Prescription for the Heart

by Xingyun; Hsi, Miao; Lai, Cherry; Stevens, Robin

• ISBN13: 9781932293029
• ISBN10: 1932293027
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-30
• Publisher: Buddhas Light Pub

Summary

When the Merit Times launched in Taiwan in 2001, Venerable Master Hsing Yun began writing the daily column "Between Ignorance and Enlightenment." With each column, Master Hsing Yun considered different topics from culture, politics, and literature, as well as the common experiences of everyday life to show the possibility to learn and grow in any situation. Now available in English, the Between Ignorance and Enlightenment series collects the very best of this groundbreaking column. Each volume captures the spontaneity and breadth that has endeared Between Ignorance and Enlightenment to readers around the world, and displays the immediacy for which the column is named: that this next moment, this next thought, may be the difference between ignorance and enlightenment.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. i
Preface	p. iii
Words from the Editor	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. viii
The Energy of Life	p. 1
The Four Seasons of Life	p. 3
A Positive View on Life	p. 5
The Enemies of Life	p. 7
Extramarital Affairs	p. 9
The Wrong Friends	p. 11
A Society of Advertisements	p. 13
The Abhorrence of Falsehood	p. 15
The Abhorrence of Attachments	p. 17
The Malice of Gossip	p. 19
The Importance of Unity	p. 21
Harmony Between the Self and Others	p. 23
The Wonder of Being Disadvantaged	p. 25
To Take Delight in Learning One's Own Mistakes	p. 27
The Importance of Making Affinity	p. 29
Duty and Responsibility	p. 31
The Reality of Supernatural Powers	p. 33
Inspirations of the Moon	p. 35
Life is But a Traveler	p. 37
The Almighty Human	p. 39
The Doors and Windows of the Mind	p. 41
The Fruit of Diligence	p. 43
The Tastes of Life	p. 45
To be One's Own Boss	p. 47
To Make Friends with Enemies	p. 49
To Never Retire	p. 51
To Take Care of Our Thoughts	p. 53
To Walk Out of the Shadow	p. 55
A Life of Being Front and Center	p. 57
A Life of Gratitude and Grudges	p. 59
A Matter of Course	p. 61
A Sense of Danger	p. 63
About Taking Forty Winks	p. 65
Accepting Hardship and Blame	p. 67
Contemplation	p. 69
Correcting One's Shortcomings	p. 71
The Empty Nest	p. 73
Encouragement Versus Criticism	p. 75
Exceeding Limits	p. 77
Faith is Treasure	p. 79
Fame and Fortune	p. 81
Fast Food Culture	p. 83
Good Health and Longevity	p. 85
Habitual Tendencies and Habits	p. 87
Honey on a Blade	p. 89
How to Settle Oneself	p. 91
In Our Own Hands	p. 93
Learning to Accept	p. 95
Life is Like a Ball	p. 97
Magnanimity	p. 99
Mind Management	p. 101
My Favorites	p. 103
Don't Go for Quick Results	p. 104
On Observing Words and Actions	p. 106
Our Beautiful World	p. 108
Plywood Philosophy	p. 110
Practice Filial Piety Here and Now	p. 112
Practice What We Preach	p. 114
Prescription for the Heart	p. 116
Pride and Arrogance	p. 118
Glossary	p. 120
About Venerable Master Hsing Yun	p. 130
About Buddha's Light Publishing and Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center	p. 131
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