Set in a remote mountain monastery, the first Korean feature to have U.S. theatrical distribution explores themes of consciousness, acceptance, and redemption. An old Zen master wishes to make the ceremony of his death his final lesson to his apprentice, who is struggling to come to terms with abandoning worldly ways. Meanwhile, a young boy has his own awakening to mortality as he attempts to nurse a bird he thoughtlessly injured with a stone. The title of the film is a Zen koan—a paradox meant to aid meditation—that provokes the question of the distinction between leaving and arriving. This resonant film complements the exhibition Buddha | Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World.