What is Hidden

Though there is nothing but changes,
what never changes controls everything, hidden amid it,
but we can't find it.

Said to be hidden, it is revealing itself.
The harder you seek it, the farther it becomes from you.
How curious it is!

Student : Sir, what is this?
Master : It's revealing itself.
Student : What is it like when revealing itself?
Master : It's hidden.
 

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