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of material and that of mind oan not be separated, but integrated into one. Therefore, scie,ntific civilizatiorn which cultivates the truth of material, and moral civilization which cultivates the principle of mind will be ultimately connected in an ultimate Truth of religion. Therefore, even one of the greatest physici'sts, Albert Eienstein (1879-1955), said as follows; "Religion without science is lame, science without religion is blind." It is evident that a religion which does no,t aecept the principles of science is not able to lead the human raee in a new age into the principles of science; it is not able to lead the human race in a new age into the right way. However, religion can not be seisnce itself. Science discriminates this vast universe into parts and synthesizes it again cultivating truths. On the contrary, religion cultivates truths through synthetical intuition on the original principle of the whole universe. Scienee is mainly an intellectual activity ,and religion is an activity of the AII-Human Character of intellect, emotion and volition. Therefore, seientific truths can he transmitted as disciplines, but religious truths should be experienced through personality. If personality itself fails to approach religious truth through ohanges of chanacter, the Iife or religion will f,ade away, however rich the studies on religion may be. I wish to state clearly that even a partial truth should be accepted properly into the integrated Tru,th, ,&rd that even the activities founded upon only the intellectual function should be integrated into All-Personality activities as an important function.
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Grace of Ifeaven and Earth W'e lrnow well that without trhe sun, the moon, the earth, the
air, the water etc., we could not earry on our l.ife for even a moment. - we live our ordinary life, forgetting Grace. It is our Nevertheless, duty to requite s,uch a Grrace, and in order to reguite the Grace, we should learn the ways of Heaven and Earth and practice them in our daily life. There are eight ways given as the ways of Heaven and Earth. They can be described as follows. (1) Heaven and Earth keeps the very brisht way. Following it, we should be well versed in all Facts and Principles by studving them.
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(3) Heavm and Earth keeps the very impartial way. Following it, we should keep to the middle way without attachment to situations in whieh we feel close and intimate, or remote and estranged, and without attachment to situations in which we feel joy, anger, pleasure,
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(4) Heaven and Earth keeps the proper and natural way. Following it we should examine and take what is reasonable, abandoning what is unreasonable in the management of all things. (5) Ifeaven and Earch keeps the way of the vashress and limitIessness. Following it, we sh6uld abandon the disnosition of attaeh.
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Ihe Four Graces by Prof. Ktm Pal-Kon
In Won Buddhism, Grace is suggested as the fundamental relation-term of all beings in the universe, and Il-Won-S ar,g, the Dharma-kaya Buddha which is the object of faith and the standard of moral training is translated into the Four Graces; that is, the Grace of Heaven and Earth, the Grace of Parents, the Grace of Brethrea, and the Graee of Law. The Great Master, the Venerable Sotaesan taught that as we, human beings, cannot exist without those Four Graees, we should realize the Graces and lead the life requiting them. Then, let us investigate the oontent of the Four Graees in detail.
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Heaven and Earth keeps the very sincere way. Following
it, we should fulfil the purpose of all our works consistently.
(6) Heaven and Earth keeps the way of eternitv. Following it, we should emaneipate ourselves from the transition of all things and from the birth, old age, illness, and death of human beings. (7) fleaven and Earth keeps the way of having neither good nor bad luck. Foll'owing it, we should not become attached either to geotl or bad luek by trying to diseover where bad Iuck lies when confronted with good luck, or by trying to diseover where good luck Iies when eonfronted with bad luek. (8) Heaven and Earth keeps the way of not maintaining pride in the offering of benefit. Following it, we should cultivate the way of being free from all prides and thoughLs in Moving or Being Quiet; and we should abandon any idea or notion in offering benefit to others, either spiritually, physically, or materially. We should not hate or besome a foe even to those who are ungnateful for the benefits that we have bestowed on them. -13-