禅Gyeongheo Seongu

proverb

Reviving What Never Died

Joseon

Traditionally attributed

Text

Some say I revived the Korean Sŏn. The Sŏn was never dead; only the people sleeping in front of it were. To revive them was simpler than they thought, and harder than I thought.

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Attribution

Lineage: Seon

By Gyeongheo Seongu

Sources

  • contentBuddhism and Buddhists in Korea

    Sung-bae Park

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