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I'm the servant to Sister Superior.

Did you come here to become a nun?

Yes.

Are you in bad terms with your parents?

No.

Did you lose your loved one to another woman?

Temples are for penance.

This is not a hiding-place for

criminals or the mistreated.

I'd like to see Sis. Sup. Eun-sun.

You need permission from your parents to receive Buddhist initiation.

It's getting late. Get some sleep and go back in the morning.

Where did you come from?

- Pardon? - Where did you come from?

- Gwang-ju, ma'am. - Before that?

- My mother's womb. - Before that?

Well, I wouldn't be here if I knew that.

Physically being here doesn't make you a nun.

Here you have give up all the earthly desires and sorrows.

You can't gain without giving up.

The more you give up, the more you shall gain.

It's already been cleaned.

Just finish up and come back in.

Yes.

How dare you spit!

You must know you have more disgusting impurities within you.

The people who live here are far more pure than you.

Shame on you!

Sweep and wipe the floor. That's the newcomer's job.

I heard you attended a nursing school. You might have been a college student,

but you have to learn endurance here.

You should've been more patient. It's much better out in the world.

Until you are initiated, your body will suffer.

Plenty of adversity awaits you.

Where the hell have you been?

This isn't exactly a cozy home I can relax in.

What?

I became a widow at such young age

and I raised you with hard work!

Now do you pay back like this?

You're on usury. That's not such hard work.

What the hell did you say?

I worked for both of us!

Present yourself. He's a priest of the temple where your grandmother and I used to go.

What temple does he stay in? Maybe I should go with him.

He travels around. You can't follow him.

What brings you here?

I'm traveling around. I'm on winter break.

- What grade are you in? - Why do you want to know that?

Why do I want to know...

You look very sick...

Not that much.

Hey, what made you a priest?

Is it necessary to abandon one's family to become one?

Do you happen to know my father well?

He was some sort of a military officer.

When he came back from Vietnam, he entered a temple of Buddhism.

I don't know his Buddhist name.

His name was Lee Jae-myung.

If you happen to meet him,

tell him that sins in Vietnam were pardoned.

Okay. I'll do that.

My mother told me to get you some medicine.

I heard you've a stomach ache.

That is of no use.

There's no point in curing your body when your soul is in sickness.

Don't refuse this.

I've never seen my mother spending money for someone else's illness.

The doctor said to take 20 pills after each meal.

Thank you.

Now that I have the medicine as your mother asked.

I have to be on my way. Let us part here.

I have my own way to go, and you have your own.

I'd like to know where you go and what you do.

I'll follow till I learn it.

Look at the clouds up there.

That's your father.

There is your father's hermitage.

Your father failed.

He was wrong to think

that he can reach enlightenment by secluding himself in the mountains.

He finally realized

that something obtained from

sharing the pain with the people is the only valuable enlightenment.

Only when his physical illness has reached its peak.

What are the differences between the Buddhist mercy and the Christian love?

They are basically the same.

Especially, in the fact that they both include altruism.

The Korean Buddhism is known to be Mahayana.

In my opinion, there are more of Hinayana aspects.

What do you think of such perspective?

That is exactly what Korean Buddhists must strive for.

We can'tjust hide in the mountains.

We have to find the light within and with the people.

I can't find Nam-won anywhere.

I saw her leave early this morning.

I guess it's better to leave before getting head shaved and initiated.

Think wisely.

If you want to leave, don't sneak away like Nam-won.

Tell us that you want to leave.

We don't imprison anyone who does not wish to be here.

Seniors are here. Please, get changed.

You must stay here. Sis. Sup. Eun-sun said so.

What are you going to do with me?

Why am I not getting initiated?

What will you do, a priest?

That's for you to decide.

You seem to have reached enlightenment and already became a Buddha yourself

before you even came here.

Buddha is eating you up.

The problem is that you're taking others with you.

You don't need further study.

You need to learn how to kill the immature Buddha within you.

According to an ancient book,

there were a thousand stone Buddha statues and a thousand stone pagodas.

You can speculate how Buddhism enjoyed great prosperity long ago

judging from the great number of such structures enshrined in one temple.

And take a good look at the stone Buddha statues.

You'll notice that they have very flat and folksy faces.

In a way, it appears to be the benevolent Buddha himself.

And on the other hand, it appears to be an artless farmer.

And in another way, it appears to resemble our ugly Seun-joo.

This is my name.

Family name is Hyun and given name is Jong.

It is a great pleasure to be in a class with such beautiful women.

I'm 29 years old.

I'm married.

And I have a child.

- Is it a boy or a girl? - It's a boy.

But I am still growing.

And I want to grow with you.

- Hey, Mr. Hyun is single. - Really?

Some say his wife passed away, and some say he got divorced.

Oh, what a pity...

And he has a 5 year old daughter living with his grandmother.

Oh, boy...

Hey, come quick! Gather around. A big news!

- What is it? - What's up?

I saw him in the ally in front of our house last night.

Who?

I saw Mr. Hyun walking tipsy all by himself.

He looked so Ionely but still very handsome.

You're going crazy over him, aren't you?

Why don't you go to his house and keep him company?

Mr. Hyun!

- You're Soon-nyeo, aren't you? - Yes.

Where are you going?

- I'm headed for Gang-won province. - What's there?

I know a Buddhist priest there.

When did you find time to make acquaintance with a priest?

I'm headed for Dae-jeon. I guess we can travel together to Dae-jeon.

Who lives in Dae-jeon?

Well, nobody, actually. Just visiting.

To Pu-yeo and to Gong-ju.

I started visiting those places a few years ago twice a year

during summer and winter vacation.

Traveling just by yourself?

Yes...

Mr. Hyun. Can I travel with you?

What? What did you say?

I don't really have to go to Gang-won.

I'm not sure about the temple that I planned to go.

And I don't think the priest is just waiting for me.

You're so bold!

It's been said that 3000 court ladies jumped from Nak-hwa-am and died.

But 3000 court ladies is a nonsense.

Probably, women from in and out of the Capital city

took refuge and they fell down not to be slaved by foreign invaders.

That might make better sense.

A few court ladies may have been in the crowd.

In history, the defeated left many sad stories.

Unification of 3 Kingdoms was made with the help

of foreign forces for the first time in our history.

To rationalize and glorify that

the last king of Eui-ja was depicted as a violent and debauched king.

This is Go-ran Temple.

The last king Eui-ja used to drink this water.

Drinking this water, you will hear the cries of the River Baek-ma

and the women of Baek-jai and the drum rolls of Go-ran temple.

Let's get some sleep.

I'm tired.

When you finish reading,

turn the light

and the fan off.

Try to keep your stomach warm with a quilt. And sleep well.

The peasant army of Dong-hak was defeated by the Japanese

and couldn't make it over this Ugumchi Hill.

To console them,

this memorial tower was built right here where the Gong-san Fortress

comes into view.

How'd have our history been changed if the peasant army

made it all the way to Seoul?

But the Ugumchi Hill turned into a river of blood

because of Japanese army's modern guns.

This used to be a state road.

The arrested and tied General Green-peas must have passed this road.

I made a promise to her.

My wife...

is a poet.

She was shot in Gwang-ju

carrying a 8 month old in her womb.

Her life-Iong wish was

making the story of the falling empire of Baek-jai

and the defeat and the retreat of the peasant army

in their last advance into an epic poetry.

I promised her that I would write it.

Let's be honest.

I want the truth. You and I are both women.

Does it make any sense that nothing happened

between two young people sleeping in the same motel room

while traveling for that long and far away from home?

Even a 3 year-old wouldn't believe it.

Well, damn it!

The curtains are closed and you and I are alone here.

So, if you're confident about your innocence, take your clothes off.

I gave birth to 3 children.

If a girl has sex with a man, evidences are in her body.

And if pregnant, change of body

is very clear!

You'd better come clean.

Your expulsion from this school is solely up to me, you bitch.

Take it all off.

Ms. Oh. It's me.

It's Hyun Jong.

I have just submitted my resignation.

I swear that she's innocent. Please, give me some credit.

She will be graduating in a few months.

I hope you can show some mercy for her entire future is at hand.

I beg you.

You also have daughters, don't you?

Why are all the Buddhas carved so ugly?

Maybe, ugly heart only sees ugly faces in the stones.

Criticizing the heart can be another egotistic attachment.

Ugly face should be said to be ugly.

What if a person who found Buddha

in a poor farmer or an ignorant peasant's face

picked up a chisel, carved away and resulted in these...

You must not desecrate the holiness of our religion.

You will not find salvation with such insult to Buddha.

The reason we lead this ascetic life is to be pure like Buddha,

and don't we become Buddha ourselves when our mind is pure?

The farmers and the peasants who carved the Buddha on the stone

have pure hearts like Buddha

and the soil they live off of is the equivalent to heaven, don't you think?

That is a nonsense and misdirected thoughts.

I think the Buddha is also no more and no less human than us.

The key is who attained the enlightenment.

That is a wrong attitude of a Buddhist person.

It's written in books.

You have so many bits and pieces to pick out and cut out inside.

Philosophers all insist their eccentric ideas as the truth itself

and corner the people with opposite opinions.

Who's to say whose words are the truth?

No one has the truth.

The truth is found in Buddha's teachings.

One, thou shalt not kill.

- Will you abide? - I do.

Two, thou shalt not steal.

- Will you abide? - I do.

Study more at the college.

Pardon?

A Buddhist must know more. Chung-hwa will take over yourjob.

It's an honor and satisfaction enough to learn from you.

I am saddened and frightened to leave you.

Take this to Priest Jang-wang.

Don'tjust do what you're told.

Find work to do. Clean and make some tea, run errands.

You must live as a good servant if you want any spending money.

Look at this picture.

Why does Dharma have no beard?

Look closely.

Why does Dharma have no beard?

You must fine the answer in all your life.

Only you must do Sis. Sup. Eun-sun's laundry.

Okay.

She can't fall asleep if her blanket's even slightly creased.

I have waited two hours to see you.

Let's go get some tea and talk.

I have lots to talk about and lots to hear from you.

You got the wrong person. Why don't you go somewhere else?

Isn't it a genuine act of kind Buddhist to listen to a humble being?

My name is Woo Jong-nam.

I have finished military service. Now, I'm a junior.

I am writing a novel, and I'm studying Buddhist teachings.

Of course, it's nothing compared to what you've done.

What is that you want to talk about?

I'm in no position to waste my time talking and chatting.

People have something called vision.

In my opinion, it's nothing different from a fallacy.

The fallacy which lead people to live with the empty shell.

Why did you have to shave your head and put on the nun robe?

I think the robe is a kind of uniform.

Uniforms make the ones who wear them slaves.

Why did you choose to go down the path of a slave?

Mr. Woo Jong-nam, you don't understand the pleasure of obeying Buddha.

Upon entering the priesthood, the first to be abandoned is the ties to one's family.

At the same time, everything is abandoned.

With abandoning all, we strive for a higher and eternal freedom.

You're wrong.

Those are the freedom and happiness

attained by closing the world and yourself.

When a person strictly leads a Christian life,

there's nothing left for himself, but everything for Christ.

You're a true Buddhist so you're the same.

As a human, it is an obligation to love, to hate, to envy,

and to experience the opposite sex and the joy of giving birth to a child.

With the worldly fun in life,

you get to construct your own world.

Don't try to draw others into your delusion

as you draw the water by digging up a water path.

Don't take me as a character in one of your novels.

All the beings in the nature have different purposes.

You said all the beings serve different purposes.

Then, what is your purpose?

Is it to ignore the poor,

hide deep in the mountain and discipline yourself?

For the Buddhism to build a stronghold in the current age,

you have to get together with poor farmers and city laborers

to lead their spiritual ways.

That's the only road to salvation.

When the Christianity lifts the heavy weights off people's shoulders,

what do we have to say?

Do we discuss the Buddhist Scriptures?

Or do we talk about the Nirvana in paradise?

We need to free our lives.

I agree.

We must to work to free the lives of the people.

We must free the people from money,

from imprisonment in the system, and from the caves of greed.

And we must free all the people who were locked up fighting for fair society.

It is yourjob to cleanse the injustice and dictatorships

and to plant a fresh seed of Buddhist mercy on this land.

Of course.

But I do not like violence.

Violence will only end in bigger violence.

How're you, Sister Superior? It is almost winter now.

I am experiencing great difficulties

ever since I met a student named Woo Jong-nam.

He has confronted me with basic questions in our life,

necessary resistance against irregularities in life.

Power to oppress and resistance against it,

both are making their own Karma.

What must I do in the midst of the world?

- What's this? - It's Sesame soup.

- You stole again, didn't you? - No.

Black sesame is good for your eyes and it darkens your hair.

Oh, my dear...

Try some.

How do I get to Yak-su temple?

Don't you people know Yak-su temple?

It's not there anymore. It was burned down during Korean War.

There must be a vacant lot then.

If you go up the hill, there should be a vacant lot.

I was born there.

In the days when communists were plenty here.

What is 'nil'?

What is 'no exist'?

What is 'empty mind'?

Is not' is not

necessarily the opposite of 'is'.

It is the basic power of the universe.

We are here to get that power

and to accumulate it within us.

If you think about death,

itjust means to return to the basic power.

Don't you call your death Nirvana?

Why do you have to bring up death when you have so much to live?

It's because I want to return it.

You good-for-nothing bastard!

How does someone end up that way in a temple?

You have to come with me to the station to answer a few questions.

I think I should go to the hospital.

- Whether he's alive or not... - You may be scolded.

I feel guilty.

I am the one who showed him the way to the temple.

I'm not sure... If you feel that way, you can go by yourself.

Wake up. The sister who saved you is here.

You've to say thank you to her.

And tell us at least your address so we can call your guardian.

Why did you save me?

Why must you die?

You are not the only one living with unbearable weight on your shoulder.

If you kill yourself before you complete Karma,

your soul will end up wandering the purgatory.

You have to cultivate virtue through benevolence.

You have your room now. We'll have to move you.

Take care of yourself and live well.

- Goodbye. - Bye.

Sister.

You're not allowed here. What are you doing here?

Please, help me.

If you're well now, go on and live your life.

That's why I'm here.

I was reborn because of you. You are like a mother to me.

I need you in my new life.

My life will bear no meaning if you're not in it with me.

You're just taking it too far. It was enough trouble saving you.

She went through tough time all because of you.

The elders will be here soon. Go away!

I won't leave.

I practice asceticism. You must go.

If you won't grant my wish, I have no choice but to kill myself again.

We'll call the cops if you don't leave at once.

My life is at your hand.

Will you show true benevolence by taking in this poor soul,

or will you leave this humble soul to receive its second death?

What do you think you're doing?

Let go! Let go of me!

Let go! Let go of me!

Let me go!

Nothing happened.

I was only trying to give hopes for him to live on

with the rest of his life.

But...

Of course, I have no doubt that you were trying to show mercy.

But to an ascetic, it may become a vice.

Devil may come with it.

If devoting to it too much

it may not grow and may interfere ascetics.

I know you have been bowing 3000 times a day for punishment.

What are you doing?

What is it that you want?

If you keep this up,

both of us will suffer an unbearable pain.

Please, go back.

I was born by a communist member and a woman who followed him.

Both of them were killed during the communist sweeping operation.

When my grandfather was alive,

I was able to attend a night college which wasn't of any fame.

I took and passed an exam for state officials

but was kicked out for my father's past.

I then try to go to Middle East to work.

But I was rejected again for the same reason.

Afterwards, I committed all kinds of crimes from theft, robbery,

and rape to organized crimes.

One day, I looked at myself and felt a sudden urge to kill it.

I wanted to return my body back to where I was born.

So, I came to that temple, and I was rescued by you.

My life is mine no more but it's yours.

I have no strength or confidence to find my own way.

If I go back empty handed, I'll become a dark spot once again.

I will become a malignant disease to this society.

Live your life with the courage that almost killed you.

Turn the darkness in your life into a light to straighten yourself.

To do so, I need you with me.

You have brought me back into this world.

You must be my mother, friend, and wife to me.

Be my guiding light! Be my mate!

- Sister! - What are you doing here? Come out!

- Get out of there. - Chung-hwa!

I'm going to wait. I'm going to wait for you.

Until my blood dries out to death!

- Chung-hwa! Chung-hwa! - Shut up!

Chung-hwa!

I came earlier to participate in the Winter Zen Cult.

Sister Chung-hwa, Sister Superior wants to see you.

The people won't forgive.

The mountains aren't the only places for asceticism.

I'm sending you away now, but I'm not letting you go for good.

When you get rid of everything and become truly yourself,

we will have a chance to meet again.

When you go back to the town, wear this at all times.

Don't bring insult to the sister nuns

by revealing the traces of your life as one.

Ms. Lee Soon-nyeo, wait.

Ms. Lee.

This is from Sis. Sup keep it with you.

Now your body has left leaving your soul behind.

Or, it maybe that your soul is leaving your body behind.

Even though you part but there is one question you must answer.

You must find out whether you who left is real or you left behind is real.

When you get the answer, agonies which trouble you will be disappeared.

Good luck on you.

I think the reason for the cough is the dryness in the room.

Get a humidifier

and, please get a stove with a stovepipe this year.

From Sister Yun of Gwang-myung.

I am ready to anything you ask me to do.

But I have never dug any coal before.

- Go back then. - No, no. Wait.

Can you buy me a drink?

Take a shot.

Take just one shot.

What's wrong?

You get drunk so quick.

Just wait and see. I'll make you into a decent human being.

Oh, my god. No, no...

- Come here. - Mother, mother...

Mother...

Mother...

Why isn't there any beard on Dharma's face?

Look closely.

Why no beard on Dharma's face?

I didn't doze. Why?

I don't seem to be able to advance in my meditation.

I'll abstain from meditation and other studies and go on a journey.

There are things you learn by traveling,

and there are things you learn in the Zen Room.

You may do as you wish.

It's cold. The weather got cold so suddenly.

Did you go see a doctor?

So what?

- I'm 3 months pregnant. - What?

And the doctor told me that when I give birth to this child

he'll hire me as a nurse-aide.

Oh, gosh.

Long time age, when a woman goes into labor,

she used look back at her shoes as she enters the room.

She would be thinking

if she'll come back alive to wear the shoes again.

I guess it's the fear of death.

I tend to look back when I go inside the mine.

It's already been a year,

but I still feel death is near whenever I enter a coal mine.

I didn't know that.

Why didn't you tell me? Get a differentjob.

What kind ofjob? Go back to long time ago?

Thief, robber, rapist, and a gangster...

You're a new person now.

The old Park Hyun-woo doesn't exist anymore.

But I still like the mine.

It feels as though I am expiating myself.

If we save a little more, we can buy a Buddhist dictionary.

It's strange. When people see you, they just can't give enough in charity.

But when they see me, there's not much.

They say it's up to Asceticism.

I guess I'm far behind you.

How can I break free of this dreading chain of obsession?

My mother always comes to my mind

and interferes with my training.

She is the only blood I have and she is in bed very ill.

I worry if anyone cooks for her, keeps her warm,

and gives her remedy.

If you meet Buddha, kill him.

If you meet a disciple, then kill him.

You have to keep at it till you have no attachment to anything.

Then and only then, you will receive emancipation and greater freedom.

Oh, Nirvana, great freedom. When will I ever have it!

It may take years and years of abandoning even such desires.

It may be a place in which we can never reach

in our lifetime, or forever.

Chop the tree. Do not stop.

Trees are the origin of all the sins.

When you reach the roots,

My dear all Sisters! You'll reach the nirvana.

Emancipation will be yours.

I can't go.

I can't walk anymore.

Over this hill is Chung Jung hermitage.

Just keep walking we reach there.

I can't go anymore. I want to go back.

What are you doing?

What the... Thief! Thief!

Catch her!

Thief!

Chicken Thief!

Give the chicken back!

My chicken!

Oh, no... Thief!

Well? How was the run?

Why did you act so blatantly?

Among 10 Buddhist commandments, the second is thou shalt not steal.

If you steal, your descendants

will be poor all the time.

I took the example from when Sister Man-gok was under Sister Kyoung-hwa.

Sister Kyoung-hwa said "Everything comes from mind."

It means everything is a creation of our minds.

If you think it's heavy, it will be very heavy.

It would, therefore, mean that if you lighten up, everything will lighten up.

I'll go back after I visit my mother.

Are you going to continue?

I heard there's a good hermitage near Dan-yang.

I want to discipline myself for about 3 years.

Good luck on you.

Hey, Ms. Lee Soon-nyeo.

Oh, my.

Sister!

It's been a long time. What brings you here?

I'm on my way to a remote island where I'll work as a nurse.

- Are you on yourjourney? - Yes.

I have been to many places, but very little is gained.

How's Sister Eun-sun?

She's suffering from that cough.

Are you still living with the man?

He died in a mine. It collapsed on him.

Oh, my...

I had his baby, but it died at birth.

And I met another man afterwards.

He lost both of his legs in an accident in a factory.

I wanted to help him and asked him to be my husband.

But he didn't make it over a year.

But, I don't regret my life

in which I gave my heart and my body to such people.

Living, happiness and unhappiness

are all the same in the essence.

You can't give up and let them be.

I have never given up.

When ever I meet a new man, I did my best as if I was a virgin.

I hoped that it might be Asceticism.

I'm sorry to have said such a word in front of you.

I have to catch that boat.

I hope you reach your enlightenment.

Don't be discouraged. May the Buddha be with you.

To Sister Eun-sun...

No, it's nothing.

Look at this Sister!

You're in my spot without my permission.

When a nun sees a monk you're supposed to greet him.

Don't you know you have to bow

when you see a monk even if you're hundred years old.

How can I bow to you when I don't know if you're real?

Look, my dear nun!

Priest Huk-am asked why there's no beard on Dharma's face.

That is a discourse that warns the illusions

of immature phony nuns acting like Buddha.

Do you even realize how dangerous it is

to enter Zen without Zen knowledge?

If you aren't careful, you'll end up as a fortune teller.

Look at me carefully.

I am the reincarnated Buddhist of Mercy.

I am here to test how deep and pure your faith is.

If we have one more instinct like sex

nobody can become Buddha.

I see that you can't restrain yourself.

As our paths cross, why don't we make lover?

I think you won't even move even if I try to insult your body.

You'll think of it as a stick erect in the space

making its way in.

Or, you'll think of it as a finger in a bag of flour

wriggling around.

Am I wrong?

Look at it closely.

There used be a great body part that would erect itself

a hundred times a day.

Look at it with your eyes how it changed.

Look! Look at it!

You should have cut the roots in your mind.

That was an effort in vain.

There was a person who cut his ten fingers.

He couldn't control his dark desires.

He thought he could be free of all the obsessions and pain.

I don't understand why Buddha came to this world and give us such suffering.

- Is everything okay? - Yes, everything's fine.

Except Chul-ho hurt his legs and doesn't seem to be healing.

And Ok-ja's Grandmother still has problem with phlegm.

Tell her to quit smoking.

My teeth are killing me. Please, fix me.

Just wait. You'll get your turn.

Ms. Kim Soonhyup's blood pressure have gone down very much.

And Ms. Cha Eun-yung may be pregnant as her period has stopped.

And Lee Young-ga who got his stomach operated says her back hurts.

I dedicate this book to Soon-nyeo

who's become a nun and on a journey with the clouds.

Haven't you read that book yet?

Keum-ok said she cried so many times

that I had to borrow it.

There are so many sad parts.

I am climbing the Mt. Buseo again by myself.

I am standing at the cliff of Nak-hwa-am where thousands of Baek-jai women died.

8 months pregnant! My wife's soul I have to console.

I'm writing a story of the last King Eui-ja and General Gye-baek.

Upon hearing your news of becoming a nun,

I embrace you and become black beads falling down to death.

Like the women of Baek-jai fell deep under this cliff

What's wrong? Did your car break down?

No, it's just overheated.

To add insult to injury the sparkplug seems to be malfunctioning.

Where did he go?

Gwang-nam, Gwang-nam!

Gwang-nam! Gwang-nam!

Where the hell did he go?

Gwang-nam, Gwang-nam!

Gwang-nam, Gwang-nam!

- Gwang-nam! - I'm here, daddy.

I caught a mud snail.

Son of a gun!

Who asked you to catch that?

You silly boy!

Stop crying!

Silly boy!

I'm going to leave you here! Quiet!

Stop crying! Quiet!

Stay here!

Where are my damn shoes!

Why don't you leave him at the hospital?

He's such a trouble maker. He wanders around

and make trouble that people at the hospital doesn't like him that much.

Except you, nurse Lee.

You're going to Mae-pyo, right?

Put your scooter in the back and sit with Gwang-nam.

I'll give you a ride.

When will we meet again and as what?

Over waves of blue water

I see your innocent face with a scent of beads

I see your black eyes.

Over the clear water way where Gen. Green-peas was tied up and taken,

I row my boat with your face in my heart.

Open the door! She's dying over here!

Open the door! Hurry!

Hurry! Open the door!

Open the door! She's dying over here!

Don't worry, it'll be all right.

This is OR. Find a same blood type with the patient,

and prepare for a blood transfusion.

Open you hand.

It's a twins. They're both girls.

They were so big that they gave their mother a hard time.

Your blood and my blood are in the mother's body

mixing and mingling.

This should be a Karma.

We were all eating clams together and he started throwing up

came down with a fever, and just passed out.

We'll have to wait for the test results

but I'm sure it's Cholera.

We'll have to take some preventive measures for disinfection.

We have an announcement.

Any household with diarrhea patient

must report to village hall with the patient.

We have an announcement.

Hello? Huh? How many?

Hey Mr. Son. Go pick up some patients from Yang-a village.

Yang-a?

Let's get you up.

Just get me couple of eggs.

Everyone's disgusted to eat. Nothing's different for me.

What a week!

I just can't take any more of having no sleep.

My engine is giving me trouble, and the tires keep running flat.

I have chauffeured around the doctors from the health department.

And the patients are increasing by the dozens everyday.

I told you not to move.

The syringe keeps coming off because you move.

Mom, daddy's calling you.

Mom, daddy says he's sick.

- What's wrong? I'm busy. - I'm in a hurry.

You should be careful.

I'm afraid that I might catch this from carrying all the patients around.

It feels as if the viruses are getting onto me.

I parked the car out back and told them the clutch is out.

But that's a lie.

Are you crazy? Get up.

There's an outbreak in Dang-po. It's a mess there.

- Get out there. - No, I'm scared.

- Stop this. - Come on.

You!

Get up!

- I'm sorry I'm late. - Come on have a seat.

You all done a greatjob

to have passed this outbreak without many casualties.

I'd like to especially thank Ms. Lee and Mr. Son.

Well, in that sense, sing a song!

Oh, alright.

Pink skirt waving in the Spring wind.

Today I stand here again

on this road by the shrine.

We used to laugh with the flower bloom,

We used to cry with the flower fall.

But the promise of the warm Spring day has gone.

Sister Jin-sung.

Where have you been? I haven't heard from you in so long.

Sister Eun-sun is critically ill.

But she is so sincerely waiting someone.

I think it's you.

Jin-sung is back.

Why does Dharma's face have no beard?

Why is there no beard?

I guess yourjourney was nothing but an imitaion of your senior sisters.

You have to find yourself.

See who's there.

It's Just some tourists.

Why are you burning the books?

The knowledge in the book only interferes with the disciplining.

What we have to do first is to ask ourselves what Asceticism is.

We have to clear our minds before we can answer that question.

But the learned approaches with Physics,

Science, Anthropology to identify it.

That was the crucial error.

That is the answer I got from three years in a cave.

I have become a fugitive after publishing a short piece criticizing dictatorship.

I couldn't find anywhere in this divided nation to hide.

I came to you as the last resort.

Can you help me?

I'll go talk to Chief Nun if that is the case.

No, you can't. You shouldn't.

No one else but you may know who I am.

I am in a state where I have to get away from any worldly attachment.

It's a crisis for me right now.

Please, understand.

Mister! Mister!

Sister Jin-sung sent this note.

Go find this address and ask for help.

My name in the world is Min Hae-young.

Min Ki-Tae, 156-2, Un-dong, Mok-po.

Look who's coming.

She's here.

Who's there?

Lee Soon-nyeo is here.

Okay.

So, between the soul that was left here

and the body wandering out in the world,

who was the real you?

I knew that this girl Soon-nyeo would come back a long time ago.

Let this girl live at the corner

running errands around the temple.

And watch her for 5 years

or 10 years as it's needed and decide whether to shave her again

or to kick her out...

Sometimes we have to observe our rules in other ways.

We understood your intentions.

Please, stop talking.

Something that is in the rough may be more pure

as the lotus blooms in the mud.

Don't worry. We'll talk to the people

and make sure your wish should be carried out.

My elder... I beg you.

Sure. Don't worry and prepare for your Nirvana.

- Jin-sung. - Yes.

- Hyo-jung. - Yes.

When I pass away, I don't want any fuss.

When you burn me to ashes,

don't waist your efforts looking for any Sariras.

Don't put any stones...

To locate my tomb later.

You step outside.

I said to step outside.

Excuse me.

Please, step down.

We have enough people.

You disgusting creature, get out of here.

Sister.

Between my soul left with you

and my body out in the world,

neither is my substance.

I knew too late that I finally have the real self

when and only when the two are in the same boundary.

I still don't know how to keep them both in the same boundary.

Please, give me strength.

Are you looking for Sariras?

Why do you waist your efforts in something so useless?

I'll split this bone into a thousand pieces,

and wherever I stop during my journey, I'll make a pagoda with this bone.

I intend to build just one thousand pagodas

that will light up the heart of the people.

Such a pitiful delusion.

Without any delusion,

how can you attempt to bring salvation to the deluded public?

Those who not get sleep, the night is so long.

Those who are tired, the road is so long.

Those who not know the truth,

the night way to life and death is long and far away.