Senior Bro Chong Sim, we salute you

Mission History and News No 15

 

 * cross reference Historical version of the 1983 message of Lord Bo Tien ...

 

 

 

In the first draft of his book "My interpretation of LORD BO TIEN'S MESSAGES (Tou-li)" the late Senior Bro Tay Chong Sim said in the undated preface of the book, 

 

In Lord Bo Tien's 1983* Birthday Message, He said,"His Doctrines (Tou-li) are for the teaching and guidance of His followers and if not understood, is like throwing them into the drain. If the followers still cannot understand the Doctrine, then when it rains, it means that Heaven is crying in pity for those not understanding His teachings." It will therefore be a great pity and loss to us if we have His Doctrine but cannot appreciate the wisdom that were indicated to us. Fortunately, I managed to obtain nine years of Lord Bo Tien's Birthday Messages from Pete Kong and was greatly impressed by the simple but yet very profound teaching given by Him. I had not been at all active in helping to promote interests and activities in both the temples in Sitiawan and in Singapore. I admired greatly the wondrous efforts and achievements carried out by members of both the temples and always had the feeling of being a spectator. Thus  I wanted to find out in what way I could play a part in His Mission. I tried to interpret His Messages into a "structured" form over the last few years without any success. Only when Ling and Pete encouraged me to interpret and compile His Birthday  Messages after my surgical operation, was I able to proceed under inspired but very trying condition. The compiled draft interpretation is to be edited with amendments, modifications, expansion of sections and so forth by the Management Committee so that the updated version, to be called "LORD BO TIEN'S GUIDANCE" will be the corrected accepted version. The printing of this draft is limited to 108 copies. It is meant as a record which enables me to  share my experience with those with similar interests.

 

The draft book was written in the few months before his passing away from terminal illness and little did inner truth netizen know that the book LORD BO TIEN'S GUIDANCE published in year 2000 was the culmination of the  efforts of Chong Sim. He is my elder cousin, the Kedah State civil engineer (Malaysia) and a distinguished Commonwealth Colombo Plan Scholar at Australia.   He is well remembered by members at both mission related temples - Sitiawan and Singapore.

 

 

 

Without the first draft book "My interpretation of LORD BO TIEN'S MESSAGES (Tou-li)" by the late Senior Bro Tay Chong Sim, there will be no LORD BO TIEN'S GUIDANCE. The latter enabled and continues to enable followers of the lord saint to have a record of His messages and teachings but more importantly it enabled inner truth netizen to launch the w.w.w. internet thrust to disseminate the messages and teachings of Lord Bo Tien globally through the Living Life Series.

In the Historical version of Bo Tien Chor Choo's 1978 Anniversary Message... LORD BO TIEN said that His Image, His Doctrine of Four Pillars and His shrine would spread far and wide. Senior Bro Chong Sim had kicked start the mission into reality by putting together the messages and penning his thoughts in thev first draft of his book which he named as "My interpretation of LORD BO TIEN'S MESSAGES (Tou-li)"  from which arose the year 2000 publication LORD BO TIEN'S GUIDANCE  the title of which was as he had suggested and requested.  

 

Senior Brother Chong Sim, we salute you  always and ever more. Your humble cousin, inner truth netizen, misses you and will write a series of posts to review your draft and will make available on w.w.w.where appropriate the many  insigthful interpretations you made which were, like it or not, somehow not included in the year 2000 book LORD BO TIEN'S GUIDANCE. They  will be posted in series 2 and listed below as and when they are posted. Omitofo and God bless.