참전계경 영문. 제1장 상경. 제1강령 성. 제3체 불망.제20용 자기.-----32.

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제1장.上經(상경) 21訓(훈) 157事(사).

제1 강령 성(誠).....정성.....第1事(제1사)

제3체 不忘(불망).....항상 잊지 않음......第22事

제20용 自記(자기)......자연히 글을 쓰게 됨.........第24事

Item 20 : Ja - gi( 自記,자기)... Spontaneous Recording(Naturally Writing)... Item 24.

  ● Ja - gi( 自記,자기) means that one naturally comes to write without harboring

      a greedy desire to write. 

  ● For those who desire to write,

     it happens automatically even without any inner seeking or strving(救,구/ 求,구)

  ● Because a practitioner of the Way(修道,수도) anchors their sincerity in universal reason(理 리,I),

     even if they sustain their physical body on nothing but plain wild-herb porridge,

     their mind reaches and encompasses the ultimate truth.

  ● therefore, even if ten thousand fleeting thousand cross and tangle within,

     the unwavering aspiration―completely free from distraction―rests solely upon Sincerity(誠,성).

[Original Text]

   ■ 自記者는 不欲記而自記也니 (자기자는 불욕기이자기야니)

       Ja - gi means writing spontaneoualy without the initial desire to write.

   ■ 欲記者는 是求之於心者也요 (욕기자는 시구지어심자야요)

       One who desires tto write is one who searches for it within thee mind,

    ■ 自記者는 不求之於心 而自在者也라 (자기자는 불구지어심 이자재자야라)

          But Ja - gi happens naturally on its own,

          without seeking it from the mind.

   ■ 修道之士 存誠於誠之之理하야 (수도지사 존성어성지지리하야)

       A practitioner of the Way preserves sincerity within the core principles of truth.

   ■ 己爲糝腦洽精이라 故로 雖萬想交迭이나 (기위삼뇌흡정이라 고로 수만상교질이나)

       and treats even coarse, humble food as a rich feast for the body.

       Therefore, though ten thousand thoughts may cross and lternate.

  ■ 斷斷一念이 不外乎誠이라. (단단일념이 불외호성이라.)

      One′sfirm, single-minded devotion never departs from Sincerity.

[Notes]

  ● Reason(理리, I) is the immutable truth.

  ● If a practitioner of the Way(修道,수도) does not seek this immuyable truth,

     they cannot truly be called a practitioner.

  ● Furthermore, since the mindset of seeking truth is a pursuit of the most valuable

     thing in this world, that desire in itself is already immensely vast.

  ● if one harbors greed for anything beyoud that, it is either excessivs avarice

     or a sign that they have abandoned their initial desire for the truth.

  ●Therefore, a person who seeks thee immutable truth finds total alone,

     leaving no room to seek anything elsse within their heart.

  ● For such a person, words flow and write themselves naturally,

     even without making a conscious effort or harboring greed to write.