Father Zossima's Counsel
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.
3154 words
16 minutes
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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.
4550 words
23 minutes
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The Call of Cthulhu Opening
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.
2514 words
13 minutes
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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.
1633 words
8 minutes
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The Stonecutter's Journey
2024-07-04
This post features a Korean retelling of the Japanese folktale “The Stonecutter,” where Taro, a humble stonecutter, is granted great powers and learns a timeless lesson about desire, strength, and true contentment.
8287 words
41 minutes
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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.
3832 words
19 minutes
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