{"product_id":"reflections-of-a-zen-buddhist-iryp-kim-9780824896768","title":"Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 issues and understanding the changing role of women in Korean society. As an influential Buddhist nun, she examined religious teachings and strove to interpret modern human existence through a religious world view. Originally published in Korea when Iryŏp was in her sixties, Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun (Ŏnŭ sudoin ŭi hoesang) makes available for the first time in English a rich, intimate, and unfailingly candid source of material with which to understand modern Korea, Korean women, and Korean Buddhism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her writing, Iryŏp poses such questions as: How does one come to terms with one's identity? What is the meaning of revolt and what are its limitations? How do we understand the different dimensions of love in the context of Buddhist teachings? What is Buddhist awakening? How do we attain it? How do we understand God and the relationship between good and evil? What is the meaning of religious practice in our time? We see through her thought and life experiences the co-existence of seemingly conflicting ideas and ideals--Christianity and Buddhism, sexual liberalism and religious celibacy, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun, Iryŏp challenges readers with her creative interpretations of Buddhist doctrine and her reflections on the meaning of Buddhist practice. In the process she offers insight into a time when the ideas and contributions of women to twentieth-century Korean society and intellectual life were just beginning to emerge from the shadows, where they had been obscured in the name of modernization and nation-building.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iryŏp Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824896769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824896768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Iry\u0026#335;p Kim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133356601599,"sku":"9780824896768","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fe14267-2657-43e2-bc83-d7e5c47374e3.jpg?v=1687485624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reflections-of-a-zen-buddhist-iryp-kim-9780824896768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}