- Do-nyeom, come over here. - Yes, master!
Another fight?
Did you take a beating?
Didn't you even get a punch in?
You nitwit!
Go make me some yam juice.
Master...
Master, how is it?
Certainly not as good as chicken.
Fetch it.
Higher!
Now, recite your sutra.
If Budda is in your...
Do you like chicken that much?
Why, that little rascal!
Momma...
Momma!
Momma...!!
Momma!
- Did you read the cremation chants? - Yes.
You've got an ember on your instep. What are you going to do?
It's alright.
You jerk!
- Did that hurt? - Yes.
If the ember on your instep doesn't hurt that shouldn't hurt.
Do you really want to have it done?
Then go tomorrow and have it done.
What are you gawking at!
Go! Out!
Wait for me!
Hey! Wait! Wait for me!
Just take one step out the door and you'll see a wide, wide world.
But that is not only the world within your own eyes
Also the world within your own heart.
Go out and find for yourself the world of unfettered liberation.
Take the little one with you and show him a bit of the world.
But don't feed him goodies it will spoil his tastebuds!
Why don't you eat?
Afraid the master will find out?
I have some money, too.
Where did you get that?
I picked it up in the Buddha Hall.
You can take it.
Any more?
Wait here for a minute!
- Wow, what a view! - Yeah, really great!
What's way over there?
The end of the earth!
Look over there! Girls! Oh, woooow!
Master! Master! Where are you from?
From a temple!
Master, aren't you in agony, are you?
Who, me? No way.
But aren't monks supposed to think a lot?
What for?
Oh, I just thought that Buddhism is really hard to study.
If we're hungry, we eat. If we're tired, we sleep. That's all.
- I guess you're already enlightened! - What?
Master!
I'd really like to feel your head.
Why?
I've just always wanted to feel a monk's head.
It's scratchy!
Yeah. Everyone thinks it's smooth.
But if we don't use shampoo, it starts getting scratchy right here!
Can I come visit you at the temple?
Well, show it to me.
Nothing to show. I threw the foreskin away.
Well then, what did you do?
I met a girl.
And?
I really don't know what to think.
You've got an ember on your instep. What are you going to do?
It's alright.
You may go out.
Master, how do I put out a fire in my heart?
Have a cup of tea.
Hey! What are you doing here? Soo-yeon's moving!
- When? - Right now!
Do-nyeom! Do-nyeom!
Hey! What are you doing?
Huh?
How much did it cost you?
What?
- How much was the cut? - I don't remember.
Glad you had it done?
- Why don't you find out for yourself? - What? You little jerk!
Little monk!
Come here.
Come over here.
This is for you.
You're sad, huh?
Don't worry, you'll be able to see her sometime.
Here, take this. Come on.
I wonder what it could be. Wanna see it together?
Little monk, there are lots of things we long for never come.
Though the magnolias blossom and fall, again and again
Though the notches on the maple get higher and higher
That which is not ours never comes to us.
Sutras don't make sense at times I feel suffocated.
If I chanted, sadness would well up in my throat
It seems that time passes too slowly.
And still, we all live like this, just longing.
You, me and even the master we all just long our lives away.
Do-nyeom!
Go fetch some spring water!
Master!
I understand how you feel but I'm sorry, no.
But I'm pleading with you.
Then how about sending him back to you in a year?
Not even for just six months?
Master!
Then please just ask him.
If he says yes, then let me take him.
If he says no, then I won't bother you again.
Little monk, would you give me a drink?
You've gotten so big!
Would you like to live somewhere else?
Would you like to come live with me and call me mother?
Really? You're not lying? You don't deceive me, do you?
Of course not. Have I ever lied to you?
No, but everyone else does.
I just want to make it sure!
Don't worry, little monk.
I'm sure the master will give us permission.
Uncle!
What's going on?
I'm going to Seoul! To live!
- Seoul? - Yes!
Running away again?
Noooooooo!
The lady from Seoul is adopting me!
Adopting you? Really?
Yes!
Can I go visit you in Seoul?
Of course! I'll give you the very best food.
And even buy your favorite wine!
Well, how about that! What a great time I'll have, too!
- You've got to come! - I promise!
Oh, no, did you set the rabbit trap again?
Probably caught one by now.
Master, how come you up here?
- Have you dug up many bellflowers? - Oh, just a few...
Have you seen the little monk?
Oh, yeah, he, he was up that way...
Guess what! I caught another one!
Hey, son! Hey, son! Why are you climbing that tree?
That kid, every time he sees a new bird's nest...
- The master hasn't come yet? - Quick! Get down here, quick!
Isn't that the little one?
Oh no... no I don't think so.
Come over here, uncle. It's a big one!
Where's that voice coming from?
Hey!
Do-nyeom! What are you doing over there?
Do-nyeom!
Nothing, nothing at all.
Then why are you sitting there trying to hide something?
Oh no! You caught a rabbit!
Master, forgive me please! I'll let him go right now.
Get up here!
I said get up here! Quick!
Who told you to go catch rabbits?
Answer me!
I told you not to pick even wild flowers.
And you're out catching rabbits?
Recite your Precepts.
Don't kill the living things. Don't still what's not yours.
Don't deceive others...
And I've told the worst thing of all is to kill the living, haven't I?
Yes.
Though you know the Precepts well, how dare you...
Master. It was I that set the trap.
He didn't do anything wrong.
Well if you set the trap what is he doing with the rabbit?
I asked him to watch the trap for me while I cut the bellflowers.
Right, Do-nyeom?
Then it was really you who caught the rabbit?
Yes, it's true.
Do-nyeom, is it true?
I'm telling the truth.
Is that true, little one?
Yes.
You've been living off the temple for years and...
No, Master. It's not true!
In-soo, go get lost!
In-soo, you runt! What are those in your hands?
Little runt, you kill baby birds and then you come play around the temple!
Beat it out of here!
You too! And don't ever come back to my temple!
The two of you could ruin this little one!
Let the rabbit go and get out of here.
Let's go, Do-nyeom.
Quick, get out of here! Come on, quick!
I'm sorry I scolded you without knowing the truth.
You wouldn't do such a thing.
The lady from Seoul says she wants to adopt you.
Ouch! That hurts!
Don't exaggerate pain!
Now, blow your nose.
And go and cut all your nails.
Hey, In-soo! You little runt!
Hey, don't! Don't do that! In-soo!
Why did you blame my father? He didn't set the trap!
What? What did you mean?
It was the little monk who set the trap!
Go and see what's behind the statue in the Buddha Hall!
Then you'll know who caught rabbits!
What?
You stay here, don't move!
Little monk!
You rat!
Come over here! In-soo!
Little monk!
You... you!
First you killed then you lied about it!
I'm sorry!
You... do you know it was wrong?
Yes...
Then why did you do it?
What were you going to do with all these furs?
Answer me!
I saw this lady wearing a beautiful white shawl.
And I wanted to make one to give my mother if I ever met her.
A white one made of rabbit fur...
Master, I want to go live out in the world.
In the world, with my mother.
Stop talking about your mother.
Her karma was bad enough I can't let you add to it.
Come on, let's go to the Buddha Hall.
No! No!
I get dizzy just from smelling the incense all day!
Please take me with you.
I can't stay alone anymore in the Buddha Hall only with a candle lit.
When it rains at night or the owl hoots at dawn
I am too scared to sleep.
Listen to me. The world out there looks good to you
but if you look into the world you can find out
it's really filled with all kinds of terrible karma.
Don't lie!
They all have mommies and daddies and brothers and sisters.
They all have a happy life...
Master! I wanna go. I want to go with the lady!
Take me to be your son, please!
Master!
Let's go before the Buddha so you can repent for what you've done.
No! I hate the Buddha and I hate you!
You little runt! That's your karma.
Your mother was a Buddhist nun who broke the Precepts and got married.
And your father was a poacher who trapped and killed animals for a living.
You've got a rough road ahead of you.
You have to work off your parents' karma as well as your own.
If you really care about him
let him stay at the temple so he can work off his heavy karma.
So he can break free from the cycle of birth and death.
Little monk! I hesitate to take you with me
But that's not because you took the rabbit.
If I took you for my satisfaction
You might meet with a disaster. I'm afraid of it.
I have also heavy karma myself.
Little monk, please think of everything as your mother.
Think of everybody as your mother.
Then, you'll never have to long for anything, and you'll never be lonely.
I promise I'll come to see you every month when the fullmoon day.
I promise, I promise you.
Master, the squirrels saved these chestnuts in the stump hole for winter.
I took them from the stump every morning.
I saved them for my mother if she ever came.
On long, long winter nights if you can't fall asleep
please have a snack.
Goodbye, Master. Please stay in peace.
Little monk, why do you strap on the knapsack?
Please stay in peace. This time, I may not come back.
Why? Did the master tell you to leave the temple?
No. He doesn't know yet.
Where are you going? Do you have a place to sleep?
Do you have your own destination?
I'm going to search and search until I find my mother.
Huh?
You're lucky you have something to search for.
Mother, or whatever I hope you find what you want.
I will, I will.
You decide to leave then hurry up.
Come on, hurry up before it snows hard.
Which way are you going?
I'm going to take the rough road.
You take good care of yourself, eh?
Please stay in peace.