Zen Koan & Mysticism – Cookies of Zen – Case 2 – “The Iron Wheel”

The Case

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.”

Zen Master Hye-Am

“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.”