¹A man of Gochang County with the surname Gim, an itinerant entertainer who was married to a shaman, once extended hospitality to Sangjenim with utmost devotion.²After he committed a crime in the spring of 1909, he was imprisoned in Daegu until he was released in the summer of 1911. Clothed in rags and lacking travel money, he had only bleak hopes of returning home.³As he sighed, not knowing what to do, someone approached him and tapped him on his back.⁴When he turned toward the person, he discovered Sangjenim standing before him, beaming a warm smile.

⁵The man wept uncontrollably as sorrow welled up within him, and so Sangjenim comforted him, “If you keep your mind true, your future will change for the better.”⁶After buying food and clothes for the man, Sangjenim even gave him travel money and sent him homeward.

⁷A month later, the man came to Daeheung-ri Village and asked people where Sangjenim was staying so that he could visit Him. However, he was told, “It has been years since He ascended to heaven.”

⁸Not believing these words, the man said, “I will repay His grace without fail,” and he pressed others to tell him where Sangjenim was staying.

⁹Similiarly, many other people in various regions who had known Sangjenim told tales of having direct encounters with Him, some even several years after Sangjenim’s ascension.¹⁰One of them served Sangjenim drinks at an inn in Salpojeongi Village, in Gobu County. ¹¹Yun-chil, son of Gim Seong-hwa of Gundun-ri Village in Impi County, said that Sangjenim had visited his house. ¹²An itinerant entertainer of Jeongeup County with the surname Shin related that when he was returning home after being released from prison in Jeonju, Sangjenim bought him drinks and meat stew. ¹³Bak Geum-gok, the abbot of Daewonsa Temple on Moaksan Mountain, said that Sangjenim had visited him on over ten occasions.