Foundation

Foundation

Man’s thoughts are

the product of this karma and habits;

man’s mind is the product of condition;

man is the product of his life,

for which his life is one of karma and habits;

his life is what makes his mind individual.

Human life creates kleshas along the way.

One’s life exists because one’s body exists –

because one exists.

Man’s mind is originally the empty Mind,

and this empty Mind creates countless different things through life;

therefore each individual person is

a reflection of the Universe.

Their foundation is righteous,

in which all things that appear are

reflections of the original Mind and are realities.

Yet at the same time everything –

Heaven, man, and earth –

and non-existent.

– Woo Myung