Caveat: 29) 비겁한 생각과 말과 행동을 참회하며 절합니다

“I bow in repentance of cowardly thoughts, words and actions.”

This is #29 out of a series of 108 daily Buddhist affirmations that I am attempting to translate with my hands tied behind my back (well not really that, but I’m deliberately not seeking out translations on the internet, using only dictionary and grammar).


27. 비방 함으로 인해 악연이 된 인연들에게 참회하며 절합니다.
        “I bow in repentance of the ties that become like an evil destiny due to slanders done.”
28. 무시 함으로 인해 악연이 된 인연들에게 참회하며 절합니다.
         “I bow in repentance of the ties that become like an evil destiny due to ignorance .”
29. 비겁한 생각과 말과 행동을 참회하며 절합니다.

I would read this twenty-ninth affirmation as: “I bow in repentance of cowardly thoughts, words and actions.”

I’m not sure, regarding this problem of cowardice: I assume it means thoughts, words and actions that derive from fear. What is fear? I’m not as fearful as I once was. But in other ways, I’m still fearful: my tendency to avoid difficult social situations, especially, is still quite strong.

Lately, I been feeling very “bonded” to the landscape. The weather has been exactly like a Minnesota winter – a lot of snow and ice on the ground and roads, packed down and consolidated by periodic daily thaws and traffic and dirt, cold nights: I think yesterday morning was at least -10 C, everything feels “crisp” and it’s cold enough that the ice isn’t very slippery anymore. I walk to the bus station, I ride the bus, I look around… Korea seems extraordinarily beautiful, to me.

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