- Turning Heaven and Earth Upside Down
- 1 On a hot summer day, Sahng-jeh-nim washed at a stream in Gu-rit-gohl Village and was resting under the shade of a tree, when He let out a sigh.
- 2 Ho-yun asked, “What are You thinking about, sitting like that?”
- 3 “Only when I turn this world upside down will I be all right, but it is too heavy to turn upside down.
- 4 It is difficult to turn heaven and earth over. It is difficult to establish the framework.”
- 5 “What is heavy?” Ho-yun asked. “Please tell me. Is it heavy in Your left arm or right arm?”
- 6 “Heaven and earth are heavy.”
- 7 “If heaven and earth are so heavy, other people will die. Also, new people will die because heaven and earth are heavy. They will die again and again. How many times are You going to die, Teacher?”
- 8 “If even just a part of a finger or a hair remains, I live,” Sahng-jeh-nim said. “I am not a person who dies!”
- (JSD Dojeon 6,70)
