- 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 asked again, “Among the requirements for ascending to the status of dharma strong and Māra defeated, it is said that one must gain liberation from birth, old age, sickness, and death. Does this refer to the state of ‘passing away while sitting or dying while standing’ as the eminent Buddhist monks of the past have done?” The Founding Master said, “It means that one has fully mastered the truth of neither arising nor ceasing, so that one is not bound by birth or death.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
37
He asked again, “Among the requirements for ascending to the status of dharma strong and Māra defeated, it is said that one must gain liberation from birth, old age, sickness, and death. Does this refer to the state of ‘passing away while sitting or dying while standing’ as the eminent Buddhist monks of the past have done?” The Founding Master said, “It means that one has fully mastered the truth of neither arising nor ceasing, so that one is not bound by birth or death.”
