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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.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Do try to be a buddha in life

Learning Point No 131





The emissary of Lord Bo Tien in 1983 mission day message said that what human beings can have cannot be the same as what are in Heaven. Take for example the flower. As a whole and when in full bloom, the flower is a beauty to behold. But the various parts of the flower are not. From external appearance, it is beautiful but the internal parts never will be beautiful. (Extract from Revisit of 1983 message of Lord Bo Tien)

Life is beautiful yet ugly and this is the very nature of life. The circle is complete and yet it is nothing. The circle is whole and yet it is empty. Do not be perturbed by this duality but be mindful to achieve heaven on earth by cultivating more enduring pervasive inner peace come what may and in every situation and context of life.

No one is spared of yin and yang, the life polarities or contingencies that we live with from birth to death and from life to life. Are we going to be at the mercy of yin and yang or do we want to be atop and balance the yin and yang, like achieved by the buddhas and as embodied by the pose of Lord Bo Tien with feet atop and balancing  the elements?

Do try to be a buddha in life and at least have many more moments of peace of heaven on earth here and now, long before you are a buddha in a future lifetime to come.






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