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Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document, whose title can be translated "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings". Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant movable metal print book. UNESCO confirmed Jikji as the world's oldest metalloid type in September 2001 and includes it in the Memory of the World Programme.
Jikji was published in Heungdeok Temple in 1377, 78 years prior to Johannes Gutenberg's acclaimed "42-Line Bible" printed during the years 1452-1455. The greater part of the Jikji is now lost, and today only the last volume survives, and is kept at the Manuscrits Orientaux division of the National Library of France.
The Jikji was written by the Buddhist monk Baegun (1298–1374, Buddhist name Gyeonghan), who served as the chief priest of Anguk and Shingwang temples in Haeju, and was published in two volumes in Seongbulsan in 1372. Baegun died in Chwiam Temple in Yeoju in 1374.
The Jikji comprises a collection of excerpts from the analects of the most revered Buddhist monks throughout successive generations. It was created as a guide for students of Buddhism, then Korea's national religion under the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392).
Don't ever wait to find what you've been looking for
Don't ever hide your light behind a closing door
Don't give up the fight to find a way to realize your dreams
Don't you know you can be anything that you want to be
CHORUS:
You can be a star shining out in the darkness
You can be a fire blazing into the cold
You can be a voice calling out in the silence
You can be a voice calling out in the silence
You can be as bright as the morning sun
You can be the blue sky after the gray
You can drive the clouds of fear away
You can bring the healing to a world that's come undone
Don't you know you can be the one
You know that you can be the one
Don't ever miss the chance to find what the future
'Cause I can see a passion burning in your eyes
I know there's a God who's up in heaven looking down
And we all play a part in a master plan of grand design, yeah