Master Jinjeong, Whose Filial Duty and Good Conduct Were Both Beautiful (134)

"Master Jinjeong" is the story of a poor Silla soldier who becomes a monk under Uisang Popsa at his mother's request.

People:

• Jinjeong [Chinjong], KDY p.392, HM p.341-342
• Jinjeong's mother, KDY p.392, HM p.341-342
• Buddhist monk asking for donations, KDY p.392, HM p.341
• Master Uisang [Uisang Popsa], KDY p.392, HM p.341-342
• Jitong [Chit'ong], KDY p.393, HM p.342

Places:

• the village of Chu (추, Gimlet), KDY p.392*
• Mt. Sobaek, KDY p.392*
• Mt. Taebaek [T'aebaek Mountains], KDY p.392, HM p.341-342
• Silla, KDY p.392, HM p.341

Texts:

• Avatamsaka Sutra [Hwaom Scripture], KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Gimlet Village Diary [Ch'udong Diaries], KDY p.393, HM p.342

Other images, themes, etc.:

• Begging {Positive portrayal}, KDY p.392, HM p.341
• Communing with Spirits in Dreams, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Death, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Donating {Everything}, KDY p.392, HM p.341
• Filial Piety, KDY p.392-393, HM p.341-342
• Hell, KDY p.392, HM p.341
• Meditation
• Power of Concentration, KDY p.393*
• As a means of coping with sorrow, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Monkhood is Filial Piety, KDY p.392-393, HM 341-342
• Mothers, KDY p.392-393, HM p.341-342
• Number 3, the
• 3 denials/exhortations, KDY p.393*
• 3 thousand religious followers, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• 3 years' passage of time, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Traveling 3 days and nights, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Number 7, the
• (7 bowls of rice), HG p.342**
• Mourning/Praying 7 days and nights, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Poverty, KDY p.392, HM p.341
• Rebirth in Paradise, KDY p.393, HM p.341-342
• Shaving the Head {Becoming a Monk}, KDY p.392, HM p.341-342
• Sitting as a Buddha, KDY p.393, HM p.342
• Soldier, KDY p.392, HM p.341

* Only appears in the KDY version

** A difference in translation, the KDY version describes this matter-of-factly as "3.34 gallons of rice" p.392