Editor’s note: This bonus episode comes fromthe podcast Genius Girlfriend Goes Horse-Stealing。

. Holding the diagram of underlying logic shown below, host Ming asks Professor Cheng Qing why he wrote, “Attachment is the root of life’s suffering.”

03:44 “I wrote this book from intense personal experience”

09:45 People’s imagined Buddhism is too tightly bound; I want to loosen it

17:41 The economy cannot grow forever; spiritual beauty must be placed beyond wealth

21:06 Every family needs a sacred space

23:47 Observing human life on Xiaohongshu, a gathering place of consumerism

29:29 Chinese people should understand relationships anew; indifference to others is cruelty to oneself

39:45 Sudden awakening happens in an instant, but one may still fall back afterward

48:52 Experience reality yourself rather than moving through others’ dreams

54:30 Another discussion of See You Again, this time from a Buddhist perspective

59:02 Grand experiences triggered by Bach and Pu Shu

01:13:30 Grasp an inner fulcrum and perhaps feel less anxious

01:16:31 Clinging without regret: the most fundamental attachment comes from cognition of all time, motion, and space

01:29:10 Beef: attachment begins with a predetermined script for the world

01:35:28 Perfectionism: attachment need not be condemned; only after extremely strong attachment may one finally release it

01:40:27 To what extent should desire be restrained?

01:44:19 Master Hongyi: attachment to self in intimate relationships

01:56:42 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: genuine freedom means rising free from every bond

02:02:30 What does Professor Cheng Qing pursue with attachment?