- The Qi of Bool-ga-jee Village
- 1 Sahng-jeh-nim said to Chee-bohk and other disciples, “Bool-ga-jee means ‘a place where Buddha can stay.’
- 2 Because Bool-ga-jee Village has been known as a place that can save many people, I will use its qi in saving humanity.”
- 3 Carried in a sedan chair, He went to Bool-ga-jee Village. On the way, He recited an old poem:
- 金屋瓊房視逆旅 石門苔璧儉爲師
- 4 Know that a house of gold and a room of jewels
are but a traveler’s lodge.
Follow a humble life
with a stone gate and walls covered in moss.
- 絲桐焦尾誰能解 竹管絃心自不離
- 5 Who can know the sound of the guh-moon-go?
In harmony, the bamboo flute and the guh-moon-go
are not separable.
- 匏落曉星霜可履 土墻春柳日相隨
- 6 When the evening stars descend and the morning star rises,
you step out onto the frost.
Day by day, the earthen wall and the spring willow
draw closer together.
- 革援瓮畢有何益 木殯耕牛宜養蓬
- 7 What benefit are the accomplishments
of Ma Yuan and Bi Zhuo?
Develop a great sense of purpose
while tilling the field with ox and plow.
- (JSD Dojeon 5,296)