- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Translator’s Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Preface -
Chapter 2 Life -
Chapter 3 Buddhism and Culture -
Chapter 4 In Memory of the Great Master Man’gong on the Fifteenth Anniversary of His Death -
Chapter 5 On New Year’s Day of the Twenty-Fifth Year after Joining the Monastery -
Chapter 6 A Proposal to the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference -
Chapter 7 Why Has Buddhism Launched a Purification Movement? -
Chapter 8 Is the Mind One or Two? -
Chapter 9 What Is Faith? -
Chapter 10 The Path to No-Mind -
Chapter 11 Having Burned Away My Youth -
Chapter 12 With a Returned Gift in My Hand -
Chapter 13 Having Prepared a Clean Copy of My Master’s Manuscript (by Yi Wŏlsong) -
Chapter 14 Return to Emptiness -
Chapter 15 Meditation and the Attainment of the Mind -
Chapter 16 Prayer and Chanting -
Chapter 17 Path to Eternity - Character Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Translator
- Series Information
- Production Notes
Life
Life
- Chapter:
- (p.33) Chapter 2 Life
- Source:
- Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun
- Author(s):
Kim Iryŏp
, Jin Y. Park- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
In this chapter, Kim Iryŏp offers a philosophical reflection on the meaning of life. According to Iryŏp, it is important that we first ask whether we are living as a human being before discussing issues related to the life of a human being. She argues that free beings should be free from the boundaries called the universe, the numbers called time, and the limits called space. Iryŏp suggests ways for those who have lost their minds to recover from that malady and reminds those who want to become a human being to have at least basic knowledge about life. Finally, she talks about the concept of life according to Buddhism and describes the Buddha as eternal, someone who teaches us the seed of infinity so that we can live in freedom, and this is possible by realizing the absolute “I.”
Keywords: life, Kim Iryŏp, human being, universe, time, space, Buddhism, Buddha, infinity, freedom
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- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Translator’s Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Preface -
Chapter 2 Life -
Chapter 3 Buddhism and Culture -
Chapter 4 In Memory of the Great Master Man’gong on the Fifteenth Anniversary of His Death -
Chapter 5 On New Year’s Day of the Twenty-Fifth Year after Joining the Monastery -
Chapter 6 A Proposal to the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference -
Chapter 7 Why Has Buddhism Launched a Purification Movement? -
Chapter 8 Is the Mind One or Two? -
Chapter 9 What Is Faith? -
Chapter 10 The Path to No-Mind -
Chapter 11 Having Burned Away My Youth -
Chapter 12 With a Returned Gift in My Hand -
Chapter 13 Having Prepared a Clean Copy of My Master’s Manuscript (by Yi Wŏlsong) -
Chapter 14 Return to Emptiness -
Chapter 15 Meditation and the Attainment of the Mind -
Chapter 16 Prayer and Chanting -
Chapter 17 Path to Eternity - Character Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Translator
- Series Information
- Production Notes
