- The Mother of Humanity
- 1 After the ceremony, She performed a work of renewal. A large pot of water was placed in the center of the yard, and beside the pot, a flagpole with a yellow flag was erected.
- 2 Four flagpoles, each with a different-colored flag, were also erected in the four directions. Shortly afterward, thick fog and mist covered the area, making it difficult to see anything.
- 3 In the course of the work of renewal, the mist soaked Tae-mo-nim’s and the disciples’ clothes.
- 4 “Chahn-hohng! Chahn-hohng!” Tae-mo-nim suddenly shouted, calling for Go Chahn-hohng, a male disciple who was about ten years Her senior. She ordered him, “Undress Me.”
- 5 At the time, Tae-mo-nim was forty-two years of age and still youthful. Having been ordered to remove Her clothes, Chahn-hohng was at a loss as to what he, a member of the noble class, should do. However, because the command was so stern, he cautiously proceeded with the task.
- 6 Tae-mo-nim rebuked, “What worries you so much when you are simply helping your Mother out of Her clothes?” She continued, “All of you came out of My vagina.”
- 7 As Chahn-hohng undressed Tae-mo-nim, he saw that She was menstruating. Her undergarments were soaked with blood.
- 8 Even more embarrassed, he stopped in the middle of undressing Her, not knowing what to do or where to look.
- 9 Tae-mo-nim grabbed hold of Chahn-hohng’s hat, turned his head to look at Her, and said, “What is so awkward about the hole out of which you came? What is so displeasing about it?”
- 10 To make things worse, She yanked his head by the hat toward Her lower abdomen, crushing the hat.
- 11 For Chahn-hohng, the feeling of shame was unbearable. He thought to himself, “Although practicing dao is important, how humiliating it is to be pulled like this toward a woman’s private parts.”
- 12 Tae-mo-nim then ordered him, “Clean Me with a cloth.”
- 13 She finished undressing Herself and shouted to the crowd, “You fools! All of you have come from My vagina! Everything under heaven has come from My vagina, you fools!”
- 14 Many of the male followers belonged to the noble class and wore hats signifying their social status. They stood there in nervous agitation and turned their heads away.
- (JSD Dojeon 11,51)
