Master Jin-gak said, “Time flows like water, and worrisome worldly affairs are so badly entangled that they cannot be disentangled. The smokeless fire of the heart keeps burning day by day. How can you escape from being burnt by the flames?”
Student: “What is the cause of worrisome entangled worldly affairs?”
Master: “Time flowing like water.”
Student: “Why is time an entangled worldly affair?”
Master: “Because all worldly affairs result from it.”
Commentary:
Sentient beings’ lives struggle with time like a rabbit-horn.
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