Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun / / Iryŏp Kim; ed. by Robert E. Buswell.
The life and work of Kim Iryŏp (1896-1971) bear witness to Korea's encounter with modernity. A prolific writer, Iryŏp reflected on identity and existential loneliness in her poems, short stories, and autobiographical essays. As a pioneering feminist intellectual, she dedicated herself to gender...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Translator's Introduction: Kim Iryŏp, Her Life and Thought
- Part One
- 1. Preface
- 2. Life
- 3. Buddhism and Culture
- 4. In Memory of the Great Master Man'gong on the Fifteenth Anniversary of His Death
- 5. On New Year's Day of the Twenty-Fifth Year after Joining the Monastery
- 6. A Proposal to the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference
- 7. Why Has Buddhism Launched a Purification Movement?
- 8. Is the Mind One or Two? To Mr. C., Who Has Recently Converted to Catholicism
- 9. What Is Faith? Contemplation upon Reading a Letter from My Friend M.
- 10. The Path to No-Mind: A Letter to Mr. R.
- 11. Having Burned Away My Youth: A Letter to Mr. B.
- 12. With a Returned Gift in My Hand
- 13. Having Prepared a Clean Copy of My Master's Manuscript (by Yi Wŏlsong)
- Part Two
- 14. Return to Emptiness
- 15. Meditation and the Attainment of the Mind
- 16. Prayer and Chanting
- 17. Path to Eternity: A Message to Journalists
- Notes
- Character Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Translator