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Wise Words

Author

Beop Jeong

Publisher

SIGONGSA Co., Ltd.

Categories

Literature & Fiction

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #Religion
  • #self-help

Copyright Contact

Lee Hyae-myung

  • Publication Date

    2020-05-08
  • No. of pages

    391
  • ISBN

    9788952786005
  • Dimensions

    148 * 210
Overview

A book of lectures and Buddhist writings by Monk Beop Jeong, who left the world in 2010, on the tenth anniversary of his attaining Nirvana.

Book Intro

Wise Words, a collection of lectures and Buddhist writings by Monk Beop Jeong, who passed away in 2010, was released in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the monk’s crossing over to Nirvana. The book includes 31 unpublished Buddhist writings and lectures, with messages that left a big impact on his audience—messages the monk shared in public lectures and Buddhist services from 1994 until 2008. The collection faithfully contains the footprints of the monk, who had actively approached the public and wanted to make the world beautiful according to his own philosophy, “I will go after working for my share of the food while I’m alive.” The book maintains the original aphorisms of the monk and presents a clear direction to heal the sick world and restore life as a human being. It provides an opportunity for readers to once again meet Beop Jeong, a Buddhist monk, a beloved essayist, a seeker of truth, a social activist and a master of an era. It is also a chance for readers to seek answers to countless questions they face during their lives.

 

Whether as a Buddhist living a religious life or as an ordinary human being, we encounter numerous questions in our lives. But the answers to these questions get lost between the right path pursued by a pure being and the desires of a worldly being. Perhaps the life of a seeker of truth is the attempt to find the most proper answer to these countless questions. In this book, Monk Beop Jeong clearly points to the direction we must travel in order to live properly and heal the world.

 

Beop Jeong’s teaching that living is not about adding something, but taking things away, excavating the beauty and purity that we naturally possess, resonates loudly among contemporary people who suffer from stronger hunger and thirst the more they try to satisfy their desires. Beop Jeong mentions the emptiness and loneliness that modern people are destined for, the loss of self, moral hazards and environmental problems, the prevailing adoration of material things, and fading happiness and freedom, and he talks about the role we each must play in such a world. The writings in this book are beautiful essays written in a graceful style, and at the same time, they are sharp pieces of advice cast at a turbid world and a deep comfort to those who are losing their “self.”

 

About the Author

Beop Jeong



Beop Jeong was born in Haenam, Jeollanam-do in 1932. He renounced the world and received novice training under the virtuous Monk Hyobong in 1956, and in 1959 he became a bikkhu (ordained monk). While resolutely engaging in Buddhist practices, Beop Jeong remained active in and outside of Buddhist society. He built the hermitage Bulilam behind Songgwangsa Temple and began a life of solitude there in 1975. The popularity of his collection of essays, Musoyu (non-possession) released in 1976 spread through word-of-mouth and established itself as a steady seller. Most of his following books became bestsellers, and Beop Jeong became a renowned essayist. On March 11, 2010, Beop Jeong entered Nirvana at Gilsangsa Temple at the age of 78 (in the 54th year of his monkhood). 

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