¡¸Jikji¡¹is made of two
volumes, the first and last volume. Metal printed ¡¸Jikji¡¹ that was
published in Hungdeok Temple is kept in Manuscrit Orianteaux of
France National Library, with the first page of the last
volume(Book 1 in Chapter 38) torn off.
Xylographic Book of ¡¸Jikji¡¹ published in Chwiamsa Temple consists
of the first and last volume, which is a complete book. This is
kept in the National Library of Korea and Jangsagak and Bulgap
Temple in the Academy of Korea Studies. We can see thoroughly
details of the structure or contents, which have not been known
through Xylographic Book.
¡¸Jikji¡¹has 370 chapters such as
Ke¡¤Song¡¤Chan¡¤Ka¡¤Myung¡¤Seo¡¤Bubeo¡¤Moondap. Hwasang made up for the
contents by extracting from Seonmoonyumsong and Chimoonkyunghoon
on Jikji Simche Yojol that the Hwasang's teacher, Priest Seokok,
had given to him. He extracted from 145 Buddhist sermons such as
past 7 Buddhism, Indian 28 founders and Chinese 110 Zen priests.
Shilla Priest Daeryung is solely mentioned in the last volume as
our priest. is originated from the famous phrase that was
perceived by Buddhism of Seonjong. ,
which means "When you see a man's mind through meditation in Zen
Buddhism, you will understand that the nature of the mindset is
Buddha's mind."
The Jebuljosa's words recorded in ¡¸Jikji¡¹are considered to be a
piece of high-valued masterpiece which was made by Hwasang by
extracting the important sayings at the end of Goryeo, in spite of
his aged eyesight, in order to teach the way to meditation of Zen
Buddhism and to pass down the tradition of Buddhism to Buddhist
pupils.
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The
structure and contents of Jikji
