- Do Not Be Distracted
- 1 One day, Sahng-jeh-nim sat on the front porch of the medicine room with Yu Chahn-myung sitting below Him.
- 2 Sahng-jeh-nim had him write the following:
- 淳昌 五仙圍碁 長城 玉女織錦
務安 胡僧禮佛 泰仁 群臣奉朝
- In Soon-chahng County, there is an auspicious site:
Five Immortals Playing Ba-dook.
- In Jahng-sung County, there is an auspicious site:
Female Immortals Weaving Silk.
- In Mu-ahn County, there is an auspicious site:
Buddhist Monks in Prayer.
- In Tae-in County, there is an auspicious site:
Subjects Obedient to the King’s Orders.
- 3 He also had him write:
- 淸州萬東廟
- Mahn-dohng Shrine in Cheongju
- Sahng-jeh-nim then burned the paper.
- 4 Because Chahn-myung was a little distracted, Sahng-jeh-nim cautioned, “A spirit holding an ink line is standing next to you. Why is your mind scattered?”
- (JSD Dojeon 5,312)