Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings)

The Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol is a Buddhist text compiled by selecting essential passages from the sermons, dialogues and letters of successive Buddhas and eminent monks. Its central theme, jikji simche, holds that when a person's mind is rightly held, that nature of mind is itself realised to be the mind of the Buddha. This book was compiled by Monk Baegun, who greatly expanded the contents of a single volume of the Buljo jikji simche yojeol that he had brought back from the Yuan dynasty in 1372, the twenty-first year of King Gongmin of Goryeo, into two volumes. It is a woodblock print on mulberry paper measuring 21.4 cm in height and 15.8 cm in width. According to the publication record, it was printed at Chwiamsa Temple in Yeoju, where Monk Baegun passed away in the sixth month of 1378, the fourth year of King U of Goryeo, by his disciples including Beomrin, based on the metal-type edition printed at Heungdeoksa Temple in Cheongju in 1377, the third year of King U. The preface written by Seong Sadal in 1377 was kept unchanged, and a further preface written by Yi Saek in 1378 was added at the front for this printing. The metal-type edition from Heungdeoksa Temple appears to have been reprinted from woodblocks because the metal-type printing skills of provincial temples were not yet advanced, limiting the number of copies that could be produced and preventing wide distribution. An identical edition is also held at the National Library of Korea, but this copy is in better printed condition and is complete, with both prefaces attached.

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Where it is

Region

Seongnam, Gyeonggi

Designation

Treasure · 보물