Title: The Importance of Understanding (English Edition by Lin Yutang)
Author: Lin Yutang
ISBN: 9787560088495
Language: English
Publishing Date: 2009-08
Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching & Researching Press
Cover: P Page: 614 Format: 32mo
Abstract:
The mind of God is merciful. He is concerned lest men should die of the ambition-mind and the profit-mind, and lest we should neglect to direct the love of a good name toward righteousness and the love of possessions toward true riches. You cannot discuss this with those who are going to die of the struggle for fame and wealth. Nor can people understand when you speak of being dead to the ambitions for fame and worldly possessions. In the primordial time, before the universe was, I am sure there were the same manifestations of the mind as today and this must be also true of the time when the universe was formed from nebulae, except we have no way of seeing it. How can you be sure that Tsao Chenting and Shih Chenlin were not there before the universe was, although we cannot remember it？ We cannot be sure, however, that there may not be other beings who remember, clearly and vividly, how many times Tsao Chenting and Shih Chenlin were born and came and went out of this world. Only those who know this can discuss with us our two minds.
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About the Author:
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West.
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 March, 2010.
