- Two Roads: Accomplishment or Transgression
- 1 After the chee-sung on April 8, 1929, Tae-mo-nim asked the disciples, “Do you know the meaning of origination, proliferation, benefit, and firmness?”
- 2 Gim Wun-myung answered, “It means to follow the basic principle and proper rules in any matter.”
- 3 “There are two roads in origination, proliferation, benefit, and firmness,” Tae-mo-nim said. “Accomplishment goes to the place of its origin. Transgression goes to the place of its origin.”
- 4 She also said, “Even that which you forget, I know. Concentrate on the study that is unknown to others.
- 5 What wrong you have done, even heaven cannot undo; what you have accomplished, even heaven cannot take away.”
- 6 On a later date, Tae-mo-nim said, “April 8 is Shakyamuni Buddha’s birthday. The ceremony in honor of this day should be held in a Buddhist temple. It has no relation to us.
- 7 From now on, the chee-sung for April shall be held according to the calendar of twenty-four seasons. This is so that you will return to your original roots.”
- (JSD Dojeon 11,159)
