In Lord Bo Tien's 1977 Anniversary
Message , the emissary of Lord Bo Tien said, "The temple is the
people and organisation - not the building. It is henceforth a full fledged
temple even if its physical building is a simple awning shed with four pillars.
Members should show respect to God and Divinity by dedicating temple shrine
(place where members gather in worship) wholly for praying and worship and
nothing else"
In Lord Bo Tien's 1978
Anniversary Message, the lord
saint remarked that the image was at the Temple
throughout the 365 days. Yet His presence was not felt at all and many are
oblivious of what the image stands for. This He said is due to members not
being strongly rooted in doctrine. Doctrine has yet to color the daily life of members.
The temple of Lord Bo Tien is the people and not a concrete building. The people must have the doctrine and worship at heart.
Otherwise it is futile to have a temple and the shrine of the lord saint. Otherwise the people running the temple will not be spiritually motivated but will end up pursuing other than spiritual agenda.
They will deviate and go for social and personal agenda of men and this will be contradicting and defeating the very purpose of having the temple and its shrine.
In 1977, the lord saint said. "Members should show respect to God and Divinity by dedicating temple shrine (place where members gather in worship) wholly for praying and worship and nothing else"
Otherwise it is futile to have a temple and the shrine of the lord saint. Otherwise the people running the temple will not be spiritually motivated but will end up pursuing other than spiritual agenda.
They will deviate and go for social and personal agenda of men and this will be contradicting and defeating the very purpose of having the temple and its shrine.
In 1977, the lord saint said. "Members should show respect to God and Divinity by dedicating temple shrine (place where members gather in worship) wholly for praying and worship and nothing else"
Thus there are two transgressions or wrongs a temple should not have.
The first is to mistake a concrete building as a temple or shrine when it is the right minded people with spiritual focus which constitute a temple.
The second is to allow a sacred temple premise for the gathering and social agenda of people who pay no primary focus to doctrine and divinity.
These two transgressions can be the problems of any temple or church.
But a temple in the name of Lord Bo Tien will have to be exemplary to all other temples or churches. Thank God and lord saint, that this would have been the case for any Bo Tien temple.
The first is to mistake a concrete building as a temple or shrine when it is the right minded people with spiritual focus which constitute a temple.
The second is to allow a sacred temple premise for the gathering and social agenda of people who pay no primary focus to doctrine and divinity.
These two transgressions can be the problems of any temple or church.
But a temple in the name of Lord Bo Tien will have to be exemplary to all other temples or churches. Thank God and lord saint, that this would have been the case for any Bo Tien temple.
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