C o n t e n t s
Preface 1
First Series: The Immutable True Characteristic 1
There Is Nothing in the World That
Can Last Forever 2
There Is No Way to Resist
Impermanence, But It Should Not Be Feared 8
Flowing and Changing Causal
Conditions Are the Mother of Change 14
Life Is a Giant Dream 21
The “Self” Is a Giant Illusion 28
What Do People Live For? 34
Section Two: Discover the Inherent Treasure of Life 41
The treasury of Life, Every One
Possesses 42
True Happiness Is a Light in the
Mind 49
All Are Memories, Past and Gone 55
Human Life Is a Continuous Struggle
with “The Self ” 62
How Many People Can Make a Lucid
Choice? 68
True Freedom Is the Wakefulness of
Wisdom 74
Freedom Is a Matter of Mind in
Accord with Mind 82
The Bright True Mind Is Always with
You 89
Take Hold of the Opportunity, and
Welcome the Awakening of
the Spiritual Nature 95
It’s Not That You Resolve a Question,
It’s That There Is No Question 102
Section Three: Find Your True Enemy 109
We Have So Many Misunderstandings of
the World and of Life 110
Do Not Fall into the Spider Web of
Desire and Greed 117
The Discriminating Mind Is the
Source of Myriad Evils 123
Wake Up From the Delusions of False
Thoughts 129
Doubt Is the Great Enemy of
Happiness 136
Anger and Arrogance Are Stumbling
Blocks for Freedom 142
Keep Your Eyes Open, and Stay Far
Away from Evil Companions 147
Section Four: Because of Wisdom, Life Changes 155
The Mind of Detachment Is Not a
Temporary Emotion 156
The Enlightened Teacher Is a Beacon
for the Spirit 163
Let Good Actions Change Your Mind
and Spirit 170
True Maturity Is the Maturity of the
Mind and Spirit 178
The Object of Cultivation Must Be Your
Mind 185
Life Changes Because of Wisdom 192Preserve Pure Awareness, Listen to
the Voice of the Inner Mind 198
Where There Are No Thoughts,
Preserve a Spiritually Alive Awareness 205
Understand That Life Is Like a
Dream, and Treat Yourself and Other People Well 212
The Clarity and Strength to Master
Your Life Comes from the True Mind 220
Build Something Relatively Eternal
amid Empty Illusion 226
Section Five: Plant the Seeds of Great Love in the
Field of the Mind 233
Real Solitude Is a Realm of
Experience 234
Use the Mind That Transcends the
World To Do Things in the World 240
To Do Well in the Present Moment Is
the Best Ultimate Concern 245
Fundamentally, There Is No Conflict
Between Believing It and Putting
It into Practice 251
Bad Theories Are the Soil that
Breeds Evil Deeds 258
Good and Evil Go Together Like Light
and Darkness 265
Plant Great Love in the Field of the
Mind 271
Don’t Expect Yourself to Be Able to
Hold onto Flowing Water 277
Afterword: What Is a Genuine Disciple Like? 283