
선유도를 구경하고 돌아오는 길에 언듯 눈에 비친 수덕사 이정표가 나도 모르게 수덕사로
발길을 돌리게 했다.
On the way back from visiting Seonyudo, the Sudoksa sign that briefly caught my eye made
me unconsciously turn toward Sudoksa.
In the humanless Sudoksa, the night deepens,
and I see the lonely shadow of a sobbing nun.
Unable to forget the loved one left in the secular world,
she lights a candle in the temple and cries alone.
Ah~ Ah~ the iron bell of Sudoksa rings.
부처님께 기도 드리다가 문득 지나온 세월의 아픈 상처가 생각나서 홀로 눈물을 그렁
거리며 불상에 하소연하는 한 여인의 실루엣이 보이는 듯하다.
while praying to Buddha, a woman's silhouette appears as she suddenly recalls the painful
memories of past years and sheds tears alone, lamenting to the Buddha statue.
도착하여 부처님께 참배하러 가는데 생각보다 계단이 많아 뵙기가 녹녹치 않았다.
입구의 현판을 보니 '덕숭산 덕숭 총림 수덕사' 라고 한글로 쓰인 글자가 내 눈에
들어왔다.
it challenging to meet him. At the entrance, the sign read "Deoksungsan Deoksung Chongnim
Sudoksa" in Korean, catching my eye.
여승은 지금은 안계시고 지난날 한 때 수덕사에 최초로 기거하신 여스님 이름은
'김일엽'스님 이라고 전해 지는데 그녀는 한국 최초 여자 유학생으로 일본으로 유학
하게 되었고 일본인 “오다 세이조”와 운명적 사랑을 하면서 아들은 가지게 되었다.
The nun is no longer there, but it’s said that the first female monk to reside at Sudoksa was
'Kim Ilyeop.' She was the first Korean female student to study abroad in Japan,
where she had a fateful love with a Japanese man named “Oda Seizo” and had a son.
너와 나의 모자 인연은 속세에서 끝났으므로 더 이상 나를 어머니라 부르지 말라” 하며
모질게도 모자의 정을 끊고자 이역만리 찾아온 어린자식을 절 밖에서 재웠다하니
정말로 매정한 스님이다.
Later, when her son wanted to see his mother, he came to Sudoksa, but she harshly told him,
"The bond between you and me, formed in this secular world, ends here, so do not call me
mother anymore." She even made her young son, who had traveled far to see her, sleep
outside the temple, showing her cold-heartedness.
수덕 도령이 활을 잡고 노루가 나타나기를 기다리고 있을 때 송아지만 한 노루가 앞으로
껑충껑충 뛰어왔다.
Long ago, a young man named Sudok went hunting with his servants.
As he was waiting with his bow for a deer to appear, a deer the size of a calf jumped
수덕 도령은 시위를 놓지 않았다.
노루가 뛰어가는 건너편에 웬 낭자가 서 있었고 바람에 나부끼는 옷자락이 마치 선녀 같았다.
Sudok aimed his bowstring but did not release it. Although he could have easily caught the
하였다. 수소문한 결과 낭자는 바로 건넛마을에 사는 덕숭 낭자였고 수덕 도령은 가슴을
태우다가 마침내 덕숭 낭자의 집으로 찾아가 청혼을 하였다.
From that day, Sudok yearned for the lady and asked his servant to find out about her
residence. After inquiries, it turned out she was the lady Deoksung from the neighboring
village. Tormented by his longing, Sudok finally went to her house to propose.
수덕 도령은 그냥 물러서지 않고 다시 덕숭 낭자를 붙들고 혼인을 간청하였다.
그러자 덕숭 낭자는 골똘히 생각에 잠겼다가 자기와 혼인을 하려면 자기 집 근처에 절을 하나
세워 달라고 하였다.
However, Deoksung said she was not yet thinking of marriage and kept silent. Sudok,
not willing to back down, pleaded with her to marry him. She then pondered deeply and
asked him to build a temple near her house if he wished to marry her.
수덕 도령은 그런 것쯤은 문제없다고 말한 다음 집으로 돌아와 이튿날부터 절을 짓기 시작하였다.
수덕 도령은 완성되어 가는 절을 바라보면서 아름다운 덕숭 낭자와 혼인할 생각으로 한껏 들떴다.
수덕 도령은 더없이 행복하였다. 드디어 절이 완성되고 단청까지 끝마쳤다.
절을 짓는 사람이 부처님은 생각하지 않고 여자 생각만 하였기 때문에 헛된 일이 될 것이라고
덕숭 낭자가 말하였기 때문이다.
Overjoyed, Sudok rushed to Deoksung's house, only to face disappointment.
Deoksung told him that because he built the temple with thoughts of her rather than Buddha,
it was all in vain.
수덕 도령은 낙심이 컸지만 덕숭 낭자를 포기할 수가 없었다. 그래서 날마다 목욕재계하면서 다시
절을 짓기 시작하였다.
As soon as she finished speaking, a pillar of fire rose from the newly built temple.
Although disheartened, Sudok could not give up on Deoksung. He started constructing the temple
again, purifying himself daily.
그 뒤 절은 완공되었으나 전처럼 다시 불타고 말았고 이는 이따금 여인을 생각하였기 때문이라고
하였다.
Occasionally, thoughts of Deoksung would distract him from his work.
이윽고 절이 완공되었고 수덕 도령은 덕숭 낭자에게 청혼하였다.
Thus, Sudok focused solely on Buddha while constructing the temple once more.
Eventually, the temple was completed, and Sudok again proposed to Deoksung.
덕숭 낭자는 어쩔 수 없이 혼인은 허락하였지만 수덕 도령에게 자기 몸에 손을 대지 않겠다는
약속을 요구하였다. 수덕 도령은 몸에 손을 대지 않겠다고 약속하였지만, 그만 약속을 저버리고
낭자를 끌어안고 말았다.
Deoksung reluctantly agreed to marry him but made him promise not to touch her.
그 순간 뇌성벽력이 일어나더니 덕숭 낭자는 어디론가 사라져 버리고, 수덕 도령은 덕숭 낭자의
한쪽 버선을 쥔 채 바위로 변하고 말았고 바위 옆에는 버선 모양의 하얀 꽃이 피어났다.
사람들은 버선 모양의 하얀 꽃을 ‘버선꽃’이라고 하였다.
At that moment, thunder roared, and Deoksung vanished, leaving Sudok holding one of her
socks and turning into a rock. Beside the rock, a white flower resembling a sock bloomed,
known as the ‘Sock Flower.’
짓고 그 둘레에 있는 산은 덕숭 낭자의 이름을 따서 ‘덕숭산’이라고 불렀졌다고 전해진다.
방장스님의 법어 중 나를 깨우치는 법음!
(2025) Summer Retreat Dharma Talk," with a Dharma message that awakened me.
" 달 밝고 맑은 바람
Grass and trees, broken tiles.
Everywhere the eyes reach, the original innocent eternal landscape.
How strange, how strange.
Ah, Mahāyāna! Mahā-prajñā-pāramitā.
Sudden enlightenment, complete awakening.
Immediately, in this very moment, a single thought
Before discrimination, the lump of life, this is I
Avalokiteshvara! Avalokiteshvara is the answer.
법음이며 법신이라는 뜻이 아닐까 한다.
"The sound of the stream is the long tongue of the Buddha,
The beauty of the mountains is the pure Dharmakaya of Buddha.
During the quiet night, the 84,000 verses of Dharma are heard,
How can I present this to others the next day?"
상총(常總) 조각(照覺)선사(1025-1091)에게 내보인 일종의 개오시(開悟詩)이라고 전해진다.
The above poem is said to be a kind of enlightenment poem presented by Su Dongpo to
깨달음에 이를수 있는데 너무나 많은 번민과 생각으로 진리의 주변 만 헤매면서 다닌 것이
아닌가도 싶다.
사실 모든 사람은 본래가 자연인으로 어느 누구도 자기자신을 구속할 수 없는 법이나 공연히
타인의 비방에 마음이 흔들려 업을 짓게 되는 것 같다.
In truth, everyone is inherently natural, and no one can be bound by themselves.
However, it seems that one's heart is often shaken by others' slander, leading to karmic actions.
"Respond without dwelling, yet give rise to that mind" is a key phrase from the Diamond Sutra,
teaching that one should live with a free mind, not clinging to or being attached to anything.
However, when one hears dismissive words, the flames of anger, jealousy, and inferiority burn
within them, harming themselves before reaching others.
Reflecting on "This too shall pass," if one patiently endures the humiliation received today,
Where there is yin, there is yang, just as heaven and earth, man and woman, light and dark,
left and right, life and death, strength and weakness, high and low are all paired.
Just as there is sadness, there is joy, so life isn't just full of sorrow.
With that strength, people comfort each other and live together, do they not?
"True words are not beautiful, and beautiful words are not true." American novelist Hemingway
wanted to write with only verbs and nouns, creating a sentence without embellishment: "I love you."
This phrase, simple yet conveying truth with just a subject and verb, can comfort and bring
happiness to others with just a warm gaze.
The "smile in the transmission of the flower" refers to a story where Shakyamuni Buddha, during
a sermon at Vulture Peak, silently held up a lotus flower, and only his disciple Kashyapa understood
its meaning and responded with a smile.
이는 말 없이 눈빛 하나 만으로 진리를 깨닫고 소통할 수 있음을 나타내는 말로 '이심전심(以心傳心),
This illustrates the concept of communication and understanding of truth without words, through a single
gaze, known as "mind-to-mind transmission," "heart-seal," "direct transmission outside the scriptures,"
"no reliance on words," and "silent understanding."
Yet, how can ordinary beings live without words? By speaking with caution, using kind, correct,
gentle, and beautiful words, I hope to purify the chaotic world and become the starting point for
creating a peaceful, beautiful, and just 'utopia.'
"Be careful of your eyes,
Do not see others' faults,
Only see what is clear and beautiful.
Be careful of your mouth,
Do not speak unnecessary words,
Only speak kind, correct,
Gentle, and beautiful words." - [Sutta Nipata]
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