Editor’s note: This bonus episode comes from the podcastTeacher Qian Jing’s Drawing Room, Episode 113. Professor Cheng Qing and Teacher Qian Jing discuss the pervasive anxiety of young people today.

How should we view young people’s search for causes of anxiety? Can a short escape help? From a Buddhist perspective, how does pain arise when self-consciousness collides with the external world? What can resist the nihilistic feeling of inner emptiness?

 

04:24 Environmental change creates dilemmas of personal choice, and younger generations’ career standards are gradually shifting

08:40 Shrinking from the effort required while losing none of the desire for results

11:50 What happiness does making money offer young people?

14:22 Choosing between addition and subtraction

15:35 In his early twenties, did Professor Cheng feel anxiety from constant accumulation?

17:02 Is the demand for meaning another dimension of addition and accumulation?

17:50 At twenty, did Professor Cheng feel the confusion and anxiety of seeking what could not be obtained?

20:36 Devote all your energy to what can be done now

27:01 How should we view young people’s current attribution of anxiety?

33:44 Can a short escape relieve anxiety?

36:21 How can young people handle interpersonal relationships well?

45:34 How does competition among university teachers differ from that of ordinary workers?

52:59 From a Buddhist perspective, how does pain arise when self-consciousness collides with the external world?

58:42 Solitude is also a way of connecting with the world

60:08 What can resist the nihilistic feeling of inner emptiness?

61:49 Get moving and attend to your body

62:17 Each person’s intellectual, spiritual, and mental growth proceeds step by step and has its own rhythm

65:37 People often need genuine connection to reflect their own existence

67:08 How does Professor Cheng understand “making it ashore”? Has his own life already arrived?

70:56 do something bigger than yourself

73:16 A blessing for solid-hearted young people