Separation and treason!

Since the dawn of time, in human relations, the separation and betrayal are always present as an infallible destiny of any meeting. They become a source of suffering! A source of inspiration for the dramaturgy because in any meeting germ already the separation!
 Especially in martial arts’ world these phenomena are very common! 

The wording of the maxim bitter, turns out that a high degree of accuracy: " the life of the masters is meant to be betrayed, as the law, it is meant to be raped!" 
Indeed, when the master has risen to his disciples his knowledge and above all the strength and power, he must expect a crazy ambition who wakes the little kid of yesteryear already became a warrior strong and solid in whose eyes Shine the lust. 
He dreams of getting out of control of his master became now a yoke which suffocates him, holding his pride in the race to success, even has struggled fiercely against any link that was attached to the teaching of his master. So, he's plotting a betrayal camouflaged in separation! 

In all circles of society, a good separation is rare, because it exists only on the condition which is made by people of good faith who respect a certain code of ethics. The more that, according to the oriental culture, the master-disciple relationship is sacred or even comparable to the relationship as father & son and is not, at any time, considered a trade association or a political alliance! And this link is always constant from the beginning of the commitment until its end under a strict code of honor of trust, faithfulness and loyalty.


The oath of initiation clearly stipulates: if one day the disciple would violate the code of honor, would betray his master and would deny the path, he would subsequently the worst punishment of ancestors!
 So those who, by ambition and by wickedness want to divert the truth, not respecting their master nor the path, trying to put the fire was the ancestral home, have committed a crime of high treason. And this is far from being a separation. 

Like the theory of Yin & Yang, which applies in all walks of life, so that also applies in the field of Kung-Fu, since the black and white exists at the same time, there are also bad Masters; especially in this period of decline of the track! In such a circumstance, the disciple always has the right to leave his master as he left his home, by closing the door slowly behind. This delicacy demonstrates a recognition of the good times past and this gesture cannot be done by a heart noble!

We never says: separated from his house or his master. But they say simply: I left my house, I left my school and I left my country!
 But once that betrayal is made, it is the shadow that will haunt the entire existence of the traitor.


The die is cast!


Grand Master Nam Anh

Montreal,  September 15th 2013

A well-known Master has shared his opinions on this matters . 

 

……Your Grand Master is entirely correct. The key point is that an oath has been broken. It's tragic when a master is betrayed. However, the reality is even deeper: the disciple has broken his own oath. Let's say, theoretically, that the Grand Master wanted to ignore any consequences and didn't resent the disciple: that would NOT remove the consequences of the betrayal.

As soon as someone breaks an oath, the reaction is immediate. How can it be otherwise? When we take an oath, we expect to be admitted to the system and to benefit from its protection, prestige, and wisdom immediately, don't we? Therefore, breaking the oath would be just as immediate.

We can't expect to receive all the good, but avoid the bad if we break our promises. Whatever the betrayers suffer as a result of their own actions is not because the Grand Master "sent" punishments. It's because the betrayers accepted those consequences the moment they first took their oaths. The entire situation is sad. I'm sorry for all involved. It's bad enough if someone can't learn the art. But to have learned the art to a level high enough to be a disciple and then to destroy oneself by breaking one's oath is far worse. I do hope that there will be some resolution to this tragic situation, that peace will find everyone involved, and that the school will prosper.

Again, please give my regards to your Grand Master.

Master Deng Ming Dao

San Francisco September 16th 2013

*** Biography of Deng Ming-Dao

Author of eight books, including 365 Tao, Everyday Tao, Scholar Warrior, and Chronicles of Tao. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and studied with two other masters before that. He is an award-winning graphic designer and fine artist whose work is in several collections, including those of the Brooklyn Museum