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The Arrogance of a Devout Life

An Interview with the Spirit of Liu Shaoping of the Northern Song Dynasty

Liu Shaoping, a woman from the Northern Song Dynasty, reflects on her life as a successful merchant, her transition into a simple life of Buddhist practice, and the subtle, deep-seated arrogance that kept her trapped in the cycle of rebirth for over a millennium, until her eventual deliverance to the Western Dharma-Nature Land.