Nothing is near perfect. As long as this is the case, whatever one believes in, be it in religion or any other issue is an individualized perspective most of the time. That is why in spiritual matters, there will be differences, sects and religions. There is always ultimately the individual choice. Even with the same perspective, each person sees it differently.
Lord Bo Tien's Mission that all religions serve the same God and are built on the same building block of inner truth is controversial to those who are of view that this is not the case. Some men even think their sect, not just their religion is the one and only correct sect.
The inner truth is that there is God and saints. Men and beings are separated from God due to their defilements and have to undergo rebirths. They need to cultivate themselves and be pure so that they can be with God and saints.
If upholders of the mission of Lord Bo Tien is worried that Four Pillar Doctrine (that all religions in the four cardinal directions serve the same God) is that controversial, then the mission should not be there and they are not true to the lord saint.
Exactly because many in any mission-related temple in the name of the lord saint think that this doctrine can actually evoke controversy and ridicule, many may prefer to go on a lower level of mission, which is that of mere welfare and charitable activities. If this be so, why the need for the lord saint to say his mission is for all religions and sects and for all beings and men?
Why the need for the Four Pillar Doctrine? The Inner Truth or rather The Four Pillar Doctrine is that the religions in all directions are there to serve the same God but in their own ways.
There will, of course, be many in the mission who are uneasy and uncomfortable to identify with the mission. These people can even be pioneers. Why this is the case? Well, there always will be those who like to avoid realities. They somehow live in a dream or perhaps are that more pragmatic. They are uncomfortable with taking on the mission head-on and prefer to sidestep it somehow.
Even in the early phase or years of the mission, there was more harp on welfare. The Four Pillar Doctrine though important and central to mission was relegated to the backyard. This perhaps is because people were not ready or not rightly poised for the mission which is primarily doctrine.
The doctrine mission is the prima-facie mission proper. Many were not really ready for or prepared to take on doctrine and bigger things. They were only ready for welfare and self pursuits.
Perhaps, they were and are only good enough for that. They were prudent to leave doctrine mission in the backdrop and not bring it to the fore, for fear of evoking ire and discomfort of some.
They are in their own ways wise and pragmatic and the mission if it is going to have any more headway forward must not and should never ever be poised in any way to elicit dis-ease to anyone.
We do believe that Lord Bo Tien would not take issue with them for such approach.
They are in their own ways wise and pragmatic and the mission if it is going to have any more headway forward must not and should never ever be poised in any way to elicit dis-ease to anyone.
We do believe that Lord Bo Tien would not take issue with them for such approach.
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