참전계경 영문. 제1장 상경.제1강령 성.제5체 지감. 제34용 청천.-----50

[홍승주]

제1장.上經(상경) 21訓(훈) 157事(사)

제1 강령 誠(성).....정성.....第1事(제1事)

제5체 至感(지감)......감응함에 이름......第37事

제34용 聽天(청천)......천명을 들음.......第40事.

  The 34th Method :

   Listening to Heaven(Cheongcheon)... Hearing the Divine Mandate... matter 40.

  "Listening to Heaven"

   (Cheongcheon) means listening attentively to God′s commands,

    yet devoting one′s sincerity without demanding or expecting an immediate divine response.

    Reasoning that "My sicerity must not have reached the level of true resonance yet,

    so how could there be a response?"

    One becomes even more diligent and increasingly serene,

    carrying forth their devotion until the very boundaries of where their sincerity 

    reaches become imperceptible.

  [Original Text]

     ■ 聽天者는 聽天命而不以誠으로 待感應也라 (청천자는 청천명이불이성으로 대감응야라)

         Those who listen to Heaven hearken to the Divine Mandate,

          yet they do not use their sincerity as a baygaining tool to wait for mutual ressponse.

     ■ 謂吾之誠이 必不至於感矣면 有何所應哉아 愈久愈淡하며
        (위오지성이  필부지어감의면    유하소응재아  유구유담하며)
         Believing, "If my sincerity has not yet reached the point of moving Heaven,

          what response could there possibly be?"

          they become more enduring and unassuming over time.

      ■ 愈勤愈寂하야 還不知誠在何邊이니라. (유근유적하야 환부지성재하변이니라.)

          Becoming ever more diligent and progoundly tranquil,

           they ultimately reach a state where they are no longer consciously aware 

           of the very limits of their own devotion.