Chapter Six : Doubts Clarified 32 Kim Kich’ŏn asked,
“If we were to compare the stages of ‘the Later Day’s Great Opening’ that these seers explained to the breaking of dawn, how would it be to say that Master Suun’s activities were like alerting us to the first hint of daylight while the world is still sound asleep, Master Chŭngsan’s activities were like alerting us to the next phase, and your activities, Great Master, are actually beginning the work as the day gradually brightens?” The Founding Master said, “That sounds plausible enough.”
Yi Hoch’un asked again,
“If we were to compare it to a year’s farming, how would it be to say that Master Suun’s activities were like alerting farmers to get ready to start farming, Master Chŭngsan’s activities were like teaching farmers the farm calendar, and your activities, Great Master, are actually demonstrating farming methods to those farmers.”
The Founding Master said,
“That also makes sense.” Song Tosŏng next said, “Those masters may have been such divine personages, but their reputation in the world has been uneven because of their disciples. How will those personages be viewed in future generations?”
The Founding Master said,
“If a person’s work is authenticated by someone who is qualified, then it will be authenticated. The fact that we are discussing them today means that, when our dharma is recognized in the world, those masters will also be recognized. What is more, since those men fostered many future persons of the Way, the later persons of the Way will venerate those predecessors.” http://www.wonbuddhism.org/
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