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.
Writing up to this point reminds me a question i would like to ask, which part of Singapore has the highest concentration places of worship within a 3 km radius? Or put it in another term,which part of Singapore has the highest concentration of temples,churches etc within a 3 km radius?
You may wish to google Temples around Geylang,hehehe...below is my findings :
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I dont know your answer/s,but my bet is on the Red Light District of Singapore,hehehe...and at 1st i even wonder why so? Then i learned of a little idea when i try to stand on "their" perspective to look at things.
Makes complete sense,right? Why would deities or any good higher sovereign beings be in a place where there is ONLY peace and no evil? Red Light district is the only place in any country where the 7 deadly sins can be found heavily mutiplying in. The rest will up to your own wisdom to figure.
Ok,so much for the lesson/s I learned and shared with my girl when I watch Legend of Monkey King 2 in Batam for the 1st night,hehehe...it was a good ice breaker. (glad to see she didn't faint,hehehe...)
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After the in-room movie and our ice breaking session, one more pop with more emotion element before heading to do some work on my laptop, followed by dream land,hehehe...was super tired and I had a morning appointment with a bro to be linking up for breakfast the next morning and yet another bro to a men's spa for some tcss.
Today's schedule is Breakfast with a bro,Lunch at a2 food court,followed by Windsor Tua Pek Kong praying,send my girl back to room and then head to meet up with another bro at a men's Spa. And dinner was yet another link up with another bro who hasn't been to Batam for more than a year at Food Colony. An ultra busy day,hehehe...
Continue from the same morning.....
How time flies,my 1st night was over just like that. Woke up,wash up a little and head down to meet a bro for a linked up breakfast. Like always,super stingy me treat the bro who linked up with me a FREE breakfast by the hotel,hehehe...ok,hotel food was alright but cant beat Formosa nor Da Vienna version in many ways. Its the 1st time I take their breakfast on the ground floor. The last time I had breakfast there,it was on the 11th floor.
And I wasn't exactly super stingy,becos when I treat a bro with me for free breakfast,i will have to buy my girl breakfast and this is my 2nd day of my trip and this breakfast from my girl creates a little commotion. My girl ordered a Kwei tiau goreng at 50k,and it turn out the bill becomes 88K+. I didn't pay for it and the whole ordeal turns out that I have to face off with the restaurant manager for more than 20 mins.The in-roon food menu :
I am wondering how many tourists who ordered their restaurant menu food from the hotel were conned off paying 66% extra. So guys, check your bill whenever you order anything from Batam Biz Hotel. I highly doubt the menu price has been changed after I left the hotel. This hotel is deteriorating in terms of facilities and service standard.
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