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Acknowledgments I am indebted to many people whose contributions, support, and assistance made this book possible. I would like first to thank Robert E. Buswell for including Kim Iryŏp’s works in the Korean Classics Library series and for offering me guidance throughout the process of translating and producing this book. Without his determination this book would not have seen the light of day. Jennifer Jung-Kim aided me in many ways during the translation process, and I greatly appreciate her help. I thank the two anonymous readers for their valuable comments on an earlier version of the translation. I also offer my sincere appreciation to Patricia Crosby for her insightful, meticulous, and thoughtful copyediting of the manuscript and to Wanda China for her help in its production. I am grateful to the Academy of Korean Studies for funding the translation. Kim Iryŏp’s disciples at Hwanhŭidae always welcomed me when I visited them to look for unknown materials associated with Kim Iryŏp or to get a sense of Kim Iryŏp at the place where she lived and practiced. I am thankful for and humbled by their warm reception. I want especially to express my boundless appreciation to Wŏlsong sŭnim for her generous support of this book’s publication. I also thank her for allowing me to interview her and thereby gain a better understanding of Iryŏp no sŭnim (or Great Master Iryŏp) from the perspective of someone who practiced under her. I would like to express my gratitude to Kyŏngwan sŭnim, who helped me in various ways over the years, facilitating my visits to Hwanhŭidae and interviews with the nuns there as well as helping me locate materials on Iryŏp sŭnim. Thanks go to Tanho sŭnim for helping me understand the life at Hwanhŭidae and Kyŏnsŏngam and to Namo sŭnim, who took the time to reproduce the picture of Iryŏp sŭnim that appears as the frontispiece of this book. The College of Arts and Sciences at American University helped me in a number of ways throughout the process of this translation, for which I am thankful. Graduate students Andrew Sonntag, Maegan Reese, and Jeoffrey Pucci helped with the preparation of the index and with proofreading; I thank them for taking the time to assist me. ...

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