- 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 said, “Have you ever seen heavenly beings? Heavenly beings do not reside in some distant heavenly realm. The infants over there are heavenly beings: since they don’t have one iota of selfishness in their minds, they receive heaven’s endowment through their mothers, but as their self-consciousness begins gradually to grow, their endowment from heaven also gradually comes to an end. People cultivating the Way without selfish thoughts will receive immeasurable endowments from heaven, but as soon as they begin to have selfish thoughts, the path to heaven’s endowments will also be blocked.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Three: Practice
35
The Founding Master said, “Have you ever seen heavenly beings? Heavenly beings do not reside in some distant heavenly realm. The infants over there are heavenly beings: since they don’t have one iota of selfishness in their minds, they receive heaven’s endowment through their mothers, but as their self-consciousness begins gradually to grow, their endowment from heaven also gradually comes to an end. People cultivating the Way without selfish thoughts will receive immeasurable endowments from heaven, but as soon as they begin to have selfish thoughts, the path to heaven’s endowments will also be blocked.”
