The World Is a Relection of the Mind

C o n t e n t s

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