Mind over Matter

Won Hyo was a monk who lived in the Unified Silla dynasty and he is a historical person who had a reputation not only in the Buddhist world, but from lots of foreigners. “The world of life is all in the mind and the phenomenon is only recognition. Everyone depends on their minds. But people always try to get something out of their minds.” + According to this logic, Won Hyo discussed that conflict also come from ‘discriminatory mind’. We are happy because we can boast a historic person such as Buddhist leader Won Hyo. The legendary happening that Won Hyo experienced is famous. ++ It was when he was a youth when he went to study abroad to the Tang dynasty, the former land of China. When it got dark, he slept in a low hill. While he was sleeping, he was thirsty and groped around in the dark and drank the stagnant water of a jar. When he woke up the next morning, he was amazing as he slept in a crypt where an old tomb had collapsed. And he was even more surprised that the water he had...