This directory contains the first fifty completed English reading editions from Yang Ning’s 2013 chatroom teachings. The original Chinese articles and teaching videos remain the source material. January February April May June August January 2013 Day Teaching ID 5 Attaining Fruition Is Really the Fulfillment of Cognition 10001 Is Learning the Buddha-Dharma Important to You? … Read more
For now, don’t worry about the dream; first, take care of your worldly life. After all, it’s a dream—just treat it as a dream for now. That dream still affects you. You’re attached to living a worldly life in the dream, aren’t you? But you’re not clear enough in the dream right now, so you … Read more
Although writing consists of characters, it should be like a painting, expressing its artistic conception. The artistic conception must have variation: lightness and weight, and airy openness. Airy openness conveys layers; to convey layers, the writing needs blank space, or turns, point-and-press, horizontal strokes, left-falling strokes, and so on. These turns in the brushstrokes give … Read more
I. The Origins and Aims of Qigong Back then in China, much of qigong came from Daoism and Buddhism; certain Dharma doors were selected from within them. What they sought was to strengthen the body and promote health. Because their aims were different, they remained at a certain level. But a few teachers use qigong … Read more
You can see your own state of mind, and it rarely fluctuates. So it’s not that you have no troubles; when you do, you deal with them. But when a problem arises, you don’t become unbearably troubled—that’s not how it is. Some things can be solved, and some may not be. But it’s not that … Read more
Why be afraid? Afraid of what? Afraid of whom? If he’s afraid, that’s perfectly normal. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid someone will harm you? If you can reach through heaven and earth, then so be it—you already can reach through heaven and earth. You didn’t even have yourself to begin with, so … Read more
When you quiet down, many capacities begin to emerge. We usually do not notice them. Many situations like this are part of a process. As you sit here cultivating, these are all perfectly normal phenomena. Do not concern yourself with them; they are simply changes in the energy channels. The energy channels too are an … Read more
It’s all right; it will open later. But that should happen when your mind is very clear. If you see it now, you may sometimes become attached to appearances and create obstacles; not seeing it now is actually a good thing for you. Don’t pursue it. Just practice quietly. Looking at the ocean is quite … Read more
It’s all right. For you, perhaps one day you’ll just stop trying to manage them, thinking, “There are so many thoughts; there’s really nothing I can do.” It’s all right. Many, many thoughts are no different from one thought, or from one or two thoughts. Many thoughts do not mean many obstacles. That’s not how … Read more
That’s all right—then keep moving. That’s all right. You can move; why not move? You can move, you can let it move. But its movement is also a false mark. Movement and stillness are just two phenomena. But when you move, you are being pulled along and carried away with it. Most importantly, you follow … Read more