Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun: Essays by Zen Master Kim Iryop

Title Page, Frontispiece, Copyright, Dedication

Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun Kim Iryŏp is shown in this photograph taking a break during the writing of “Path to Eternity : A Message to Journalists” (Chapter 17 of this volume). Early summer 1966. Photo courtesy of Hwanhŭidae. KOREAN CLASSICS LIBRARY: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun Kim Iryŏp translated and with an introduction by Jin Y. Park University of Hawai‘i Press/Honolulu Korean Classics Library © 2014 The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kim, Ir-yop, 1896–1971, author. [Onu sudoin ui hoesang. English] Reflections of a Zen Buddhist nun / essays by Zen Master Kim Iryop ; translated and with an introduction by Jin Y. Park. pages cm―(Korean classics library. Philosophy and religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8248-3878-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Zen Buddhism. 2. Self. 3. Conduct of life. 4. Kim, Ir-yop, 1896–1971. I. Park, Jin Y., translator. II. Title. III. Series: Korean classics library. Philosophy and religion. BQ9266.K5713 2014 294.3’927―dc23 2013037984 Korean Classics Library: Philosophy and Religion Series Editor: Robert Buswell, University of California, Los Angeles Series Editorial Board: Donald Baker, University of British Columbia John Duncan, University of California, Los Angeles Sun Joo Kim, Harvard University Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles Jay Lewis, Oxford University Charles Muller, Tokyo University Young-chan Ro, George Mason University Ken Robinson, International Christian University, Tokyo Edward Shultz, University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa Senior Editorial Assistant: Jennifer Jung-Kim, University of California, Los Angeles Translations in this series have been funded by a generous grant from the Academy of Korean Studies, Seongnam, Republic of Korea. University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Design and composition by Wanda China Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc. To the nuns at Hwanhŭidae and Kyŏnsŏngam ...