This Hwa-Du (Koan), which is very important for the new disciple, was originally often asked by Venerable Master Song-Wol.
“Almighty God is so calmly full and powerfully omnipresent that he has never moved and yet it melts the iron wheel.”
“Though God never moved, they say, the wheel of iron melts, but by what means? Tell me now!” No one answered, so Venerable Master Hye-Am himself answered: “If someone asked me about this koan, I would answer with an analogy that Venerable Master Kyung-Ho once used:
“If there is no seed, it has already sprouted.”
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