Preface xi The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua xv Wisdom Awaits Discovery May 1978 Loss is gain, gain is loss 1 The Bodhisattva Way 6 But you don't notice when you bow 7 Timeless oracles 8 A clipped fingernail which slowly moved through the sky 9 Mr. Touchdown does meditation 13 I'll be trapped in this house forever! 14 King Kong or Mickey Mouse 17 The Peanut Butter Kid 18 No room left to run 21 How can you go wrong? 21 I wonder why anyone talks 24 I sat on the rug like a sponge 30 Please clean head saw after use 31 Stronger than a hurricane 34 We become what we behold 38 I used to think I knew myself 39 Confused by so much freedom 40 Bone-chilling wind 41 We seek nothing for ourselves 41 Draw near the rouge and you turn red 42 It creates harmony and good vibrations 44 I just wanted to give something 44 Not imaginary; fact, not fantasy 48 Kids ask the best questions 49 To learn and constantly revise 54 We never separate from it 55 A message of faith and humility 57 They hold on tightly and do not let go 57 The capacity of the mind is vast and great 59 As an unrequested friend for all living beings 60 Relaxed my strict, one-bowl vow 66 Whichever one suits you, that one is the best 67 Ratso Rizzo at the buffet party 70 I saw the Emperor! 71 I've been Working on the Railroad 74 He clearly knows his own strengths and limitations 75 June 1978 Pretty talk often hides a dagger 80 Be careful not to believe your own mind 81 They're waiting for us in San Luis Obispo 83 Shake a leg! Time for evening recitation 84 Goody, goody! 86 It's there, and yet it's not 86 Have a face like a car tire 88 Iíªm a goner for sure this time 91 We will all make it all the way 93 Thinking about thinking 94 They can make hell look like paradise 96 So you don't drink beer, eh? 98 For hundreds of thousands of millions 99 They wanted to talk and camp the night 101 Mechanics who change the flat tires of the world 103 This too is an attachment 103 The two biggest screwballs 104 Vigor and hard work beat the lazy demons 105 Talking and writing seem totally empty and useless 106 That's how it is in every thought 107 We are off the íºslideí¿ now 108 Stuffing my mind full without digesting 109 Something no cultivator should be without 109 A thousand eyes, to rescue those in need 111 Ate too much at lunch 113 You pay a high price for gluttony 113 Going completely on faith; It's all we have 114 The official NFL all-pro football 118 I'm not from this planet 120 Good times are just another kind of pain 123 It should be as vast as empty space 128 I could chew one verse for weeks 132 Get í-em. Wipe í-em out! 134 The battle of the Big Sur winds 136 Ride the wind and benefit the world 150 The wind is unobstructed, why aren't you? 151 Windstorm now into sixth day 154 It's all over now. Everything's okay 156 The cure to the illness of birth and death 163 A close and trusted friend 167 Poorer outside and richer inside 171 They are your best Good Knowing Advisors 174 I wish I had dropped the bag of tricks at the gate 177 Bio-degradable motel room 178 She didn't know our practice 180 Only a few feet away from the door 182 July 1978 It could all vanish in the next instant 187 íºMartyí¿ was itching to come forth again 188 Show me your poor hands 198 Riding the boat to the other shore 200 Empty-handed one sees Yama 200 For every situation there's a method 203 Sometimes I forget it, but it never forgets me 203 You should have them, but just not use them 205 There are no secret formulas 206 Bounced like a ping-pong ball 207 Turn one wheel at a time! 209 The genuine íºold cultivatorí¿ splits a peach 213 The Dharma-ending Age and Good Knowing Advisors 214 A big Dharma holiday 221 Not admi
