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Sŏn
Master Beopjeong
Oct. 8, 1932 – March 10, 2010
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Contents
Contents ................................................................................................................... 3
Sŏn
Master Beopjeong
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Who are you? ........................................................................................................ 7
Dharma Talk 2008 October ........................................................................ 12
Suicide Only Contributes to the Self-destroying Karma .... 13
The Dharma Words on Peace of Mind................................................... 16
Pure Sŏn ...................................................................................................... 16
Peace of Mind ........................................................................................... 17
Samadhi of Ease ...................................................................................... 18
The Titmouse’s Nest ....................................................................................... 21
The True Meaning of a ‘Person of Wealth’ .......................................... 24
Master and Disciple ........................................................................................ 31
Not Bound Yet Paying Your Duty............................................................. 35
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 39
Original works by Beopjeong Sunim............................................ 39
Compilations and Translations by Beopjeong Sunim ......... 40
Children’s books by Beopjeong Sunim ........................................ 40
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Sŏn
Master Beopjeong
“Now I live in a place with no signboard and no address. Of
course, it’s nothing I can be proud, given that this living environment is in
fact quite primitive and destitute. But the fact that it allows me to put
precedence on allowing my pure self to exist is something good indeed.
I’m only just here for a little bit, anyways. Where could the eternal
dwelling place of a monk be? We’re like vagabonds, only residing for a
brief spell.”
-from Flowers Blossom in the Mountains
Following the path of honest poverty, as he resides in an empty
cabin left vacant by slash and burn farmers, searching for firewood and
cultivating a patch of land in a Gangwon-do Province mountain valley,
Beopjeong Sunim distinguishes himself as among the most genuine spirits
of the age, through the exhaustiveness of his over 30 years of silence and
freedom from possessions and his putting into practice a life both fragrant
and pure.
Ordained in 1954 under the tutelage of one of the greatest monks
of his age, Master
Hyōbong, Beopjeong spent his time as a junior disciple
with the senior disciple, Master Kusan. He went on to serve on the
committee translating the Buddhist canon into Korean script, as well as the
editor-in-chief of a Buddhist newspaper publishing company, and the
Director of Training at Songgwang-sa Temple. In the latter half of the
1970s, he cast all these things aside and by his own hands established and
lived alone at Bul-il-am, a hermitage set on the mountainside behind
Songgwang-sa. However, with many people knowing his fame and
searching him out, in April of 1992 he left to reside in a remote Gangwon-
do mountain valley, the exact whereabouts of which remain unknown still
today.
Yet at the same time, under the explanation that this was to “earn
our keep as practitioners,” he inaugurated a movement of citizens called
“Clean and Fragrant,” a group he leads to this day. In December 1997,
Kilsang-sa was founded and he took over the leadership of the temple
organization and all religious services. In December of 2003, he
voluntarily conceded this role, and though he now comes down from the
mountains only periodically to give dharma sermons each spring and fall,
or to have Buddhist services or for other events, his voice maintains its
vigor and clarity to this day.
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