Chapter 2 Table of contents
Jet Li's preface is a good show without a show... 4
Translator's Preface... 4
The preface is another book introducing Buddhism... 5
Chapter One Manifestation and Impermanence... 8
Baby rattles and other distractions... 9
Seeking truth can be like a bad thing... 10
Discovery of Buddha... 11
"At present"... 12
Yet we still ignore it... 13
Instability... 13
Cause and Condition: The egg is cooked, you can't change it... 14
Clear Benefits... 15
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... 16
Impermanence is good news... 17
The story of the old monk... 18
Chapter 2 Emotions and Pain... 18
Definition of Personal Happiness... 19
Socialized Definition of Pleasure... 20
Uncountable variety of emotions... 21
Getting to the Roots: The (Non-Existent) Self... 22
Habits: Allies of the Ego... 23
Battle with ego... 24
What about love? ... 25
Chapter 3 Everything Is Empty... 26
Catch Emptiness... 27
Our limited logic... 28
Rivers of Yesterday: Accepting Partial Logic... 29
Buddha was not a masochist... 30
Relative Truth: There Is "Somehow"... 31
It's your attachment that traps you... 32
Reality: not fable, not magic, not lethal... 33
"The trap of tie and emotion". 33
The Buddha's Teachings: Dharma as Placebo... 34
Clear Interest: The Sequel... 35
Chapter 4 Nirvana transcends the concept... 37
Paradise: The Ultimate Vacation? ... 37
Happiness is not the goal... 38
Happy Trap... 39
Hope and Primordial Peace... 40
"A ray of light through a dark storm"... 41
what kind of feeling? ... 42
Benefits Beyond Time and Space... 43
No difference, no concept, no tie... 44
Renunciation: The Void is the End... 45
Conclusion... 46
Insight is the ultimate point of reference... 46
The Wonderful Logic of the Four Seals... 48
A Deeper Look at Karma, Purity and Nonviolence... 48
Four Seals: An Indivisible Whole... 49
Abundance in renunciation... 49
Cups and Tea: Wisdom in Culture... 51
Practicing Harmony... 53
Postscript... 53
thanks... 54