monk's residence

Winter has also come to monk's residence in 고운사 Gounsa Buddhist temple. Gounsa was set up in 681, located in Uiseong-gun(county), the center of Gyeongsangbukdo province.

바람 없이 물결이 일지 않으면

삼라만상보다 더 많은 것이 비치네

어찌 많은 말이 필요하랴

바라보면 이미 뜻이 통하네

No wind, no swell; a world so various opens before my eyes.

No need for a lot of words; to look is to see.

(Entitled "Small Lotus Pond(작은 연못),” this is Father Kevin O'Rourke's translation of a poem by the Buddhist monk 혜심 Hyeshim (1178-1234))