• A Work of Renewal for the Third Stage of Dao Affairs
  • With the disciples, Sahng-jeh-nim often played False Nine, the game to determine the true master.
  • On one occasion, He said to them, “Show what you’ve got.” Then, He slammed down His cards and proclaimed, “Mister ――― is the winner.”
  • Gathering all the cards and money, He said, “Dig, dig, dig deep. If you dig shallow, all will die. After ten years of study, one small mistake brings you back to where you started. Do you understand?
  • You fall back to where you were before. I know, but you don’t know. I am saying that this is a festival of the blind.
  • Those who know, know. But who among them would teach you? You must know it for yourself.”
  • He continued, “You do not know that Mister ――― is in the final round. What is the use of points gained in earlier rounds? Now that Mister ――― has appeared in the final round, it’s all over.
  • My work is outside the mainstream. After the red chicken crows and news comes from outside, you come to behold the place of enlightenment. When the place of enlightenment appears, My work is accomplished.”
  • He also said, “My work seems clear at times, but incomprehensible at other times. I am saying that you do not know that Mister ――― is in the final round.”
  • “Where is the place of enlightenment?” Gim Gyung-hahk asked.
  • 10 “Though I will teach you, you will not understand,” Sahng-jeh-nim replied. “Listen carefully.
  • 11 To Baek-oon Mountain and Jee-ree Mountain in Jul-la Province, to Pahl-gohng Mountain in Jahng-su County, to Oon-jahng Mountain in Jin-ahn County, to Mu-deung Mountain in Gwahng-ju County, to Hahl-la Mountain on Jeju Island, to Geum-gahng Mountain in Gahng-wun Province. Can you understand when I teach you like this?
  • 12 It is either easy to understand or difficult to understand. It is one of the two. In the future, you will come to understand it naturally. This means you will come to know because I will teach you.”

  • (JSD Dojeon 6,66)




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