- 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
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The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
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He also asked, “It is said that as practitioners of the Way proceed with their cultivation, they will reach the stage in which they perform the ‘liberation of the corpse.’ Which status does one need to achieve for this to occur?” The Founding Master said, “Some people are unable to do this even though they have ascended to the status of tathāgata, but others have done so by concentrating on a specific type of partial cultivation, although they have neither ‘seen the nature’ nor achieved even the status of Māra defeated. But you cannot say that through this they have achieved the well-rounded Way. Therefore, in the coming age, no matter how well you have mastered all knowledge from astronomy above to geography below, managed to separate flesh from bone, or achieved superpowers, you are still only partially a person of the Way unless you understand the human affairs and universal principles governing this world. Therefore, you must proceed with the simultaneous training in the Threefold Study and nurture a well-rounded character.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
36
He also asked, “It is said that as practitioners of the Way proceed with their cultivation, they will reach the stage in which they perform the ‘liberation of the corpse.’ Which status does one need to achieve for this to occur?” The Founding Master said, “Some people are unable to do this even though they have ascended to the status of tathāgata, but others have done so by concentrating on a specific type of partial cultivation, although they have neither ‘seen the nature’ nor achieved even the status of Māra defeated. But you cannot say that through this they have achieved the well-rounded Way. Therefore, in the coming age, no matter how well you have mastered all knowledge from astronomy above to geography below, managed to separate flesh from bone, or achieved superpowers, you are still only partially a person of the Way unless you understand the human affairs and universal principles governing this world. Therefore, you must proceed with the simultaneous training in the Threefold Study and nurture a well-rounded character.”
