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高麗國普照禪師修心訣

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Basic Meaning: Secrets on Cultivating the Mind by Seon Master Bojo of Goryeo

Senses:

  • Goryeoguk Bojo Seonsa susimgyeol, one fascicle, by Jinul (1158–1210) 智訥, T 2020. Abbreviated as 普照禪師修心訣, and further as 修心訣. An outline of basic Seon 禪宗 practice written between 1203 and 1205 to instruct new monks at the recently completed temple Suseonsa 修禪寺. The text presents two important dimensions of Jinulʼs thought—sudden awakening/gradual cultivation 頓悟漸修 and the simultaneous practice of samādhi and prajñā, along with edifying instruction on other aspects of meditation practice. Lost once in Korea, it was preserved in the Northern Ming edition of the Chinese canon, and reintroduced to Korea around that time, being translated into vernacular Korean in 1467. Translated into English by Robert Buswell in Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinulʼs Korean Way of Zen (University of Hawai`i, 1991).

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    Fo Guang Dictionary 4364

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ③370c

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    Entry created: 2007-01-31

    Updated: 2019-12-30