{"id":20617,"date":"2018-07-28T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T22:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=20617"},"modified":"2018-07-28T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T23:20:52","slug":"what-is-ganhwa-son-koans-hwadu-within-korean-zen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2018\/07\/what-is-ganhwa-son-koans-hwadu-within-korean-zen.html","title":{"rendered":"What is Ganhwa Seon? Koans &#038; Hwadu Within Korean Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2018\/07\/Jinul1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20620\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2018\/07\/Jinul1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"container_title\">What is <i>Ganhwa Seon<\/i>?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reprinted from the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism\u2019s webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bo_list\">\n<form id=\"fboardlist\" action=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board_list_update.php\" method=\"post\" name=\"fboardlist\">\n<div class=\"tbl_head01 tbl_wrap\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Preface\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=59\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Invitation to Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>PART 1: The Stage of basic\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter 1: Patriarchal Seon and its historical development\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=58\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Meaning and Currents of Patriarchal Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=62\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The History and Tradition of Korean Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=63\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The House Style of Korean Patriarchal Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2: An outline of Ganhwa Seon\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=53\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is Ganhwa Seon?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=54\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Characteristics Ganhwa Seon has as Patriarchal Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=55\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Reason for the Emphasis in Ganhwa Seon on Originally Being Buddha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=56\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why is Ganhwa Seon the Supreme Vehicle Dharma?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=57\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Content of Seeing the Nature as seen from Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 3: The teaching of the Buddha and Ganhwa Seon\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=49\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Words and Mind of the Buddha and Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=50\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Investigation Method, Conditional Production, and the Structure of the Middle Way<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=51\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Not establishing letters and a separate transmission apart from the Teachings, and Ganhwa Seon.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=52\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The reason for not listening to the words of the Buddha or of the generations of patriarchs when investigating hwadu.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 4: The fundamental practice of Ganhwa Seon\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=44\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Reason for Giving Importance to Correct Views in Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=45\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How must one practice the basic practices of Ganhwa Seon?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=46\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Reason for Valuing a Correct World View in Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=47\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The necessity that one must understand the doctrine before the practice of Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=48\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is the Relation between of Practice of Ganhwa Seon and the Precepts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>PART 2: The Stage of real consultation (the study stage)\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter 1. The Stage of the Decision and Choice of the Hwadu\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=37\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is Hwadu?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=38\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mental Resolution and the Investigation of Hwadu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=39\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">If one wishes to investigate hwadu, how must one resolve the mind?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=40\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Is there a hwadu that is exactly right for a practitioner?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=41\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">When and from whom can one receive a hwadu?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=42\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Does one have to investigate only one hwadu in a lifetime?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=43\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">For most hwadu, does one use only the existing 1,700 gong-an?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2: The Role of the Supervisor\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=31\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Role of the Master and the Methods of Supervision in Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=32\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meeting with a good teacher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=33\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The mental attitude of a practitioner seeking a teacher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=34\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can one question when the master in the patriarchal lineage lectures?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=35\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can long-term practitioners supervise? Are there no other methods?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=36\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How must one polish one\u2019s own practice in the Seon cloister?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 3. The Stage of Investigation of the Hwadu\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=25\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How is the hwadu concretely investigated?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=26\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Reasons one must possess the Mind of Great Faith, the Mind of Great Indignation, the Mind of Great Doubt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=27\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What are the feeling of doubt, the ball of doubt, form into one piece, and the silver mountains and iron walls?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=28\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Differences between Investigating the Hwadu and Contemplating the Hwadu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=29\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">When one is not possessed by hwadu, may one use mantic power or chant hwadu or be mindful of hwadu?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=30\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Live Phrases and Dead Phrases<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 4: Overcoming the Malfunctions\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Methods of Removing Ten Malfunctions in the Investigation of Hwadu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=21\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Difference between the Mind of Rapid Result and the Mind of Indignant Outburst<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=22\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Method of Controlling Rising Gi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=23\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Methods of Controlling Dullness and Restlessness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=24\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Method of Overcoming Sexual Desire and Sleep<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 5: The Investigation of Hwadu Method in Everyday Life\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How much must one practice in silence and can one enter into study in movement?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=17\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How does one overcome the contrary realms and the favorable realms during the course of daily study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=18\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is the relation between hwadu investigation and the place?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=19\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can one take up a hwadu while working as a layperson?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 6: Investigation of Hwadu and the Stage of Samadhi\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=9\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Investigation of hwadu and alert tranquility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=10\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">When investigating hwadu, what must one do about the tasteless?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=11\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is the sam\u0101dhi spoken of in Ganhwa Seon?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=12\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What are the Three Stages of Movement and Calm in One Thusness, Dream and Awakening in One Thusness, and Waking and Sleeping in One Thusness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=13\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can sentient beings of superior ability conquer the hwadu at the end of a word?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=14\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why should one be careful about the calm realm?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=15\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is to be done if the hwadu is pure and is enlarged to mystical phenomena?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>PART 3: The world of enlightenment\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter 1: Examination and Seal of Approval\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What are the examination and the seal of approval?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How is the examination and seal of approval achieved?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">If one examines one\u2019s own study, what should one do?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2: The World of Enlightenment\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is enlightenment and what world is opened up?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is \u201cFrustrations are Enlightenment\u201d?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The reason one is not trapped by contrary and favorable realms when one is enlightened<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How do the enlightened convert sentient beings?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The social values and role of Ganhwa Seon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sitting Postion\n<ul class=\"cat_list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=60\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Method of Sitting in Meditation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanbuddhism.net\/bbs\/board.php?bo_table=3020&amp;wr_id=61\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to sitting meditation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Ganhwa Seon? 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