Sun Myung Moon
March 1998
The Way for Young People, Chapter 2
Section 3: The Way of a True Person
What is the Unification Church trying to do? It is not just trying to make great men, but saints. A great man has enemies; a saint does not. A great man loves only his nation, whereas a saint loves the whole of humankind. A great man cannot go to God when He accuses him of not loving the whole of humankind, but a saint can go directly to God. What is the Unification Church trying to do? Are we trying to create great men or saints? “Saints.” (38-263)
Who is a saint (Sung In)? The word sung is a combination of ear, mouth, and king. So a saint is a king of the ear and of the mouth. (147-282)
What kind of person is a saint? A saint is someone who lives for the sake of all people, nature, and even the whole universe, working hard eternally, day and night. Is there any objection to this? No one can deny this definition. (133-18)
What is the standard of a saint? What determines sainthood is the heart to give oneself even in pieces for the sake of something greater: the world, heaven and earth, God, and all things. (20-182)
A saint is not national but global. Furthermore, he is global not just centering on human beings but on God. Without God, no one can be a saint. (38-262)
So far, the way of the saint has been the spiritual origin of the world culture, which has been developing throughout history. Culture has always developed based on religion. (39-257)
What do you have to do in order to be a world-renowned figure? You cannot just live by human ethics; nor can you just live centering on human beings. Human beings cannot go beyond the level of their county. Heaven alone can go beyond the level of the country. Without a cosmic philosophy, you cannot go beyond your country. You should know this. For this reason, everyone who has made it to the list of saints is a religious leader. (38-260)
Saints have introduced God. Did those who joined the ranks of saints worship God or not? Is there anyone who became a saint without God? Saints not only taught human ethics; they also taught the heavenly way. (33-291, 39-316)
What did the saints teach? Necessarily, they taught about God. (34-196)
The Teachings of the Saints
Saints mainly taught about heaven. They taught about the will of heaven rather than human norms. In other words, they showed the path for human beings based on the heavenly will. The teachings of those who said we should live according to the heavenly will have become global teachings. The saints achieved sainthood by becoming global and cosmic people, respected by all humanity. (39-257)
Saints should teach true life, true character, and then true love. Also, they should teach the true character of God. (103-15)