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− | 131:8.1 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_94#94:5._THE_STRUGGLE_FOR_TRUTH_IN_CHINA messengers of Melchizedek] penetrated far into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China China], and the [[doctrine]] of one [[God]] became a part of the earlier teachings of several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_China Chinese religions]; the one [[persisting]] the longest and containing most of the [[monotheistic]] [[truth]] was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoism], and Ganid collected the following from the teachings of its founder: | + | 131:8.1 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_94#94:5._THE_STRUGGLE_FOR_TRUTH_IN_CHINA messengers of Melchizedek] penetrated far into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China China], and the [[doctrine]] of one [[God]] became a part of the earlier teachings of several [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_China Chinese religions]; the one [[persisting]] the longest and containing most of the [[monotheistic]] [[truth]] was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoism], and Ganid collected the following from the teachings of its founder: |
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| 131:8.2 " How [[pure]] and tranquil is the [[Supreme]] One and yet how [[powerful]] and mighty, how [[deep]] and unfathomable! This God of heaven is the [[honored]] [[ancestor]] of all things. If you know the [[Eternal]], you are [[enlightened]] and [[wise]]. If you know not the [[Eternal]], then does [[ignorance]] [[manifest]] itself as [[evil]], and thus do the [[passions]] of [[sin]] arise. This wondrous [[Being]] existed before the [[heavens]] and the [[earth]] were. He is truly [[spiritual]]; he stands alone and changes not. He is indeed the world's [[mother]], and all [[creation]] moves around him. This Great One imparts himself to men and thereby enables them to excel and to [[survive]]. Even if one has but a little [[knowledge]], he can still walk in the ways of [[the Supreme]]; he can [[conform]] to the [[Law|will]] of [[heaven]]. | | 131:8.2 " How [[pure]] and tranquil is the [[Supreme]] One and yet how [[powerful]] and mighty, how [[deep]] and unfathomable! This God of heaven is the [[honored]] [[ancestor]] of all things. If you know the [[Eternal]], you are [[enlightened]] and [[wise]]. If you know not the [[Eternal]], then does [[ignorance]] [[manifest]] itself as [[evil]], and thus do the [[passions]] of [[sin]] arise. This wondrous [[Being]] existed before the [[heavens]] and the [[earth]] were. He is truly [[spiritual]]; he stands alone and changes not. He is indeed the world's [[mother]], and all [[creation]] moves around him. This Great One imparts himself to men and thereby enables them to excel and to [[survive]]. Even if one has but a little [[knowledge]], he can still walk in the ways of [[the Supreme]]; he can [[conform]] to the [[Law|will]] of [[heaven]]. |
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| 131:8.6 " They who [[know]] the [[laws]] of the [[Eternal]] are [[wise]]. [[Ignorance]] of the [[divine]] [[law]] is misery and disaster. They who know the laws of [[God]] are liberal minded. If you know the [[Eternal]], even though your [[body]] perish, your [[soul]] shall [[survive]] in [[spirit]] [[service]]. You are truly [[wise]] when you [[recognize]] your insignificance. If you abide in the [[light]] of the [[Eternal]], you shall [[enjoy]] the [[enlightenment]] of the [[Supreme]]. Those who [[dedicate]] their [[persons]] to the [[service]] of [[the Supreme]] are [[joyous]] in this pursuit of the [[Eternal]]. When man dies, the [[spirit]] begins to wing its long flight on the great [[home]] [[journey]]. " | | 131:8.6 " They who [[know]] the [[laws]] of the [[Eternal]] are [[wise]]. [[Ignorance]] of the [[divine]] [[law]] is misery and disaster. They who know the laws of [[God]] are liberal minded. If you know the [[Eternal]], even though your [[body]] perish, your [[soul]] shall [[survive]] in [[spirit]] [[service]]. You are truly [[wise]] when you [[recognize]] your insignificance. If you abide in the [[light]] of the [[Eternal]], you shall [[enjoy]] the [[enlightenment]] of the [[Supreme]]. Those who [[dedicate]] their [[persons]] to the [[service]] of [[the Supreme]] are [[joyous]] in this pursuit of the [[Eternal]]. When man dies, the [[spirit]] begins to wing its long flight on the great [[home]] [[journey]]. " |
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