No 1314 of Living Life Series 1
Do not control a temple such that others have no say in how it is run. That is why the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that there be dual keys to a temple - the administrative and the religious key.
Effectively there will be two bodies - the administrative body and the religious body.
When there is only one with the administrative body calling the religious tune as well and what with lack of oneness within the management body, well what do we expect.
There is lack of spiritual calling and with the degradation of spiritualism, there will be suppression of those who differ.
Instead of fostering more religiosity and insight of doctrine, there is the attitude of asking those who differ and know better to get lost - not directly though but giving them the cold shoulder.
They manipulate and dominate. They hold on to the temple to themselves and their own circle or clique. It is obvious that those that don't click with them are kept at more than arms length
They feel threatened. They end up bringing the temple to their graves. This is only a figure of speech. But it is bad enough
What will be left is an empty shell - a concrete building which effectively is devoid of people. This has happened to many temples where the management is out to control and not to open up the temples
But the irony is that the good lord says that a temple is the people - people of flesh and blood. This holds true in any religion.
A temple cannot cater to the interest of a few but must be open to the interests of the many not just to enter its portals but to manage it. Blame not other religions for attracting people away from the religion or sect they are in.
Do not be rigid and insist that there is only one way. If those who do so, they will cause the inevitable. People will flock to where they can have other ways.
If men are so dumb as to do so, well, well, they will not only bring the temple to their graves but their religion or sect as well. This may not be their intended goal, but they are too dumb to know that they will head that way.
There is no way to foolproof a temple or religion from heading that way. Somehow a religion or temple is like what the good lord says is like a flower and blame not the flower for insects and ants coming to it for nectar.
The mission of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 is to awaken people in their respective religions and temples so that they will not end up with the unthinkable. How can men of religion or of a temple end up bringing their religion or temple to their graves? How can they!
Effectively there will be two bodies - the administrative body and the religious body.
When there is only one with the administrative body calling the religious tune as well and what with lack of oneness within the management body, well what do we expect.
There is lack of spiritual calling and with the degradation of spiritualism, there will be suppression of those who differ.
Instead of fostering more religiosity and insight of doctrine, there is the attitude of asking those who differ and know better to get lost - not directly though but giving them the cold shoulder.
They manipulate and dominate. They hold on to the temple to themselves and their own circle or clique. It is obvious that those that don't click with them are kept at more than arms length
They feel threatened. They end up bringing the temple to their graves. This is only a figure of speech. But it is bad enough
What will be left is an empty shell - a concrete building which effectively is devoid of people. This has happened to many temples where the management is out to control and not to open up the temples
But the irony is that the good lord says that a temple is the people - people of flesh and blood. This holds true in any religion.
A temple cannot cater to the interest of a few but must be open to the interests of the many not just to enter its portals but to manage it. Blame not other religions for attracting people away from the religion or sect they are in.
Do not be rigid and insist that there is only one way. If those who do so, they will cause the inevitable. People will flock to where they can have other ways.
If men are so dumb as to do so, well, well, they will not only bring the temple to their graves but their religion or sect as well. This may not be their intended goal, but they are too dumb to know that they will head that way.
There is no way to foolproof a temple or religion from heading that way. Somehow a religion or temple is like what the good lord says is like a flower and blame not the flower for insects and ants coming to it for nectar.
The mission of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 is to awaken people in their respective religions and temples so that they will not end up with the unthinkable. How can men of religion or of a temple end up bringing their religion or temple to their graves? How can they!
