- Chapter One: Prologue
- Chapter Two: Doctrine
- Chapter Three: Practice
- Chapter Four: The Way of Humanity
- Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
- Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
- Chapter Seven: The Principle of the Nature
- Chapter Eight: Buddhahood
- Chapter Nine: Sending on Spirits in Transition
- Chapter Ten: Belief and Dedication
- Chapter Eleven: Maxims
- Chapter Twelve: Exemplary Acts
- Chapter Thirteen: On the Order
- Chapter Fourteen: Prospects
- Chapter Fifteen: Entrusting
Dictionary
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Three: Practice
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The Founding Master addressed the congregation at a regular dharma meeting, “When you are listening to a dharma talk or a lecture, you must pay attention as if you were about to receive a great treasure. Whatever beneficial words a dharma teacher or lecturer speaks, those words will not have their full practical effect if the listener does not catch their point and listens carelessly. Thus, if you listen carefully with sound spirit to whatever words you hear, assessing what you hear against your own practice and against sensory conditions, then you will gain much and, at the same time, it will naturally enable you to reflect upon your actual situation. The merit of regular dharma meetings will consequently become all the more apparent.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Three: Practice
25
The Founding Master addressed the congregation at a regular dharma meeting, “When you are listening to a dharma talk or a lecture, you must pay attention as if you were about to receive a great treasure. Whatever beneficial words a dharma teacher or lecturer speaks, those words will not have their full practical effect if the listener does not catch their point and listens carelessly. Thus, if you listen carefully with sound spirit to whatever words you hear, assessing what you hear against your own practice and against sensory conditions, then you will gain much and, at the same time, it will naturally enable you to reflect upon your actual situation. The merit of regular dharma meetings will consequently become all the more apparent.”
