PART 2: The Stage of real consultation (the study stage)   Chapter 1. The Stage of the Decision and Choice of the Hwadu What is Hwadu? Mental Resolution and the Investigation of Hwadu If one wishes to investigate hwadu, how must one resolve the mind? Is there a hwadu that is exactly right for a practitioner? When and from whom can one receive a hwadu? Does one have to investigate only one hwadu in a lifetime? For most hwadu, does one use only the existing 1,700 gong-an? Chapter 2: The Role of the Supervisor The Role of the Master and the Methods of Supervision in Ganhwa Seon Meeting with a good teacher The mental attitude of a practitioner seeking a teacher Can one question when the master in the patriarchal lineage lectures? Can long-term practitioners supervise? Are there no other methods? How must one polish one’s own practice in the Seon cloister? Chapter 3. The Stage of Investigation of the Hwadu How is the hwadu concretely investigated? The Reasons one must possess the Mind of Great Faith, the Mind of Great Indignation, the Mind of Great Doubt What are the feeling of doubt, the ball of doubt, form into one piece, and the silver mountains and iron walls? The Differences between Investigating the Hwadu and Contemplating the Hwadu When one is not possessed by hwadu, may one use mantic power or chant hwadu or be mindful of hwadu? Live Phrases and Dead Phrases Chapter 4: Overcoming the Malfunctions Methods of Removing Ten Malfunctions in the Investigation of Hwadu The Difference between the Mind of Rapid Result and the Mind of Indignant Outburst The Method of Controlling Rising Gi Methods of Controlling Dullness and Restlessness Method of Overcoming Sexual Desire and Sleep Chapter 5: The Investigation of Hwadu Method in Everyday Life How much must one practice in silence and can one enter into study in movement? How does one overcome the contrary realms and the favorable realms during the course of daily study What is the relation between hwadu investigation and the place? Can one take up a hwadu while working as a layperson? Chapter 6: Investigation of Hwadu and the Stage of Samadhi Investigation of hwadu and alert tranquility When investigating hwadu, what must one do about the tasteless? What is the samādhi spoken of in Ganhwa Seon? What are the Three Stages of Movement and Calm in One Thusness, Dream and Awakening in One Thusness, and Waking and Sleeping in One Thusness? Can sentient beings of superior ability conquer the hwadu at the end of a word? Why should one be careful about the calm realm? What is to be done if the hwadu is pure and is enlarged to mystical phenomena?