本书为“星云日记”系列的第二十册。收录星云大师1992年11月1日至12月31日期间的日记，分为“谛听谛听”、“竖穷三际”、“谈空说有”、“宁静致远”四部分。日记详细记载了星云大师每日的弘法行程、心得、计划，熔佛法、哲学、文学、慈心悲愿于一炉，实为一代高僧之心灵剖白与济世旅程，为现代佛教历史的进展保存或提供了至为珍贵的第一手资料，亦为吾人陶冶心性之良方、修养精神之津梁，从中可获得许多做人做事的启示与新知。(This book is the twentieth of “Stars and Clouds Diaries” series. It recorded the diaries during 1st , November to 31st,December of 1992, is divided into “Listen and listen”, “Vertical Poor Three Periods”, “Talking of Nothing and Speaking of Something”, “keep lasting by leading a quiet life” four parts. This diary recorded the everyday Buddhist trip, what one has learnt, plan, Buddha Dharma, philosophy, literature, and kind and grief wish of Grand master Hsing Yun together, is actually the confession of heart and journey of saving of a generation of eminent monk, provides the first hand material which is most precious for the development and reservation of modern Buddhism history, is also the effective prescription of mind and bridge and beam of cultivating spirits for our generations, from which we can get many inspiration and new knowledge of being man and doing things.)