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107. Stone Steps and the Stone Buddha
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- In Part 107 of the series 'Meorit-dol' (Cornerstone), journalist Ji Seung-ju explores the meaning of hardship through the story of stone steps and a stone Buddha.
- It is a metaphor: although they are the same stone, the one struck countless times by chisel and hammer becomes a Buddha statue, while the one never struck remains as a step.
- The article argues that hardship is not punishment but a process that leaves only the essence, and that those who endure it grow deeper and earn respect.
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