Tan-ya meets Yu Sung-min at an art exhibition. The two get engaged but they find out that Sung-min has epilepsy. Sung-min kills himself and Tan-ya is deeply wounded. At her doctor"s advice, Tan-ya goes mountain climbing when she meets the Buddhist monk Oh-hyo. One day, Oh-hyo feels drawn to Tan-ya so he disappears without a trace. Tan-ya graduates and then marries Choi Hyuk, a Korean-American professor. In New York, Tan-ya feels isolated by her husband"s hippy lifestyle. She returns to Korea by herself and goes to Hyekwang Buddhist Temple. Tan-ya meets Oh-hyo again. After they make love, Tan-ya leaves the temple. Five years later, Hyuk returns to Korea. Oh-hyo returns to secular life after a problem with the religious order. He reappears in front of Tan-ya as the novelist Ha Ji-hun. The two then…