Korea is the only nation where the traditional meditation using hwadu (usually translated as “head of speech” which means “true speech”) is generally practiced. Used by many enlightened masters of the past, the practitioner endeavors to suspend logical thinking so that the Original Nature becomes clear through a direct transmission from mind to mind. As we are all Buddha by nature, it is only necessary to clear away ignorance and delusions for our true nature to come forward.
The hwadu distinguishes three dimensions of practice. These are: a great root of faith, a great ball of doubt and a great tenacity of purpose or determination. Faith in the process leads to the necessary inspiration to begin practice, continuing doubt in any intermediary “results” allowing the practitioner to continue maintained by determination to attain clear understanding.
It is reported that some become enlightened just by hearing such words. Most practitioners, however, take a hwadu and work with it constantly. And since the riddle cannot be solved with logical thining or words, any type of attempt to apply reason ends in failure. The process of working with a hwadu is one of having it permeate the entire being of the practitioner, both body and spirit, and so working with it constantly and fervently.
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