Mission History and News: October 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Elder Ling and Mission Hiccups

Mission History and News No 8

Elder Ling Diung Kwong

The historical Mission Head or Ah Tau in Hokkien was appointed and anointed by Lord Bo Tien. The appointment decreed by God and the lord saint is etched in history and cannot be rewritten by men.

What God and the lord saint decide, let no man put aside. It would take men with self-righteousness and finite regard for the lord saint to do so. Such self-righteousness is to be expected of men at times and the flower should not be blamed for insects coming to it.

This is expected too in a physical temple of Lord Bo Tien but will also happen in the true temple of the lord- the universal temple that is Bo Tien Temple, though in the true temple, they could not make any impact.

Who the lord chooses to be a leader is the prerogative of the lord. The lord could choose to train even the wayward if he so decides but in the case of elder Ling, he is not wayward but at worst an unpolished diamond, as described by the lord saint.

Blame not the lord saint for men with self-righteousness due to ignorance coming to him, for the lord saint is loving and divine and they too must be given many opportunities to be more good though due to their misconceived self-righteousness, they may have to learn in their own unique ways. They too are capable of doing better and have their places too under the sun. After all, they too are sons of God and the saints, albeit prodigal sons of sorts.

The lord saint Lord Bo Tien is like the great ocean and no amount of human transgressions and shortcomings will sully or affect him or the mission. Such human follies merely attest to the truth of the doctrine he teaches.

This fate that befalls a temple will not spare religions and sects as well. Men despite expressed respect for divinity will somehow out of zeal of sorts take over and modify the agenda and directions to fit their needs.

All are near and dear to the lord be they far or near to him. The far can be near and the near can be far. Ultimately all are concerns of God and saints regardless of transgressions and human preferences.

Cheers. All men are brothers after all. Everyone has his place in God's kingdom so long as he can cultivate and have the God in him and he in God.

Praise the lord. Praise too to all men including elder Ling and all those with misconceived self-righteousness for all want to do good in their own ways and never intended to rub others the abrasive way. They would never want to be like that if only they are better cultivated in the gospel of life and God.

For more related content, go to What God and lord saint decide, let no man put aside Also go to It is God's will as well as The divine test a temple has to undergo

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Bo Tien mission-related temples

Four Bo Tien mission-related temples have been set up over time since 1970 with two in Singapore and two at Sitiawan. They are independent, autonomous but yet under the umbrella of the same mission. There is one Bo Tien Temple at Jurong Singapore and another Bo Tien Temple at Sitiawan. Another temple by name of Bo Ser Keng set up by a Mr. Tan Niap Peng at Boh Ling Sua Singapore lasted for some time and a fourth set up by the late Chee Sin Hee at Sitiawan Malaysia was named initially as Bo Tien Keng and later changed to Bo Tien Soo.... (not sure of the name). More temples are likely to be set up in the future so long as there are passionate followers of Lord Bo Tien. But it appears that only those temples which are seeded from Bo Tien Temple Singapore will continue to grow. Elder Ling would be able to throw more light on the matter.

The awning shed era - 1974 to 1978

at 11 3/4 ms 407A Woodlands Road Singapore marks the beginning of the mission. It was donated by Poona and was graced by a saint under Lord Bo Tien who goes by the honorific Tien Xin with characteristic pose of twin cross swords. Though not under the martial wing headed by Mou Chi Sun his cross swords is reflective of the cross arms of saint Mou Chi Sun. It had a zinc roof or awning with six metal pipe pillars. It is reflective of the teaching that the altar of the lord saint can be under the sky as heaven is the roof of the temple and religions are the pillars of God to bring salvation and save souls. The original altar at Woodlands is at the back in a debiliated hut and the shrine room there was vacated to house the aged destitute as per the direction of the lord saint Lord Bo Tien. Photo courtesy of Elder Ling

Published in year 2000 by Bo Tien Temple Singapore for its 32nd anniversary with Forward by Bro Peter Kong Meng Sin the then incumbent temple President. The book was compiled with advice of the late Senior Brother Philip Png and extracts of the early literary contributions of Dr. Siow Hong Him and of the Commonwealth Colombo Plan scholar and Kedah state civil engineer the late Senior Brother Tay Chong Sim. Many of the near verbatim transcriptions of Lord Bo Tien Chinese Hokkien messages were by Brother William Chew who was the Hon. Gen Secretary of the Bo Tien mission-related temple at old premises - 407A Woodlands Singapore. Chong Sim did the first draft for the book in the last few months before his passing away from terminal illness. He was so weak that he had to request a lady aide to get the draft book cyclostyled and bounded (108 copies). He requested that the final book to be published be named LORD BO TIEN'S GUIDANCE. Indeed his wish came true in year 2000 but the book omitted some key material substance in the messages of the lord saint and did not openly give due credit to him for writing the first draft. Why this had to be is anyone's guess and speculation. Perhaps the book is indeed independent from the first draft he wrote in his dying days. But what is most reassuring is that Lord Bo Tien did say that if Heaven wants, even the lost parts of doctrine/messages can be recovered and made available for men who have the heart in the mission of the lord saint. Chong Sim's first draft book contains the missing parts. This is just more than coincidental and is perhaps evidence of the hand of providence at work. Credit must be extended to Brother Peter Kong for supplying him the nine original translated scripts of the messages of Lord Bo Tien. No one in right mind would deny that the act of giving the scripts was a simple and yet very noble deed that will go down in the history of the mission.

The eventful post 2004 era

Elder Ling replaced as Chairman at Singapore connection at AGM in 2004

The burning of the shrine image in the immediate post 2004 period instead of placing it in museum at the top floor

The separation of welfare wing from temple as entity of its own in 2010 /2011

22nd March 2012: Elder Ling's membership was revoked at Singapore connection and on 23rd, the next day, a notice of the removal was put up at two notice boards.

24th March 2012: Elder Ling's trusteeship termination process was instituted at Singapore connection

For details, go to The eventful post 2004 era

Elder Ling Diung Kwong

Elder Ling's up and coming book

Mission History and Elder Ling

Read the above post in series 1. reviewing how the book by Elder Ling should be angled and correctly positioned. The views of inner truth netizen will always be that Elder Ling must balance the effective delivery of the history and steer clear of mention of individual personalities. The yin yang balance in this respect will determine the degree of value of the book. With Elder Ling's input and verbal consent, the jist of the Mission History has been included and posted in this Series 3 as five posts but due to editing and various constraints (such as readability, space and presentation), roles and names of many individuals have not been included as they might prefer to stay out of mention and publicity. The representation of the history regretably may thus be considered not adequate and not effective. Inner truth netizen regrets that some may be be upset over this but yin yang balance must be observed so that all will be better able to have more of the peace even if not exactly the divine inner peace of spirit in the twirls and swirls of life in the yin yang world.

13th May 2012

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The folly of man

The folly of men is often to idolise a man instead of God and saints. Man however good is not good enough. In fact, we should not even idolise God and saints and to make matters worse, go further to put words in their mouths. We should live in God by living in the Word of God and saints instead of being awed by the awesome goodness of God and saints. It would certainly be more far fetched to idolise man which would be unthinkable but many do this. Instead, we need to learn from both sides of a man - both the sunny side and the dark side. After all, life be it our own or of others is the living gospel and the gospel is God.

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