- No Laws Without Logic
- 1 One day, Sahng-jeh-nim said to the disciples, “There are no laws without logic.
- 2 Wherever you go, do not harm others or speak ill of them. Proceed with origination, proliferation, benefit, and firmness.
- 3 Conduct all matters according to the principle of heaven. Do not desire the belongings of others.”
- 4 He continued, “In some ropes, the straw is braided roughly; in others, the straw is braided finely. Likewise, not all people’s minds are good.
- 5 Some people are kind-hearted and some are ill-hearted. Some live well and some do not.”
- 6 To Ho-yun, He said, “A tree that has grown straight and tall can become a pillar or a beam. A tree that is crooked and small goes into the fire.
- 7 As you grow, keep your mind straight. Do not have a crooked mind. Have a straight mind.”
- 8 “How do I do that?” Ho-yun asked.
“Even now, you consider whether you will treat a person this way or that. You have this concern.”
- 9 “That’s right,” Ho-yun said. “When a person speaks well of me, I am pleased to hear it. When a person speaks ill of me, saying, ‘You have gained nothing by following Gahng Jeung-san around for all these years,’ I don’t want to hear it.”
- 10 Sahng-jeh-nim said, “Your mind is not different from Mine. When you hear such a thing, am I pleased? When something bad is said about Me, are you pleased? The logic we use is the same.
- 11 If people are headed toward death, they should be redirected toward a safe place. Though they are headed toward death, you should not let them die.
- 12 “A person should know what is right and what is wrong. People who stray from right are useless, and the spirits that stray from gyung-moon can no longer exist.”
- (JSD Dojeon 8,19)
