• The Beginning and End of Dao Affairs
  • After washing His face one day, Sahng-jeh-nim said, “I will look into the unfolding of dao affairs.” He pointed to the water in the basin and said to the disciples, “Look at it with your eyes closed.”
  • When they did, they saw the smooth curves of a snake’s head and a dragon’s tail moving in a vast ocean.
  • They reported what they had seen, and Sahng-jeh-nim said, “My appearance is like a snake’s head and a dragon’s tail.
  • A dragon can produce rain for the whole world from a mere cup of water.”
  • He continued, “This is the boundless and eternal destiny that pervades and fills heaven and earth.
  • It will raise its head in gahp and eul
  • and begin to flourish in mu and ghee
  • because mu and ghee are the village gate of heaven and earth.”

  • (JSD Dojeon 6,78)




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