Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Translator’s Introduction: Kim Iryŏp, Her Life and Thought 1
5. Part One
6. 1. Preface 29
7. 2. Life 33
8. 3. Buddhism and Culture 45
9. 4. In Memory of the Great Master Man’gong on the Fifteenth Anniversary of His Death 55
10. 5. On New Year’s Day of the Twenty-Fifth Year after Joining the Monastery 78
11. 6. A Proposal to the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference 87
12. 7. Why Has Buddhism Launched a Purification Movement? 92
13. 8. Is the Mind One or Two? To Mr. C., Who Has Recently Converted to Catholicism 97
14. 9. What Is Faith? Contemplation upon Reading a Letter from My Friend M. 110
15. 10. The Path to No-Mind: A Letter to Mr. R. 120
16. 11. Having Burned Away My Youth: A Letter to Mr. B. 140
17. 12. With a Returned Gift in My Hand 199
18. 13. Having Prepared a Clean Copy of My Master’s Manuscript (by Yi Wŏlsong) 206
19. Part Two
20. 14. Return to Emptiness 213
21. 15. Meditation and the Attainment of the Mind 224
22. 16. Prayer and Chanting 227
23. 17. Path to Eternity: A Message to Journalists 229
24. Notes 237
25. Character Glossary 275
26. Bibliography 279
27. Index 289
28. About the Translator 303