- 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 Nine: Sending on Spirits in Transition
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A disciple asked, “Because I still have not resolved this doubt about birth and death, my life feels like a mayfly’s and everything in this world seems futile. What shall I do?” The Founding Master answered, “In ancient writings it says, ‘Ordinarily, looking from the perspective of change, even heaven and earth do not stay the same for a single moment; looking from the perspective of the unchanging, all things and I are unending.’ Inquire often into the meaning of this passage.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Nine: Sending on Spirits in Transition
14
A disciple asked, “Because I still have not resolved this doubt about birth and death, my life feels like a mayfly’s and everything in this world seems futile. What shall I do?” The Founding Master answered, “In ancient writings it says, ‘Ordinarily, looking from the perspective of change, even heaven and earth do not stay the same for a single moment; looking from the perspective of the unchanging, all things and I are unending.’ Inquire often into the meaning of this passage.”
