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followers through the Gateway' of practice based on true
voidness and marvelous existence. 2. The Gateway of Faith based on retribution and response of
cause and effect has its essential principles gratitude to the Fourfold Grace of heaven and earth, parents, fellow beings, and laws, which are the tangible reality of irwonsang, the Dharamakāya Buddha. In additior., as a principle it holds to create a peaceful and joyful world by carrying out the Four Essentials. This ultimately shows the way to a world of equality : developing Self-power, the wise one first, educating other's children, and venerating the public spirit. These principles are considered the essential ways of human life because they are necessary to follow along the path of life
as a human being. 3. The Gateway of Practice based on truc voidness and mar
velous existence reveals the way of study and resembles the model of irwonsang, the Dharmakāya Buddha. The Eight Articles : practicing belief, zeal, questioning, and dedication and abandoning unbelief, greed, laziness sand foolishness, are the fundamental force driving the Threefold Study : cultivating the spirit, inquiry into numan affairs and universal principles and choice in action.
These are the way of practice to lead the Won-Buddhist to Buddha-hood. These principles are considered the essential ways of human practice because they are necessary for all people to follow along the path of religious practice.
The Great Master Sot'aesan, proclaiming the Doctrinal Chart as follow.'
