by Hidemaru Deguchi
Translated by Bodhi Fishman and Masamichi Tanaka
Table of contents
PartⅠ. The Path of Self-Cultivation
Without Selfishness, No fear.
To Know One’s True Self.
Recommending Self-Examination.
Oneself As Part of the Whole
Don’t be Confined by Notions of Hell
Part Ⅱ. In Search of Human Sincerity
One Who Can Weep and Feel Anger
True Merit Shows in Times of Adversity.
Living in Freedom
Devote Yourself to What You Believe to be Your Very Best.
Self-Cultivation to Our Final Moment
Producing the Driving Force for Advancement
Don’t Encase yourself in a Hard Shell
Part Ⅲ. A Way of Life Awakended to Love
Don’t Try to Show Off Your Merits
Mingling Together Like Clear Water
Appropriate Action
Don’t Be Enslaved By Ideology
Cultivating Conjugal Love
Part Ⅳ. Action Cultivates True Strength
Practice Instead of Theory
Seek With Your Own Self
Spurring on the Body
Experiencing Varied Circumstances
Living From the Gut
Part Ⅴ. By Nature’s Providence
A World of Interest
Working in Accord with Nature’s Timing
Surrounded by Innumerable Teachers
Going With the Flow
Following the Rhythms of Heaven and Earth
This World’s an Interesting Place
Part Ⅵ. Living with All One’s Might
Looking Above, Looking Below…
From Between Two Opposing Things/Forces
Living Appropriately
Sometimes Fighting is Best
“Good” or “Evil”
