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+# 100 Questions on Life
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+——Evening Dialogues at the Bodhi Retreat, Xiyuan Temple
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+> Since 2007, Suzhou Xiyuan Temple has hosted the Bodhi Retreat for the general public. Each retreat lasts seven days and includes thematic Dharma talks, group refuge practice, the Three Refuges and Five Precepts, the Eight Precepts, bodhicitta precepts, meditation experience sessions, temple tours, pilgrimage, and Dharma-light transmission ceremonies. The program is arranged around the five essential elements of Buddhist practice—study, contemplation, and practice; and precepts, concentration, and wisdom—making it a rare opportunity for spiritual cultivation. To date, sixteen retreats have been held. During each retreat, an evening dialogue is held in front of the Heavenly King Hall, where monastic teachers, retreatants, and volunteers gather to share reflections and clarify doubts. This article is compiled from Master Jiqun's responses during these evening dialogues.
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+- I. Entering the Dharma Door
+- Use Reason Well, but Not as the Sole Criterion
+- Liberation Itself Is the Meaning
+- How to Find a Practice Suited to You
+- Should One Study Confucianism Before Buddhism?
+- Drawing on Many Strengths Requires Height
+- Faith Is Free
+- Choose with Your Questions in Mind
+- Can a Buddhist Visit Other Religious Sites?
+- What to Do If You Want to Ordain
+- Is Building Temples and Statues for Tourism Proper?
+- II. Recollecting the Three Jewels
+- Awaken the Buddha Within
+- How to Make Buddha-Recitation Effective
+- How to Maintain Pure Mindfulness
+- Can One See the Buddha by Recollecting and Reciting?
+- Does the Buddha Have a Lifespan?
+- Contemplative Practice Strengthens Faith
+- III. Taking the Precepts as Teacher
+- Management Without Someone Managing Others
+- What to Do When Keeping Precepts Is Difficult
+- Does Killing in Video Games Break the Precept?
+- Can One Fight in a War After Receiving Precepts?
+- Are Sentient Beings Really Equal?
+- How to Overcome the Habit of Eating Meat
+- Does Trading Stocks Break the Precept Against Stealing?
+- Defining False Speech
+- How to Face Improper Phenomena
+- Keeping Precepts Is a Conscious Choice After Seeing Reality
+- Karmic Offenses Are Also Conditioned Phenomena
+- IV. Attitudes and Methods
+- Favorable Conditions That Encourage Diligence
+- Should Aspirations Be Specific?
+- True Progress Lies in Applying What You Learn
+- Reciting Sutras Requires a Foundation
+- How to Overcome Physical Obstacles in Meditation
+- Skill Requires Training
+- Cultivate Inner and Outer Together, Maintain Your Practice
+- V. On the Bodhi Path
+- Meditation and the Refuge Daily Practice
+- When You Think of It, Do It
+- Consider Your Own Capacity
+- The Criterion for Assessing Practice
+- Is Rebirth in the Pure Land the Only Path?
+- Relying on a Teacher and Broad Learning
+- How to Practice the Dharma in Daily Life
+- What Identity Is Suitable for Practice?
+- VI. Hearing and Contemplating the True Dharma
+- Where Does One Go After Awakening?
+- Does the Pure Land Really Exist?
+- How Many Worlds Are There?
+- Are There Differences in Unconditioned Dharmas?
+- The Observer and the Observed
+- Self-Nature, Dharma-Nature, Emptiness, and Buddha-Nature
+- Samantabhadra's Vows Are True Merit
+- Seeing and Not Seeing
+- Without Knowing Your Own Mind, Studying the Dharma Is Useless
+- VII. Dependent Origination and No-Self
+- The Five Aggregates Are Not the Self; Where Am I?
+- What Is the True Self?
+- The Self, Manas, Alaya, and Buddha-Nature
+- Cloning Is Just a Different Mode of Birth
+- Samsara and Liberation
+- The View of Life Through Dependent Origination
+- How Do Karmic Results Extend to Future Lives?
+- One Reaps What One Sows
+- VIII. Right View of Life
+- What Is True Success?
+- How to Find Your Life's Mission
+- What Does "Completing Humanity Is Completing Buddhahood" Mean?
+- Whatever Happens, There's No Need to Worry
+- Your Worldview Determines Your Life
+- IX. Interpersonal Relationships
+- Respect Dependent Origination and Be Brave Enough to Be Yourself
+- Communicate, Rather Than Oppose
+- A Way to Get Along with Parents That Benefits Both Sides
+- Be Clear About What You Want
+- The Practice of Growing Together with Your Child
+- Example Teaches More Than Words
+- From Thinking of Yourself to Thinking of Others
+- How to Become More Tolerant
+- X. Growth of Mind and Conduct
+- What to Do When Afflictions Arise
+- Accepting Adversity Stops the Loss
+- Two Basic Principles for Handling Emotions
+- Neither Arrogant Nor Self-Abasing
+- Making Time More Valuable
+- Ghosts Are Sentient Beings Too; Don't Be Afraid
+- Let Wisdom Illuminate Dreams
+- XI. Benefiting Self and Others
+- Don't Forget Renunciation; Often Cultivate Bodhicitta
+- The Measure of Altruism
+- Aspirations Must Be Genuine and Sincere
+- Because of Understanding, There Is Compassion
+- Sharpening the Axe Does Not Delay the Cutting of Wood
+- XII. Work Itself Is Practice
+- Manage with the Wisdom of Dependent Origination and an Altruistic Mind
+- Right Motivation; Make Good Use of the Mind
+- Bring Practice into Work and Life
+- Compassion Can Bring Harm
+- What to Do When Your Occupation Is Not Proper
+- XIII. Death and Impermanence
+- Longevity and Euthanasia
+- How to Be Confident About Where One Is Going
+- Transform Grief into Strength
+- Impermanence Helps Us Cherish Life More
+- Divination Is Not as Good as Doing the Present Well
+- XIV. Propagating the Dharma and Benefiting Sentient Beings
+- Reflections on Tradition
+- Use Wisdom to Make the World Better
+- Let the Dharma Take Root in People's Lives
+- Pass On the Lamp with an Altruistic Mind, Not a Utilitarian One
+- Move People's Hearts with Care
+- Can the Dharma Solve Social Problems?
+- Just Do Your Best
+- XV. Three-Stage Practice
+- Three-Stage Practice Is a Co-Creation
+- Every Dharma Method Requires a Foundation
+- Practice Must Grasp the Essentials
+- XVI. Concluding Dharma Words