- 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, “You must foresee that there comes a moment of great danger when you are proceeding with your practice or your work. For practitioners, the moment of great danger occurs when various types of wisdom begin to open. For workers, it occurs when various rights and powers begin to devolve to them. This is because, when persons of lesser spiritual capacity begin to acquire a little wisdom, they could lose their dedication to great practice and easily become satisfied with petty wisdom; and, by acquiring a few rights and powers, the workers become selfish, greedy, and arrogant, no longer focusing on advancing the project. At such a time, if practitioners and workers are not careful, they will cause themselves to fall into the abyss.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Three: Practice
38
The Founding Master said, “You must foresee that there comes a moment of great danger when you are proceeding with your practice or your work. For practitioners, the moment of great danger occurs when various types of wisdom begin to open. For workers, it occurs when various rights and powers begin to devolve to them. This is because, when persons of lesser spiritual capacity begin to acquire a little wisdom, they could lose their dedication to great practice and easily become satisfied with petty wisdom; and, by acquiring a few rights and powers, the workers become selfish, greedy, and arrogant, no longer focusing on advancing the project. At such a time, if practitioners and workers are not careful, they will cause themselves to fall into the abyss.”
