功德費Special Contribution（星馬均用此名詞)

功德費Special Contribution（星馬均用此名詞)

(這是求道前要告訴新求道人功德費時,後學常使用的成全用語)

Special Contribution

Every one of us needs to receive the Heavenly Tao only once in our lifetime. Before we receive the Heavenly Tao, we need to make a special contribution. This special contribution is made only once in your lifetime when you received the Heavenly Tao at the temple. Subsequently when you come to the temple, you do not need to make any further contributions. This special contribution was fixed by Kuan Sheng Ti Chun(關聖帝君） to test whether people in this world are willing to part with monetary contribution.

The purpose of this special contribution is to print  moral books to gain good merits on your behalf. A common saying: “To teach others in a lifetime, one can use spoken words. But to teach others in one hundred lifetimes, one needs to use books.”  

 

What is the Heavenly Tao?

 

The word “Heavenly” indicates Heaven. “Tao” means the way or the path. The phrase “Heavenly Tao” means the way or the path by which our true self (soul) will have to take, when we live to a ripe old age, in order to return back to Heaven.

Just like the vehicle on the road, ship in the ocean, and airplane in the sky - they all have their own paths to travel. Similarly, our true self (soul) also has a path to take to return back to Heaven - this is the Heavenly Tao.

 

 What are the advantages of receiving the Heavenly Tao?

There are many advantages in receiving the Heavenly Tao. There are two great advantages of importance :

(i)            Able to surpass the cycle of birth and death

(ii)         Phenomenal Power to escape from calamities

So what can we based on to enable us to surpass the cycle of birth and death and to escape from calamities? It is based on the Three Treasures that our Holy Master – the one wearing the white robe called “Dian Chuan Shi” – has transmitted to us during the simple but solemn prayer ceremony, called the Tao receiving ceremony (initiation ceremony).  James  Tseng