A man who has done a great thing

I have done a great thing,
for, freed from an unaccountable sense of oppression,
I feel fresh and relieved.

A man who has done a great thing,
making idleness his work,
is like a wooden doll all day.

Seeing that he spends time like this,
he may seem to know nothing at all,
but there is nothing he doesn't know.

Written by
MASTER SUBUL SUNIM
Director of Anguk Zen Center
and Dongguk University's
International Seon Center
Translated by Boo Ahm
(Song Soo-kyong)