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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.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Any Bo Tien temple will be misunderstood more so with time

Learning Point No 252






In Lord Bo Tien's 1974 Anniversary Message, the lord saint commented thus.  "The precepts and doctrines may not be new and different from that of others. However, a new temple like this temple can have approaches which can appear to be very different and contrasting. This can give rise to concerns and opinions simply because they may not be readily understood and accepted"

A temple of Lord Bo Tien will be easily mistaken misconceived and misunderstood. It is like a Buddhist or Taoist temple and yet it is not like any Buddhist or Taoistic temple. Many in the latter or subsequent generations will find it an enigma and try to make it revert to be like any Chinese cultural Buddhist or Taoist temple. This is due to concerns and will give rise to more concerns and more controversies. This is to be expected as many could not fathom or understand and only a few  can understand as  stated by the lord saint in his last anniversary message in 1984.


In Lord Bo Tien's 1984 Anniversary Message, the emissary said, "Though some have understood the doctrine, many still have not." Though he had descended over the cycle of 13 odd years anniversaries, this has been the case. He had still to descend that night to deliver and to remind all to ponder over the doctrine.
 
Any temple of Lord Bo Tien thus will be easily misperceived, misrepresented and misunderstood by those in the temple and those outside, more so with the passing of time. This should not come as a surprise.

 
 
 
 
 

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