the great buddhist temples of korea

The Great Buddhist Temples of Korea

Marsha HauflerUniversity of Kansas

TongdosaHaeinsa

Songgwangsa

Pohyonsa

TongdosaHaeinsa

Songgwangsa

“Three Jewel Temples”Tongdosa: BuddhaHaeinsa: Dharma

Songgwangsa: Sangha

Tongdosa

Tongdosa: Crossing to Enlightenment Temple

“Buddha Jewel Monastery”Possesses relics of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni

Haeinsa

Haeinsa: Temple of Reflection on a Calm Sea

“Dharma (teachings) Jewel Monastery”Woodblocks for printing the Tripitaka Koreana,

the complete Buddhist canon of the Goryeo (Koryŏ) period

Songgwangsa

SONGGWANGSA: Spreading Pines Temple

“Sangha (Buddha’s followers) Jewel Monastery”

16 National Masters of the Goryeo Period

Pohyonsa On Mt. Myohyang, Wondrous Fragrance Mountain

PohyonsaSamantabhadra Monastery

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Haein Art Project 2011 Contemporary art in Haeinsa Temple South Korea

Sound of Buddha by Ahn Sung-keum. “Viewers complete the image by sitting between the two halves of the Buddha sculpture”