- Chapter One: Prologue
- Chapter Two: Doctrine
- Chapter Three: Practice
- Chapter Four: The Way of Humanity
- Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
- Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
- Chapter Seven: The Principle of the Nature
- Chapter Eight: Buddhahood
- Chapter Nine: Sending on Spirits in Transition
- Chapter Ten: Belief and Dedication
- Chapter Eleven: Maxims
- Chapter Twelve: Exemplary Acts
- Chapter Thirteen: On the Order
- Chapter Fourteen: Prospects
- Chapter Fifteen: Entrusting
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The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Seven: The Principle of the Nature
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In the first lunar month of the twenty-sixth year of the Won Era, after giving his transmission verse, the Founding Master said: “Being is a realm of change; nonbeing is a realm that is unchanging. But this realm is the locus that can be called neither being nor nonbeing. It is referred to as ‘turning and turning’ and ‘ultimate,’ but these two are nothing more than mere expressions offered as a teaching device. So what is the point of saying that these are ‘both void’ or ‘complete’? Since this realm is the true essence of the nature, do not try to understand it by ratiocination; rather, you should awaken to this realm through contemplation.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Seven: The Principle of the Nature
31
In the first lunar month of the twenty-sixth year of the ita_tita_tWonitb_titb_t Era, after giving his transmission verse, the Founding Master said: “Being is a realm of change; nonbeing is a realm that is unchanging. But this realm is the locus that can be called neither being nor nonbeing. It is referred to as ‘turning and turning’ and ‘ultimate,’ but these two are nothing more than mere expressions offered as a teaching device. So what is the point of saying that these are ‘both void’ or ‘complete’? Since this realm is the true essence of the nature, do not try to understand it by ratiocination; rather, you should awaken to this realm through contemplation.”
