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Originally Posted by nono1973
I remember watching a Ji Gong drama 活佛济公 in my younger days (Ji Gong is yet another Buddha from the Buddhist realm and a deity worshiped among Taoism). One fine day when Ji Gong tells his teacher that he has "awakened" (一念觉醒), he walked right to the middle of the altar in the temple where everyone was either praying or worshiping ; and start to strip himself until completely naked.
Of course during then, he was bombard and kicked out of the temple by his teachers and seniors. His life story is more about his travels around his country (aka the world by the story's definition),and being a Buddhist,yet be controversially drinking alcohol and consuming dog meat (which is against Buddhism law).
His explanation base on the then teaching was 酒肉穿肠过 (what he eat goes into your body and later comes out again).What he eats and drink is a work of the external appearance. Meaning to say, i can do all the Good Work by appearance that any super duper ultra devoted believers would normally do...but if my own heart is evil, constantly plotting against others, forever trying to stir discord with words/actions, creating trouble etc etc... I will be afterall no better than those who dont do ANY of those so call "Good Work". Thats solely my own understanding of its meaning.
I believe his teaching is more about not to be bound by the appearance of the worldly,be it action or by speech but be more focusing on the good heart and the good spiritual self. Do more good deeds, do less harmful things, have a good heart and bring out goodness in the world. |
At this point of reading yr summary,i wonder if there'd be any ji gong altar in any temples of batam. I remember when i used to go to batam w my family some years back,the very first venues we often go to was to their temples. Praying for things to go smoothly in real life.
On my nxt trip,likely in 2017,i'd love to pay a visit to some of these temples there. A new year,& a new beginning,hopefully everything would be blessed to go smoothly.
Thx for sharing those details in yr summary, together with a few good lessons well-taught.