- [first lines]
- Hyegok: Haejin! Haejin! There is no beginning and no end. Nothing is immutable, everything changes. That thing which does not come into being does not die.
- Hyegok: You must keep the Koan between your teeth even if you fall into a furnace. The one who has decided to solve the Koan must go to the end. When you reach Enlightenment you will find freedom like the breeze on the mountaintop and a peace unshakable like a rock in a storm. The Place where you stood today can be the Land of Perfect Bliss itself.
- Kibong: His name is Hyegok. Although he is far away from us in the mountains, he is like a beacon lamp. To be effective, mustn't a beacon be situated high up and far away?
- Kibong: I became a hermit to free myself from the dust and the dirt of the world, looking for perfection. But I realized that it was impossible without loving the garbage and the dust of the world, even life's passions.
- Kibong: If it's easy to fight against reality and fate, it is difficult to love them. What a beautiful world when you know how to love it!