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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, April 2, 2012

Respect elders and pioneers

Learning Point No 56




Lord Bo Tien



It is the understanding of inner truth netizen that current leaders of  a religious organisation, however good they may be, will not project good image of themselves if they run down past leaders without whom they, the current leaders, will not be holding office. The same applies to past leaders and pioneers, the elders but even if they do so, the younger leaders of today must give due respect to the elders whatever the shortfalls the elders might have. Culture of washing dirty linen will undermine mutual respect and tolerance. No one should belittle elders or parents even if they have shortfalls. Respect for elders is a precept of many sects and is the sixth of seven precepts for followers of Lord Bo Tien. When there is no respect for elders, then the fabric of organisation is in tethers. The common Chinese saying "No big no small  没大没小。Mei da mei xiao." expresses disgust for those who do not respect elders





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