snack between places,
Coex, Gangnam
Bongeunsa Temple is a 1,200 year old temple located in
Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Built in 794 C.E. during the reign of King
Wonseong by National Teacher, Ven. Yeonhoe, Bongeunsa became the head temple of
the Seon sect during the Joseon Dynasty, when the government supported
Confucianism. In addition, through
the national examinations for recruiting monks, it produced great masters such
as Master Seosan and Samyeong, who revived the lineage of Seon (Zen) practice
in Korea. In the latter part of the Joseon Dynasty, Ven. Younggi built the
Pan-jeon to store and preserve Buddhist scriptures, as well as eighty-one engraved
volumes of the Avatamsaka Sutra. Jeonghee Kim, at that time a great scholar and
calligrapher, resided here and developed his own unique writing style, known as
Chusache. More recently, when Bongeunsa was experiencing a period of decline,
Ven. Youngam gradually gathered land and laid the foundation for a huge temple
compound in present-day Gangnam. In the 1960s, the Dongguk Translation
Institute was established at this temple to spearhead the translation of
Buddhist scriptures from Chinese to Korean.
Today, Bongeunsa is writing a new history for
Korean Buddhism, establishing itself as the center of Buddhist practice. Monks
apply themselves to chanting, monastic meals, communal work, and Seon
meditation.
obvi I love doors,
wishes,
thank you all for stopping by and reading the bits...
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