등신불
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 등신불
- Title Romanization
- Deungsinbul
- English Title(Printed)
- Tungsin-bul : Volume 107
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story
- Author
- Kim Dongri
- Co-Author
- -
- Published Year
- 2005
- Publisher
- 문학과지성사
- ISBN
- 9788932015736
- Main Characters
- Narrator, Jin Gi-su, Venerable Manjeok
- Subject/Theme
- Human salvation, role of religion, agonizing life
At the end of the Japanese colonial period, the narrator, who was forced to become a student soldier, makes an escape. Owing to the help of Buddhist scholar Jin Gi-su, the narrator stays at a Buddhist temple called Jeongwonsa. There is a life-size statue of the Buddha who entered nirvana by self-immolations, and unlike the usual calm-looking Buddha statues, it evokes pain, sorrow, and suffering. The narrator hears the story of this Buddha, known as Tungsin-bul, and thinks about human suffering and religious salvation.
Translated Books2
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English(English) Book AvailableTungsin-bul
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Chinese(汉语) Book等身佛