禅Bojo Jinul

proverb

The Three Mysterious Gates

Excerpts on the True Mind (Chinsim Chiksŏl)

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

The first gate is the word; the second gate is the meaning; the third gate is the body and life. The student who passes the first stops at the word; the second stops at the meaning. Only the third sets down both word and meaning together.

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Attribution

Lineage: Jogye

By Bojo Jinul

Sources

  • contentTracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 159–213

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