They can stand on their own. It is the unholy and unwholesome ones who need be there and should be there.
But they could only be attracted there if there is worldly nectar for them to gain - if there is more of the same they seek outside the temple.
The more they have, the more attached they will be. They clamor for more and carve territory in the most unholy ways. Temple tends to be run by the less than holy. The holy will have less or no say - or at best a diluted say.
That is why if you have to be at a temple, just go there and leave - go for God and saints and have nothing to do with people. People can put us off. God and saints don't.
But often people make a mockery out of God and saints. Therein lies the problem. The problems and issues of men are many and plentiful. So did the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 say. Even a temple is not spared from the problems of men.
