Preface 1 First Series: The Immutable True Characteristic 1 There Is Nothing in the World ThatCan Last Forever 2 There Is No Way to ResistImpermanence, But It Should Not Be Feared 8 Flowing and Changing CausalConditions 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 OnePossesses 42 True Happiness Is a Light in theMind 49 All Are Memories, Past and Gone 55 Human Life Is a Continuous Strugglewith “The Self ” 62 How Many People Can Make a LucidChoice? 68 True Freedom Is the Wakefulness ofWisdom 74 Freedom Is a Matter of Mind inAccord with Mind 82 The Bright True Mind Is Always withYou 89 Take Hold of the Opportunity, andWelcome 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 ofthe World and of Life 110 Do Not Fall into the Spider Web ofDesire and Greed 117 The Discriminating Mind Is theSource of Myriad Evils 123 Wake Up From the Delusions of FalseThoughts 129 Doubt Is the Great Enemy ofHappiness 136 Anger and Arrogance Are StumblingBlocks for Freedom 142 Keep Your Eyes Open, and Stay FarAway from Evil Companions 147 Section Four: Because of Wisdom, Life Changes 155 The Mind of Detachment Is Not aTemporary Emotion 156 The Enlightened Teacher Is a Beaconfor the Spirit 163 Let Good Actions Change Your Mindand Spirit 170 True Maturity Is the Maturity of theMind and Spirit 178 The Object of Cultivation Must Be YourMind 185 Life Changes Because of Wisdom 192Preserve Pure Awareness, Listen tothe Voice of the Inner Mind 198 Where There Are No Thoughts,Preserve a Spiritually Alive Awareness 205 Understand That Life Is Like aDream, and Treat Yourself and Other People Well 212 The Clarity and Strength to MasterYour Life Comes from the True Mind 220 Build Something Relatively Eternalamid Empty Illusion 226 Section Five: Plant the Seeds of Great Love in the Field of the Mind 233 Real Solitude Is a Realm ofExperience 234 Use the Mind That Transcends theWorld To Do Things in the World 240 To Do Well in the Present Moment Isthe Best Ultimate Concern 245 Fundamentally, There Is No ConflictBetween Believing It and Putting It into Practice 251 Bad Theories Are the Soil thatBreeds Evil Deeds 258 Good and Evil Go Together Like Lightand Darkness 265 Plant Great Love in the Field of theMind 271 Don’t Expect Yourself to Be Able toHold onto Flowing Water 277 Afterword: What Is a Genuine Disciple Like? 283
