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Father Zossima's Counsel
2024-07-31
In this passage from Fyodor Dostoevsky's “The Brothers Karamazov,” Father Zossima shares an anecdote with Madame Hohlakov, illustrating the challenges of genuine love and self-awareness amidst human imperfection.
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15 minutes
The Girl at the River
2024-07-20
This post features a Korean adaptation of a classic Zen story about two monks and a woman at a river, exploring themes of attachment, letting go, and inner peace.
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21 minutes
The Call of Cthulhu Opening
2024-07-10
This post explores a Korean adaptation of the opening paragraph from H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” which delves into the unsettling idea that our sanity is preserved by ignorance.
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12 minutes
A Little Fable
2024-07-07
This post features a Korean adaptation of “A Little Fable,” a short story written by Franz Kafka, about a mouse lamenting the world’s increasing confinement and encountering an inevitable fate.
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8 minutes
The Stonecutter's Journey
2024-07-04
This post features an original story about Taro, a diligent stonecutter who gains the power to transform into anything he desires, ultimately revealing a lesson about the true nature of strength and contentment.
8100 words
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41 minutes
Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?
2024-06-16
This post features a Korean adaptation of the famous parable “The Old Man Lost His Horse” from the Huainanzi, an ancient Chinese text that explores Taoist philosophy.
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17 minutes