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Boeun County

Boeun County is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.-History:Boeun, literally "offering gratitude" or "thanksgiving", was named in 1406 by a remorseful King Taejong, who felt relieved that he had cleared his conscience after having participated at a ceremonial ritual at the local...

報恩 (Offering Gratitude and Repaying)

Boeun is one of the main teachings of Jeungism. Bo (報) means "repay" and eun (恩) means "gratitude". Its literal meaning is repay other's gratitude to me.

Why Boeun is important?

It is recommended to understand Cosmic year

Cosmic year

According to Jeung San Do, the universe generates and cultivates life through a cyclic process of birth, growth, harvest, and rest . This is closely related to the fluctuation and interplay of the two polar energies, yin and yang and its cycle appeared in daily, yearly, and cosmically...

in order to understand better in the context of Cosmic year.

As a human being, the most important thing is its life. Without its life, nothing can be more important. Anything that we can think of in our daily life such as money, fame, power, and etc can not be more important because once my life is gone, everything is useless. How one can be rich, famous, and influential without having himself/herself?

Therefore, life is the most important thing for human being. Then, who gave its life? That must be parents. Without parents, one can not be born. For this reason, human being must offer respect to parents and ancestors. This concept is related with Wunshibanbon(Returning to the Origin).

Aspects

One aspect of offering gratitude and repaying is to offer respect to parents, ancestors, and teachers to whom we are all indebted. Another is to avoid unnecessary indebtedness and dependence so that we can act freely. It also involves giving credit where credit is due.

Quote from Dojeon

Dojeon

A sacred text of Jeungism, the original Dojeon was published in Korean on October 25, 1992. The Dojeon has been translated into eight languages, including Korean, English, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Russian and Chinese.-Background:...

It is difficult to serve heaven and earth if you do not respect your parents. Heaven and earth are the parents of humanity, and parents are the heaven and earth of their children. If descendants treat their ancestors badly, ancestors treat the descendants in the same way.

Dojeon 2:41:3-5

If you are given a bowl of rice, do not forget it. If you are given only half a bowl of rice, do not forget it. There is a saying, ‘Never fail to repay the benevolence of being given a meal.’ But I say, ‘never fail to repay the benevolence of even half a meal.

Dojeon 2:40:3-4

In the Early Heaven, being dependent on others has led people to ruin. You should not even lean on the walls of your own room. Do not wish for the benevolence of others. If you receive many favors, you will be indebted and kept from acting freely. The beast called failure is one-legged. Two of them must lean on each other to walk. When you depend on someone, you are bound to fail.

Dojeon 8:16:5-7

Enlightenment is the ultimate way of repaying heaven and earth.

Dojeon 6:82:5

You have to discover your own mind and do your own work.

Dojeon 11:96:8

報恩 (Offering Gratitude and Repaying)

Why Boeun is important?

Aspects

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