Entering

Spring, the reawakening being

Early Spring Thoughts | A Sleeping Dragon Flies | The Romance of Youth | Draw the Main Character | The Universe Becomes a Dance | Present Happiness | What is not mine is an illusion | The Happiness of Existence | A Straight Line Straighter than a Straight Line | True Freedom | A Life of Only Mastery | I Love the Fresh Green | Where Immortals Cannot Reach | The Language of Life | A Life Untouched by Sorrow | The True Virtue of Water | A Moment Needed to Pray | The Sky as It Is | The Giant That Is You | There Can Be No Compromise in the Efforts of Honesty | Let Go of All Judgment | What Matters in Life | The Freedom of the Insignificant | A Mountain Diary

Summer, a reminder of a life spent merely enduring

A life of passion | Time that will never return | The spirit of youth | My struggle against myself | Seek only from myself | Enjoy like crazy | Confucius's regret and Buddha's uprightness | Always be happy | Fierce passion | Play with the present | Inner light | Let's live today, the youngest day | Praise of thought formation | Life is a struggle | Shake off reality and rise | A topic called freedom | A person who overcomes himself without compromise | To a scholar | Wake up before it's too late | Where true peace dwells | Peace is not idle | A man's spirit is not broken | The river never stops | The sacrifice of youth | Contemplating change

A soliloquy of a monk carrying a bundle on his back, Autumn

A person who does not die even when he dies | You are already beautiful enough | The weight of adulthood | Today's prayer | A satisfying life | An era without comfort | Innocentness beyond life and death | Thoughts on the mountaintop | Going to the Taklamakan | Give way to sadness | River | A life of earthenware | Always wear something new | Calm reflection | Silence beyond phenomena | Existence in the fog | The illusion called enlightenment | What is completed when you let go | Even romance leaves a shadow | True silence | Thoughts on early autumn | The reason for existence | Always being reborn anew | The paradox of truth | The virtue of laziness | Effortless contemplation | Writing | Variations of life and death | I want to be that kind of person | The autumn wind after the rain | Just running today

A guest who suddenly found a mountain temple following the snow, winter

Snowy Mountain Thoughts | Disguised Gestures | Leaving Home | Pilgrim | Between Words and Sounds | A Meaningful Life | I Always Respect Myself | A Simple Protagonist | A Life of Overcoming Self-Conquest | Strolling Above Change | Fragrance - Socheon | Direction of Flow | Flower of Evolution | Winter Mountain Temple | The Attitude of a Practitioner | Romance Beyond Death | The Bondage of Thoughts to Overcome | Gazing at the Heavy Snow | Between the Snowflakes | Taking Momentary Steps | Let the Truth Follow Me | Ride the Changes and Travel Heaven and Earth | The Happiness of Letting Go | The Afterglow of a Romantic Life | Accept Inconsistency

“May everyone’s happiness rise like the sun of tomorrow,
The darkness of widowhood will disappear.”

Once again, words of comfort and encouragement that make you dream of a free and happy life.
A sentimental sermon by Monk Ja-Hyeon addressed to all the fragile beings of the world.

There is a practitioner who lives a life more passionate than anyone else, moving between the sacred and the secular.
The main character is Monk Ja-Hyeon, a famous Buddhist broadcaster and YouTuber.
The monk who introduces Buddhism in the most interesting and enjoyable way with his unique wit and witty comments is always an 'influencer' and 'entertainer' in the Buddhist world who connects with the public.
Another word for monk is 'scholar'.
He is a truly diligent Buddhist scholar who has earned seven doctoral degrees and published over 190 papers in academic journals.

This new book by that monk is special.
This is because it is a collection of short but serious thoughts and words that came to mind during moments of silence while traveling between the mountain temple and the secular world.
This is a new side of the monk, who has mainly published liberal arts and academic research books in the humanities and religion fields.

The song of the practitioner stored in the barang

The 100 or so essays in this book contain the serious concerns and determination of a practitioner hidden behind his usual hearty laughter.
The path of a practitioner who moves tirelessly toward complete liberation, unhindered like the wind.
On top of that, although he sometimes feels sad and weak, the practitioner 'sheds off his thick skin and peels away his dullness' just as 'the abyss is polished to become white rice'.
So, constantly reducing yourself.
Perhaps that is the fate of a monk.

When winter comes,
In a mountain temple deep in the road
Silence settles in.
The snowy road is deserted
Thoughts are in silence
It will leave a deep mark.
At the end of a blocked road
Does freedom of liberation exist?
The one who seeks and finds only,
How not to seek comfort in the results.
Even in a confined world
The steps I take as I go and go are light.
_ From the text

The honest confession of a man who longs for eternal freedom is wary of even the 'result' being considered 'rest'.
Even in this journey of 'seeking and seeking', the monk does not rest in the fate given to him, but urges his steps to 'go, go, go'.
But the back of the 'light-footed leader', trudging along the rugged mountain path, stands out.

For those who are trying to survive a painful life.

The power contained in the monk's mountain diary never stops in his pursuit of enlightenment.
The main theme that runs through this book is directed at us, the fragile beings who struggle to endure painful lives.

Happiness for everyone
Will surely rise like the sun of tomorrow
The darkness of widowhood will disappear,
We will be at peace in it forever.
_ From the text

There are times in life when the path is not visible.
In the world of speed wars, we are forced to produce fast and accurate results all day long, and we are forced to have a strong and flawless body and mind.
That world is wrong.
The commonly talked about things like 'one must have clear thoughts' and 'one must not be swayed by emotions' are by no means things that bring happiness to a monk.
It is the path to happiness to have organized thoughts rather than clear ones, and to be appropriately swayed by emotions rather than not being swayed by them…

Life is not about speed,
It is important not to be late.
_ From the text

Rather than having clear thoughts
It's good to be organized.
Rather than being swayed by emotions
It is right to shake appropriately.
_ From the text

The path the monk presents is based on the teachings of Buddha and numerous teachers, as well as on what he has realized through direct experience in his own life.
Therefore, the process of shedding one's thick shell, that is, constant study and practice, is not only the author's own destiny, but also an essential process for all who dream of freedom.
Perhaps that is why this book does not only warmly comfort us or offer words of comfort from beginning to end.

A person with a good mind
Don't be shaken by small things.
Looking left and right means
Because the purpose is not clear.
So look straight ahead
Run forward, run forward.
_ From the text

Rather than the rights of the weak
When there is consideration as a wise man
Become a true adult.
_ From the text

Instead of fancy healing, the monk gives you strong wisdom and courage.
As the title of this book suggests, the darkness of the ‘night’ cannot dwell in us, who already possess the light of the ‘sun.’
If you are simply blinded by delusion and cannot see your true self, you must realize that 'light does not come from outside, but radiates from within.'
We are all 'dragons'.
A dragon who has been in the family for so long that he has forgotten the meaning of ascension and has even lost the awareness of being a dragon.
But only when we face the truth that is like 'a loud thunder and a flash of lightning' will we 'awaken from our deep sleep'.
Then we can 'fly without wings into eternal happiness and peace.'

This book is the result of compiling the monk's short writings on social media, through which he has communicated with readers and Buddhists over the past six years, along with around 80 photographs from Bulkwang, which introduces the beautiful scenery of our nature and temples.
This perfect harmony will soothe the weary bodies and minds of all readers who open the book, and will provide them with the deep courage to rise again.
Instead of a formal sermon held inside the temple, the emotional sermon of Monk Ja-Hyeon begins with a group of people gathered together on the street.