- Vigilance in the Work Under Heaven
- 1 At around midnight, in Gu-rit-gohl Village, Sahng-jeh-nim told the disciples to go to sleep.
- 2 The disciples undressed and went to sleep, but just a couple of hours later, Sahng-jeh-nim woke them and urged them to hurry. “Get up quickly and prepare some food.”
- 3 They got up quickly and had hardly started a fire to cook the rice when Sahng-jeh-nim demanded, “Hurry and bring in the food.”
- 4 “We have barely poured the water and lit the fire,” a disciple hesitantly answered. “It is not ready yet.”
- 5 Sahng-jeh-nim cautioned them, “If you are conducting the work under heaven, your thoughts should be forward-looking and deep. Be prepared for unexpected events and be alert.”
- (JSD Dojeon 8,31)
