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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord (武天) Bo Tien. 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 affliliation 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. 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.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Be rich in spirit

Learning Point No 46


Lord Buddha



Thus have I understood.

Go not for more of the wealth on earth that is of the flesh but for the wealth of the spirit. When the spirit is rich, there is happiness but happiness may be transient and not a certainty with wealth of the world and flesh.

Buddha said that there are four types of happiness that man can have that bring happiness that goes beyond and transcends the world.

They are,

"Health is the highest gain.
Contentment the greatest wealth.
Self confidence the greatest kin.
Enlightenment the greatest bliss."

Do be rich in spirit and that will be better than be rich in flesh but poor in spirit. Do not on the other hand deny and mortify the flesh and body for then one cannot be rich in spirit.  

Lord Bo Tien  too dealt on the  same issue but in yet another way when He elaborated on doctrine of inner truth that brings on the inner peace of the spirit. There is need to balance the yin and yang of life as depicted by His seated image with feet  on the elements.

Be rich in spirit but please do not snuff out the spirit of life by denial of the body of flesh and blood. To be rich in spirit in this optimal way will require balance that sages of old talked about.








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