“Are you staying in this familiar place, or are you trying to cross over to a new place?”
The Heart Sutra's koan of "a human life" in a time of upheaval

The Heart Sutra as a Guide to Life, Read with Philosopher Choi Jin-seok
The essence of wisdom gleaned from the classics of mankind

Nietzsche, who has been loved in Korea for a long time, and Augustine of the Confessions are still loved, and even the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who was somewhat unfamiliar, is receiving unprecedented interest.
These philosophers see life as suffering and the world as a painful place.
At the same time, it presents a methodology to overcome this pain.
However, it is a bit disappointing that a philosophy that seeks a glimmer of hope in such a pessimistic viewpoint is receiving attention.
Because it may be evidence that these are slightly more painful times than usual.

In times of such widespread suffering, what wisdom does Eastern philosophy offer?
For this answer, 『The Crosser』 came out.
Philosopher Jinseok Choi says:
The wisdom of crossing over, which does not age even after a very long time, is contained in the Heart Sutra.
Starting with 'Wisdom for Giving to Others', which is read in today's context, it introduces six types of wisdom and how to put them into practice.
In other words, 『The Crosser』 is the essence of wisdom that interprets the Heart Sutra from a modern perspective.
"How should we live this life?" We delve into the "wisdom of crossing over" offered by the classics of humanity, answering the question posed by this age of suffering.

It's about how you have to deal with what your reins are in your life most importantly.
Otherwise I wouldn't know where I was going or even why I was riding a horse.
You will not be able to know the direction of your life and will not be able to enjoy it to the fullest.
This is why life becomes stagnant and we fall into a rut.
---From "What Are Your Reins"

The Buddha's first realization was that 'the world is an ocean of suffering.'
Now that we truly know that the world is an ocean of suffering, the Buddha's task becomes clear.
It is to save sentient beings by rescuing them from the sea of ​​suffering.
Buddhism, all of Buddha's teachings are just different interpretations of the same story.
In the end, it all comes down to 'getting out of pain'.
---From "Escape from the Sea of ​​Pain"

The ball is more of a symbol than an entity.
It's just like a sign.
So the ball is not a state of something that actually exists, but is just a simple logical concept.
It would not be wrong to say that there is no such thing as a ball.
When studying Buddhist scriptures and seeing the word emptiness, you should always think of your original nature.
---From "The Reality of the World - The Gong"

It may sound like a wonderful story to say that there is a high state called peace and that we must constantly advance towards that high state, but this is not the only Paramita.
Wherever you stand, building on what you know now, this very moment, and planning for the next, this courageous act of leaving behind the familiar and crossing into the unfamiliar, the dangerous, and the unexplained—this is Baramilda.
---From "Baramilda - Crossing Over"

At the moment when crossing over occurs, the grammar of 'there' is not yet mature enough to be recognized.
So the evaluation of those who cross over may not be so favorable.
No, most people evaluate it negatively, and sometimes even say it's weird or bad.
Buddha also had to endure the slander and defamation of the Brahmins, and Jesus also endured the humiliation of the legalists to build his own world of truth.
---From "The Power of Repetition"

Among those who embrace the Buddha's teachings, there are many who view a proactive approach to achieving something as low-level.
I also know that many people feel uncomfortable with the word ambition.
This is because we do not know how much the Buddha emphasized making great vows and how much he emphasized courage and diligence.
If you lose your attitude of diligence, you will immediately stop.
So, we must move forward without giving up.
out.
There's nothing we can do.
That's how humans are born.
---From "The Sacred Place"

There seems to be a clear current that considers freedom as approaching animalism, and that ignoring the rules of the world and the desire to develop is what constitutes a humane life, a free life, and a happy life.
However, strangely enough, this kind of current is especially common among people who are fond of Buddhism or Taoism, and I think it stems from a misunderstanding of emptiness and emptiness.
---From "Do not build a prize"

The world that can be approached with a possessive attitude is nothing more than a shallow and narrow world.
If only we can get rid of our fixed minds, if only we can get rid of our images, if only we can get rid of our possessive attitudes, we can face the truth of the world directly.
You can experience the world much more deeply and broadly.
Would a person who can approach the world as it is be closer to Buddha?
Or, would a person who can only come into contact with a certain framework be closer to Buddha?
---From "No Possession"

I know that instead of using the word success, I would use beautiful universal concepts like happiness or freedom to make it sound more plausible.
(Omitted) This is because I am well aware that most people misunderstand that living a high-quality life means lightly ignoring worldly life.
(Omitted) They say that if you study Buddhism incorrectly, success, money, and fame are all meaningless and that what is truly valuable is having a pure and good heart. However, Buddhism talks about success with class, money with class, and fame with class.
---From "Extreme Denial"

There is a big gap between understanding and recognizing something and putting it into practice.
These are two very different areas.
There is a big gap between understanding the ball and living by its logic.
If the process of understanding emptiness was the process until this spell appeared in the Heart Sutra, then this spell can be seen as a declaration of one's will to realize Prajna Paramita in one's life.
Because it is a task to bridge the great gap between understanding the Prajna Paramita and putting it into practice.

---From "The Spell that Crosses the Impossible"