• All Die If Gohng-shin Dies
  • Gohng-shin, who was dangerously ill, shivered with a high fever. The place where he had been kicked caused him a great deal of pain.
  • A prison guard came in and released Gohng-shin and Sahng-jeh-nim from the stocks around their ankles.
  • Sahng-jeh-nim said to everyone, “If Gohng-shin dies, we will all die. We must make a human coffin to save him.”
  • When breakfast was brought in, Sahng-jeh-nim said, “The food is poisoned. Do not eat it.” He wrote something in the air over each bowl of rice and then He ate it all.
  • After the empty bowls were given back, Sahng-jeh-nim said, “Everyone stand up to make a human coffin.”
  • In two parallel lines, He had seven people stand to the left and another seven to the right. He had two more people stand at one end and one person at the other end. The formation resembled a coffin. He had Gohng-shin laid inside.
  • Gohng-shin Is Saved
  • In the cell, there was a small air vent in which there was a pot for urine.
  • The pot was half full of urine and sediment.
  • Sahng-jeh-nim picked up the pot and helped Gohng-shin sit up. Then, with His hand, He scraped the sediment, mixing it with urine, and drank three times from the pot.
  • 10 He gave Gohng-shin what remained in the pot and said, “Gohng-shin, drink this.”
  • 11 Greatly moved, Gohng-shin thought, “To save me, my Teacher drank it without regard for its foulness and without changing His expression. How could I possibly not drink it?”
  • 12 When Gohng-shin drank it, he felt as if his whole stomach turned inside out. He could barely hold it down. Sahng-jeh-nim said, “Do not hold it down. Throw up all of it and you will live.”
  • 13 Finally, Gohng-shin vomited. Afterward, he broke out in a sweat, and his fever went down. The pain in his chest disappeared.

  • (JSD Dojeon 5,160)




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