BQ 4190 - .B467 os ~~ | ALL BEINGS Gen Le The Selected Dharma Sayings of BEOP JEONG Edited by SHIVA RYU Translated by MATTY WEGEHAUPT THE GOOD = LIFELiving Seon 198 When You Ascend the Mountain 190 Being Together 192 The Flower Blossoming in Our Inner Garden 194 The Density of Life 196 Simplify, Simplify 198 Living in This Place 199 Spiritual Companion 200 The Greatest Vice 202 Enlightened People 204 Like Water in a Rice Paddy, Dwindling ina Drought 296 ‘Causes and Conditions 297 Existence Flowing Like a River 293 Straight Lines and Curved Lines 210 Soft Beats Hard au ‘Learning from an Empty Bow 212 Dialogue with a Flower 214 The Background of Humanity People Endless Escape 219 The Happiness of Just Watchin Strip Yourself Naked 221 Freedom from Possessions 2: ‘The Work of Creating the Self Inthe Face of Nature 226 The Religious Life 228 The Reason for Ascetic Practice Regulations of Daily Life 232 ‘The Space of Emptiness 234 Alone in an Empty Room 237 Which Road Should I Take Silence 249 Moonlight 241 Valuable Words eeking Flowers in the Snow 216 20INTRODUCTION As things are by nature originally silent, they do not say “I am blue” or “I am yellow.” People are the only ones who distinguish in their own minds, declaring noisily, “this is good” or “this is bad.” If your mind is the same as clouds and water, even as you collide with objects of desire, no matter what happens in your life, you remain free When peoples’ minds are not forced to name and dis tinguish things, nothing good or bad arises. Baek Un What is literature? And first of all what is it “to write?” How is it that the fact of writing can disturb the very 9