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Normality today is to be enslaved by the material world to the point where individual happiness has not kept pace with increasing material prosperity. Have we lost our original nature in the pursuit of the external material world? Wang Yangming's School of Mind of nearly 500 years ago teaches us how to overcome external circumstances and seek the source of the great strength that lies in our innermost being. Wang Yangming's School of Mind is a gathering together of the achievements of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. It is one of the most representative and influential strands of Chinese philosophical thought and proposes that "conscience" is a cosmic prime principle innate in man that transcends all living things. The lifelong realization and practice of conscience is the only path towards self-fulfillment and perfection of character. This book uses Wang Yangming's principles of "Mind is Principle," "the unity of knowledge and action," and "the exercise of conscience" to describe the School of Mind in simple terms to enable you to understand your own original self and go on a journey of self-cultivation that will gain you a kind of inner freedom and strength.
Contents
Preface: Take the Road to Spiritual IndependencePart I This Is How Sages Are RefinedThe Skepticism of the Child Prodigy: Is Common Sense Reliable?The Path Towards SagehoodDo Not Waver, Maintain Your Inner FreedomThe Cheng-Zhu School of Reason and the Lu-Wang School of MindEnlightenment at Longchang: the Birth of the Yangming School of MindPart II Mind is Reason: The Road to Self-Realization Lies in the MindChapter 1 Trees and Flowers Amongst the Rocks: Wang Yangming's WorldviewChapter 2 Creating a Secret Chamber for Your SoulChapter 3 Personality Is the Source of HappinessChapter 4 Knowing One's Original SelfChapter 5 Retrieve the Joy of MindPart III The Unity of Knowledge and Action: Knowledge Is the Beginning of Action and Action Is the Culmination of KnowledgeChapter 6 Constructing One's Own World of MeaningChapter 7 Work Is Self-CultivationChapter 8 Constructing an Innermost Being Impervious to Both Adoration and InsultChapter 9 Transcending SufferingPart IV Exercise Conscience: Investigate for Knowledge, Act with Virtue and Eradicate EvilChapter 10 Characteristics of the Four Great Values of ConscienceChapter 11 The Journey Towards Self-CultivationChapter 12 Realizing Spiritual Transcendence in the Mundane WorldChapter 13 The Key to the World of the Mind: The Four Rules of ConscienceChapter 14 Establishing the Will to Achieve Sagehood
