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보월성인 / 寶月性印 Bowol Seongin (1884-1924)
(Magyar átírás:) Povol Szongin
[a Kvanum szon csonghö iskola sajátos átírása szerint: Bo Wol = Bo Vol]
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Bo Wol's kongans
by Zen Master Seung Sahn
In: The Whole World is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life
Tuttle, 1993.
94. How Do You Catch the Sound of a Cicada?
One day, Zen Master Man Gong and some of his students were eating watermelon at Po Dok Sah Temple. Man Gong said, "If you can bring me the sound of a cicada, this watermelon is free. If you cannot, you must pay for it."
One monk made a sound with his mouth. One monk made a circle on the ground and, sitting in the center, said, "In form no Buddha, in Buddha no form." Another monk pretended to move like a cicada. The monks gave many different answers, but Man Gong only said, "No! No! NO!!!"
Finally, Bo Wol Sunim answered correctly. Man Gong smiled happily and said, "You understand my mind."
1. If you were there, what could you do?
2. What was Bo Wol Sunim's answer?
COMMENTARY: Hear sound, become deaf. Open your mouth, become mute. When seeing, become blind.
117. Pomegranate Feast
Bo Wol offered a ripe pomegranate to Zen Master Man Gong. As he was handing it to his teacher, he said, "Please eat this fruit in a feast with the Bodhisattvas of the ten directions and the Buddhas of the three worlds." Man Gong took the fruit, ate it, and smiled. "How is it?" Bo Wol asked.
"The Bodhisattvas of the ten directions and the Buddhas of the three worlds have already finished the feast," Man Gong replied.
1. The Bodhisattvas of the ten directions and the Buddhas of the three worlds come from where?
2. How did Zen Master Man Gong feast with Bodhisattvas?
COMMENTARY: Monkeys like bananas. Horses like apples.
118. Stone Kwan Seum Bosal
Zen Master Man Gong, while standing in front of the stone Kwan Seum Bosal statue at Jeong Hae Sah Temple, said to his student, Bo Wol, "Describe Kwan Seum Bosal's face."
"Beneficent," was the reply. Upon hearing this, Man Gong returned to his room.
1. If you were Bo Wol, how would you answer?
2. Man Gong said nothing and returned to his room. What is the meaning of this action ?
3. If you were Man Gong and Bo Wol gave you this answer, what would you do?
4. Who was the winner and who was the loser?
COMMENTARY: Man Gong and Bo Wol are wrestling in a mud puddle. Who wins, who loses? The statue has a mouth but no speech. It has eyes but cannot see. When you hear the statue's speech, and the statue sees, then you are complete.
166. Poem for a Student, Bo Wol
by Zen Master Man GongForm is emptiness; emptiness is also emptiness.
Throw them both away.
Then what is this?
In wintertime, much ice.
1. "Form and emptiness - throw them both away." Then what?
2. "In wintertime, much ice." What does this mean?
COMMENTARY: Before you were born, you had no eyes, no ears, and no mouth. What do you call this? Understand that and hear universal sound.
224. Hanging On a Vine
Zen Master Yong Sahn sent this story to all the Zen Masters in Korea, and asked them to write back with a response:
"A man was being chased by a wild elephant across a field. He stumbled into an old well, and as he was falling, grabbed hold of a vine which was hanging from the inside of the well. He looked down and saw three poisonous snakes at the bottom of the well, while above, the elephant was still waiting for him. A black mouse and a white mouse began gnawing on the vine just as honey from a plant growing on the side of the well began dripping into his mouth. If you were this man, how could you stay alive?"
Each Zen Master sent a reply:
Man Gong: "Last night I had a dream, so I woke up."
Hae Wol: "If you want to understand, you cannot understand. Only don't-know."
Hae Bong: "Buddha cannot see Buddha."
Yong Sahn: "Flower falls down, flax in the garden."
Bo Wol: "How do you fall into the well?"
Jun Kang: "Sweet!"
Ko Bong and Hyong Gak both wrote, "Aigo, aigo!"
Chung Soeng: Only laughing.
Hae Am: "Already dead."
Tan Ho: "Water flowing, never stopping."
1 If you were there at that time, how could you stay alive?
2. Which one is the best answer?
COMMENTARY: Be careful. Open your mouth, already a big mistake. Thinking, you lose your life. Just do it.
231. Ma Jo's Circle
One day Zen Master Bo Wol asked Zen Master Jun Kang, "A long time ago, Zen Master Ma Jo said to the assembly, 'I have a circle. If you enter this circle I will hit you. If you do not enter this circle, I will also hit you. What can you do?' So I ask you, Jun Kang, if you had been there, how would you have answered?"
Jun Kang replied, "I don't like nonsense. How do you not get hit by Ma Jo's stick?"
Bo Wol answered, "Why are you holding Ma Jo's stick?"
1. If you had been there, how would you have answered Ma Jo's question?
2. Where is Jun Kang's mistake?
COMMENTARY: Your feet are walking on the ground. Your arms are moving back and forth.
Bo Vol konganjai
Szung Szán zen mester kérdéseivel és kommentárjaival
In: Egyetlen szál virág az egész világ
Szerk. Stephen Mitchell
Ford. Szigeti György
Farkas Lőrinc Imre Könyvkiadó, 1997.
