——Miao Yin Before November 2016, I was an absolute atheist. My neighbor was a university teacher who believed in Buddhism and made offerings to Buddhas. As I almost knew nothing about Buddhism, I was quiet dismissive of her behavior and laughed at her from the bottom of my heart. Acquaintance with The Ontology of Mind I had a week of vacation in November at home. I happened to read Nan Huaijin’s article “Seven days of the South Chan.” After this, I began the practice of Zazen. Initially, I could only have one leg crossed and sit for ten minutes. Since I couldn't understand many of the concepts and contents of Master Nan’s lecture, I borrowed some books, but I still could not understand them. Then I went to some QQ groups to see if I could find something helpful. I happened to find one established by Master Qingliang Yue. A senior apprentice in that group sent a link to the teacher’s Weibo, on which I read almost all the articles written by the teacher. Strongly persuaded by Yisheng, another senior apprentice, I enrolled the theory class and began the study of the Ontology of Mind at the end of January 2017. The first lesson in the theory class is “knowing yourself”. After class I was very confused about the theories. By watching the video of the lecture repeatedly and reading the book, I seemed to understand what the teacher had taught. But when it came to the homework, I was totally at a loss. I learned from other classmates and…